"I've always wanted to shrink": 'Van Helsing' star Aleks Paunovic on being 'big' and Julius's return to humanity in Season 3

Aleks plays the role of a vampire, Julius on SyFy's hit series Van Helsing, and apart from that he has also indulged in productions, music and boxing.
UPDATED SEP 25, 2018

He might be a sexy, buff vampire on screen in the hit show Van Helsing, but in real life, Aleks Paunovic is just your regular dude with a love for all things creative, and of course - food. Striking such a fine balance between the kind of person he is in real life and the roles he portrays on screen - Aleks seems to have mastered the art of playing the intimidating big guy even though in real life the idea of violence and fights is something that he stays far away from.

And now, on the brink of the release of Van Helsing's upcoming season 3, which hits the network on October 5, 2018, at 9 pm ET, Aleks spills the beans on being the  'big dude' in the industry, and his go-to methods for adapting to such intense, violence plots onscreen. Here are some excerpts of his conversation with Meaww

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