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Kwanten had full frontal moments on set

Ryan Kwanten has revealed he wasn't always able to retain his modesty while filming nude scenes in the raunchy vampire drama, True Blood.

The Aussie actor said the sock used to keep him covered while he was filming nude scenes or sex scenes had a habit of falling off.

The actor made the revelation during an interview on Kiis 1065's Kyle & Jackie O show on Thursday.

"There really is a skin coloured sock tied in a neat little bow," he said he told the breakfast duo.

"It doesn't always stay so neat, doesn't stay on, but that's the intention," he revealed.

The actor, who was first known for his role as Vinnie Patterson in Home & Away, won the role of Jason Stackhouse in True Blood, the popular HBO series which ran for seven seasons.

But Kwanten revealed it wasn't all plain-sailing for him when he first moved to Hollywood. He says he was there for four years before he landed the part in True Blood.

"I defintely went through a small struggle period," he said.

"But it's one of those professions where the harder you work, the luckier you get."

He also remained modest about the success of the show, saying they were "lucky" the show hit the vampire phase at a time when it was flourishing.

The actor also cleared up a rumour that he had been bitten by a shark.

The surfer said the event had happened, but it wasn't as dramatic as it sounded because it was a bite from a Wobbegong shark which isn't particularly harmful.

"I fell off my board at one point hoping to get the sandbreak but instead it (his hand) went straight into a Wobbegong's mouth," he said.

"It was painful but it certainly wasn't a shark attack as you imagine it."

The star is in Australia as an ambassador for the McDonald's charity McHappy Day.