Today was just like any other work day – or at least that’s what I thought when I left for work this morning.  But, around mid-morning my cell phone rang and when I answered I heard a soft lilting voice ask if she was speaking to Lee Ann Gradwell?  Of course, I said, “yes, she was,” and the caller proceeded to say  in a wonderful British accent, “This is Sophia Myles and I just wanted to call to thank you for the wonderful memory book.”  Obviously, I was taken by complete surprise and nearly fell out of my chair as I attempted to leave our office to speak with her in the hallway outside our office suite.

I told her how surprised I was to speak with her, but very pleased that she received the keepsake book – which had been delivered by two of the SoCal Freshies who were just in London last week for a convention – and honored that she would call.  Quite frankly, I was 1) blown away that she called herself to pass along her thanks to all those who participated in the books and 2) that she received the book SO quickly from her management office where it had been delivered late last week.

Our conversation was not lengthy – as I was at work and couldn’t stay out in the hallway for too long (fearing my boss would come looking for me if I was gone for too long) – but she was extremely sweet,
asking how we all (those who submitted items for the book) knew each other – to which I explained that I posted messages at nearly all of the Moonlight websites at the time – how disappointed she was the show didn’t receive more support from the network and how she had just talked to Alex last week and she couldn’t wait to share about her getting the book with him.

The main message she wanted me to convey was how much she appreciated everyone taking time to send in their letters, poems and drawings to her and she will cherish the book forever.  She did ask about some of the websites to which I mentioned Absolutely Sophia Myles (which she is, of course, very familiar with) and the Vamp Love Forever site, as that is the primary location for which I post.  But, I did mention there were a number of other sites that are still active and supportive of her and the other cast members’ careers.

What had started out as just another work day become one of the highlights of my year so far, as I certainly did not expect Sophia to receive her keepsake book so quickly from her manager nor did I ever
expect to receive a personal thank you phone call from her.  But, this just shows what a classy and wonderful person she is.

“I just want to say one thing – who was out there first with vampires?” she at first responded. “Who was out there first?”

So…? Might Mick St. John resurface for another “bite”?

“['Moonlight' executive producer] Joel Silver and I were talking about it the other day – but we talk about a lot of things,’ Tassler told us. Any possible ‘Moonlight’ rebirth would be a ways down the line, however, seeing as “we’re about to pick up all of our [2010-11 season] pilots,” Tassler stressed.

One way or another, CBS is determined to find a new project for Alex O’Loughlin, whose ‘Three Rivers’ has been canceled, Tassler confirmed on Saturday.

“We love [Alex] and want him to stay around for a long time,” she said.

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Ms. Tassler’s comments are vague enough to keep her from painting herself into a corner, but certainly it leaves the door open for Moonlight: The Return. What do you think, Moonlighters, does this give you hope?

“Well, we were setting up in the end of our first season that there was a coming war,” Werksman said in an exclusive interview at the awards ceremony in Burbank, Calif. “There was the family from which Coraline came, and it was a royal bloodline of vampires that Mick had been brought into, very much unwanted on his part. I think what we were going to try and do is to have the movie encapsulate the entire second season of the coming war.”

The series chronicled the casework of detective Mick St. John (Alex O’Loughlin), who could solve crimes committed by vampires. He was dealing with his own issues with an ex, Coraline (Shannyn Sossamon), who turned him without his consent, and a 400-year-old vamp (Jason Dohring), who butted in with underworld politics.

Of course, a movie would require the entire cast to return, and after the show’s cancellation, they all booked new gigs. “You know, unfortunately, I think that everyone has kind of moved on,” Werksman said.

One medium that does not need actors, however, is comic books. “No, they don’t need actors,” Werksman said. “We could always do comic books, graphic novels, that’s true.”

A movie is not out of the question, though, because lead actor O’Loughlin has told Werksman he’s still interested. “I know I talked to Alex just a couple weeks ago, after Three Rivers got picked up, and I was congratulating him,” he said. “He’s like, ‘When are we going to do the movie?’ I said, ‘I don’t know, man. Any time you’re ready.’”

Want more? Check out our spoilers and the promotional photos for this episode. We also invite you to join us in the forum to discuss this episode (and everything else Moonlight-related).

Want more? Check out our spoilers and the promotional photos for this episode. We also invite you to join us in the forum to discuss this episode (and everything else Moonlight-related).

Want more? We have spoilers posted here and lively discussion in the forum, plus gorgeous hi-res photos here.

Want more? Read more spoilers, see the episode photos, watch the video preview, and join us in the forum to discuss the show. Also be sure to check out our interviews with Jordan Belfi and Sophia Myles for more insight into these last two episodes.

