And the hits just keep on coming! Yesterday we learned that Alfre Woodard is joining the case of True Blood next season and I thought that was enough to tide me over until the season 3 premiere. But then today I nearly squealed with pleasure when I discovered that Alcide has been cast as well.

Look out Taylor Lautner..there’s a new hot werewolf in town..and this one is of legal age.

True Blood fans, this is what we have all been waiting to hear, and finally, we know that it will be Joe Manganiello who plays Alcide Herveaux.

Best known for playing barkeep Owen on One Tree Hill and Marshall’s law school chum Brad on How I Met Your Mother, Joe Manganiello has landed season 3’s most important new role: Sookie’s werewolf crush, Alcide Herveaux.

If Alan Ball follows Charlaine Harris’ books, Eric will summon Alcide — described in casting breakdowns as good-looking, rough-around-the-edges, articulate, heroic, and decent — to assist Sookie in her search for Bill.

joe alcide

Still to be cast: Alcide’s on-again, off-again psycho girlfriend Debbie Pelt.