I haven't ever seen a period drama that has a fantasy element to it, that's set in London, that's as lavish as it is, and that's made for American TV.

You work with seasoned actors, and sometimes you realize that they phone it in.

It was just hilarious how my first reaction was, "Oh, no, it's another vampire show. I'm not interested." And then, I read the script and thought it was brilliant.

Everyone wants to see someone shoot someone in the head.

Vampires have been romanticized, and this is bringing it right back to being vampiric. I think there's something sexy and raw about that.

Nowadays, everything is so gratuitous. The violence is suggested, and it's much more impactful than showing everything.

I haven't ever seen a period drama that has a fantasy element to it, that's set in London, that's as lavish as it is, and that's made for American TV.