Snoop Dogg wants to be a vampire. The “Gangsta Luv” rapper is a huge fan of True Blood and is keen to land a role on the hit US TV horror series.

“I love that show. I wish I could be on it. I’d be a hell of a vampire, don’t you think?” he said. “So what’s happenin’? True Blood, get at me - Snoop Dogg wants to be a vampire.”

The occasional actor is so eager to appear on the HBO program, he has even paid tribute to it on his new song “Gangsta Luv” - the first single from his upcoming album Malice N Wonderland. In it, he raps: “Everyday is the same thang, I creep in/ It’s like True Blood, I sink my teeth in/ I gotta have it.”

Snoop isn’t the only star to recently confess an interest in undead blood-sucking creatures. Talking about her favorite type of movie, Katie Holmes said: “It can be any genre. I even like vampire movies - they just have to be well done. I want to believe in the characters. The minute it starts to feel not real, I’m not interested.”