'True Blood' Casting News: New Love Interest for Jessica?

Looking for some news about season five of "True Blood?" Here's an interesting little tidbit about a Brit who's showing up to Bon Temps soon.

Giles Matthey, a newcomer who appeared on one episode of "The Good Wife," has been cast as Claude in the new season. We've seen a bit of Claude in the faerie world, but now the character will be recurring, and has a new (less grimy) face.

So it looks like Sookie will be having some faerie company in Claude, who is her cousin on her father's side. The character is described as a "smooth talker" who has quite the effect on the ladies, but shows more interest in the men of Bon Temps.

And yes, since he is a character on this show he will be sans clothes most of the time. In the books, Claude starts out as a stripper and later becomes a model, but it's not confirmed as to whether the show will carry over that backstory. There's also word that Claude might become a love interest of sorts for Jessica, as if she needed any more romantic entanglements.

Are you familiar with the character in the books? Do you think the casting is spot-on?