Brilliant Quote by Oliver Jackson-Cohen

“It was just hilarious how my first reaction was, "Oh, no, it's another vampire show. I'm not interested." And then, I read the script and thought it was brilliant.”

Oliver Jackson-Cohen

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Dracula isn't just another vampire show. It's something entirely different that I personally feel I've never seen on American TV before.

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I'm perfectly honest, I've never seen Twilight, I've never seen The Vampire Diaries, and I've never seen True Blood, or anything like that.

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When I read the script, I said to one of the producers, "I know you probably want Jonathan Harker really fluffy, but I'm not…

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Vampires have been romanticized, and this is bringing it right back to being vampiric. I think there's something sexy and raw about that.

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