Where You've Seen The Cast Of Kindred Before

A veteran voice actor who's also appeared in bit parts in "New Girl" and "Law & Order: SVU," Ryan Kwanten was a familiar face in last year's Amazon Prime series "Them," but is best known as the goofy, loveable, gorgeous Jason Stackhouse from HBO's "True Blood." Jason was a key, fan-favorite character in that series, upending many traditional male stereotypes — although don't expect the same of Thomas Weylin in "Kindred." Aside from requiring this Australian actor to convincingly play a Southerner again, in fact, the two roles almost couldn't be further apart. 

Kwanten plays Thomas in "Kindred," who is a cruel, entitled, violent, and dangerous character. While it is likely enough years have passed since "True Blood" that people will be able to accept Kwanten in this new role, it will no doubt still be difficult to watch some of his scenes — Thomas is that bad. Now, fans don't yet know if "Kindred" will encompass the whole book or merely lead us through parts of the story, but IMDb says Kwanten is appearing in all eight episodes. 

Given the many years that go by in the past timeline of "Kindred" — despite things progressing fairly slowly in the contemporary Los Angeles setting — we may see Kwanten undergo some major aging makeup or perhaps even take over the role as Thomas' son Rufus all grown up. It's hard to say, but if "True Blood" taught us anything, it's that everything is possible.