He’ll have to navigate girls, bullies, and the unexpected obstacles of the supernatural world.
But even though he has powers, Reginald is not your typical hero.
Playing the lead isn’t the only thing that excites Batalon about the new project.
Jacob Batalon on ‘Reginald the Vampire.'.SYFY
“We sort of turn vampire tropes on their head,” he explains.
It also puts body positivity at the center of its story.
It’s also a very bloody series, which required a lot of technical work.
The blood may have gotten old, but the fangs never did.
“Having fangs made me feel really cool!
It felt as if I actually had superpowers,” he says.
Once he got the hang of talking with them in his mouth, that is.
“I was covered in blood, and it was gushing out of my body.
It felt so unreal.
He had to learn to do double duty while dealing with the faster speed of television.
In the end, for Batalon, it was all worth it to tell Reginald’s story.
Reginald the Vampirepremieres October 5 on Syfy.
