Celebrity Song Sparked Stephen Moyer's Marriage Proposal to Anna Paquin The TV vampire borrowed from True Blood to set the stage to pop the question By Monique Jessen Monique Jessen Monique Jessen is a UK-based journalist with over 20 years experience interviewing celebrities, reporting on the British royal family and covering style People Editorial Guidelines Published on October 26, 2009 07:30AM EDT Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin When Stephen Moyer proposed marriage to his True Blood costar Anna Paquin, he looked to his onscreen vampire character, Bill Compton, for a little inspiration. “There’s a song Bill listens to in the car about a white sandy beach,” Moyer tells British Glamour magazine in its November issue. “So we decided to go away for a break – to a white sandy beach – and that’s where it happened.” Moyer, 39, and Paquin, 27, managed to keep their off-screen romance a secret on the set until an awkward love scene forced the actor to do the honorable thing and ‘fess up. Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer Share Sushi in Vegas Like many of the couple’s fellow costars on the hit HBO series, the cast member’s reaction was one of utter shock. “So after 10 months, we had to tell him,” said Moyer. “He couldn’t believe it!”