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Carrie Preston Joins 'The Following': 'True Blood' Actress To Guest Star As Serial Killer Groupie

'True Blood' Star's Next Move
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Actress Carrie Preston attends a special screening of Radius TWC's "Lovelace" hosted by The Cinema Society and MCM on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Arlene Fowler is trading vampires for serial killers.

According to E! Online, "True Blood" actress Carrie Preston has joined "The Following" as Judy, serial killer Joe Carroll's (James Purefoy) groupie.

Preston's role is particularly interesting because by the end of Season 1 it looked like Joe Carroll was dead. But in a June interview, star Kevin Bacon didn't seem too convincing about it.

“You know, nobody in the show really has job security," he said on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. "He, uh, he disappeared -- I mean, he’s dead. Yeah. At the end of the season, he’s dead.”

Catch Carrie Preston on "The Following" when it returns to Fox this January.

"True Blood" Season 5 Character Posters
Alcide Herveaux (Joe Manganiello)(01 of12)
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Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer)(02 of12)
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Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard)(03 of12)
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Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten)(04 of12)
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Jessica Hamby (Deborah Ann Wolf)(05 of12)
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Roman (Christopher Meloni)(06 of12)
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Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten)(07 of12)
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Lafayette Reynolds (Nelsan Ellis)(08 of12)
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Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare)(09 of12)
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Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell)(10 of12)
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Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin)(11 of12)
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Tara Thornton (Rutina Wesley)(12 of12)
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