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"Ryan Kwanten has said that he admires True Blood creator Alan Ball&amp;#039;s ability to engage the audience.  The actor praised Ball for creating an entertaining and engaging show for TV fans while still managing to stay true to Charlaine Harris&amp;#039;s Southern Vampire Mysteries series, upon which True Blood is based. Kwanten told MTV News: &amp;quot;The good thing with the show, even with people who are well-researched, is that you&amp;#039;re constantly surprised. In season one, Lafayette was supposed to die - and he&amp;#039;s still alive, thank God.  &amp;quot;Alan Ball prides himself on doing a very TV-savvy version of the books, keeping the fans of the books happy and also making it appealing for an audience.&amp;quot;  Ball recently revealed that he has not yet agreed to return for a fifth season of True Blood and is still in contract negotiations. True Blood&amp;#039;s fourth season premiered on HBO last weekend. Watch a trailer for what&amp;#039;s still to come on True Blood below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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