Can a serial killer played by Alex O’Loughlin slake his thirst for murder? The star of TV’s too-short-lived Moonlight talked to TVGuide.com about his compelling guest spot on CBS’ Criminal Minds (Wednesday, 9 pm/ET). Plus: Why Alex O’s fans should give his new medical drama a chance.

TVGuide.com: Where have ya been, man? We had a long stretch there, after Moonlight went bye-bye, where the fans were missing you terribly.
Alex O’Loughlin: Yeah, I didn’t work for like 10 months. I went back to Australia for a minute, and then I went and sat in a forest for a couple months and got my thoughts together. I did a bunch of writing…. Essentially, I went into a bit of a tailspin and left the country, to Mexico, out of phone range. I was kind of upset.

TVGuide.com: Well, nearly a year later, not a week goes by that I don’t get a Moonlight fan asking not if but when it is coming back.
O’Loughlin: [Laughs] You know, the other day I was in Pittsburgh shooting [the CBS pilot Three Rivers], when this girl comes running up to me. Before I could finish ascertaining what I thought was going to happen, she pounced through the air, like a tiger, and landed on my chest with her arms around my neck and her legs around my waist. After I got her off and thanked her for the hug, she demanded to know when Moonlight was coming back.

TVGuide.com: And you had to break her heart.
O’Loughlin: I had to taser her…. No, I had to tell her that I didn’t think it was [returning].

TVGuide.com: Exactly what measures were taken to possibly save Moonlight?
O’Loughlin: I don’t know exactly what happened after they cut it. I know they talked to CW, they talked to TNT … a bunch of people.

TVGuide.com: Is there anything you can share about what was going to happen next on the show?
O’Loughlin: What I do know is that there was going to be some really cool stuff going on with Eric Winters’ character, [the ADA] who was gathering the list of vampires.

TVGuide.com: Turning to the April 29 episode of Criminal Minds: [Series creator] Ed Bernero told me that your serial killer reaches out to the BAU for “help” — and he put “help” in quotation marks.
O’Loughlin: There are a few twists, and I can’t tell you what they are. But the thing that I love about this episode is that we find a very disturbed character — a guy whose life is run by obsession and by compulsion, and he can’t stop this pattern of killing. But he wants salvation. He finds a child, and the child represents perhaps the last bit of innocence within himself. This is what I drew from the character when I first read the script, and I hope that’s what we see when the show plays. The episode was written by a friend of mine, Simon Mirren, who is very, very talented.

TVGuide.com: Paget Brewster told me that you had the women on the set all atwitter.
O’Loughlin: Oh, boo. Come on. I must have missed that! [Laughs]

TVGuide.com: You went from taking lives on Criminal Minds to saving lives on the CBS drama pilot Three Rivers. Sell me on the concept.
O’Loughlin: It’s set in Pittsburgh, where the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Ohio rivers meet, and it’s told from three perspectives — the organ donor, the organ recipient, and the surgical team. That of course means that in every episode, someone dies and someone potentially lives, so it’s always very high-stakes. The show is really well-written and smart and sensitive. It’s a beautiful little hour of TV.

TVGuide.com: I just know that some of your Moonlight fans are concerned that the premise, on paper, doesn’t sound dynamic enough for their Alex O’Loughlin.
O’Loughlin: It’s absolutely dynamic enough. I plead with my Moonlight fans to give this show a chance if they let me give it a chance. I can’t do Moonlight again — it’s finished. The bottom line is that my true fans will follow me where I go.

TVGuide.com: I take it that your Three Rivers character, Dr. Andy Yablonski, is not Australian.
O’Loughlin: [Laughs] No, he’s not. They offered me the role, and I was like, “Can I at least audition as an Australian?” “G’day! Do you need a new heart?”

TVGuide.com: And they weren’t buying.
O’Loughlin: No, they weren’t.

TVGuide.com: Was Three Rivers the first project that CBS sent you as part of your talent deal with them?
O’Loughlin: No, no. They had a bunch of other things.

TVGuide.com: Did they try to add you to any existing series?
O’Loughlin: Mmmm…. There was talk about a couple bits and pieces that we didn’t take seriously.

TVGuide.com: When are you doing that Jennifer Lopez movie, The Back-Up Plan?
O’Loughlin: That films in like two weeks. She plays a 40-year-old girl who hasn’t found the one and wants to have a baby, so she gets artificially inseminated. Then she meets the guy of her dreams — and that’s me!

We agree with Alex that it’s time to accept that we won’t be getting any more Moonlight, but we will certainly continue to support him and will be watching Three Rivers should CBS give it a pick up. We encourage you to visit AlexOLoughlin.net to keep up with Alex as his career continues to blossom.