Scratch The Surface With Ej Scott

Rutina Wesley is best known as playing Tara Thornton on HBO's True Blood  since 2008. We talk about her rise to the public spotlight, auditioning for True Blood, the advice Alan Ball gave her at the audition, what she has learned about herself from playing Tara, going to Juliard in New York City, meeting True Blood co-star Nelsan Ellis at Juliard, growing up in Las Vegas with performing parents, seeing her dad dance on Star Search when she was 6 years old, working with Patricia Clarkson, Julianne Moore, Bill Nighy, how she would love to be Julia Roberts in Notting Hill (acting wise) a new film she did 13 Sins, going to college in Indiana and being the only black girl at the school, and being close to a popular KKK town, her recent divorce, we talk about the first episode of True Blood season 7 ***Spoiler Alert*** do not listen to this podcast unless you have already seen the first episode. You have been warned. And we talk about so much more!!! Please SHARE, Please LISTEN, Please ENJOY!!! Twitter @ejscott @EJ