Are you ready? 01/30/2012
A tiny little taste of what Season 5 will be about has been released by HBO! Introducing....Claude! 01/23/2012
Yes, finally some more casting news! Ew.com has scooped up the news that actor Giles Matthey will be playing the role of Claude from Charlaine Harris' novels. As some of us know he is a fairy that shared a gene pool with Eric's snack Claudine of last Season. "Meet the new Claude. Sure, his name isn’t exactly the coolest. But this True Blood character is described as a smooth charmer who might shake things up in season 5. Newcomer Giles Matthey has landed the multi-episode role of a hot and mysterious British fairy. One report has said that Claude will catch Jessica’s interest and attention in the upcoming season, but that’s not confirmed. Claude was previously played (briefly) by Neil Hopkins (Lost) on the show. In the books, Claude is described as “the nephew of Sookie’s half-human/half-fairy grandfather, Fintan, and cousin to Sookie’s father … He makes an impact on all women and is described as being absolutely breathtaking … He started out as a stripper at Hooligans, a club in Monroe, which he later becomes owner of, and has branched out to print and runway modeling … Women usually say ‘wow’ when they see him, but his interest is men.” SOURCE Is Tara gone from the show for good?! 12/27/2011
We hope not! We really want to see Tara get a happy ending eventually. But the future of Rutina Wesley's hit job as Tara is in jeopardy since last Season's cliff hanger where her character was shot in the head. Maybe one of the vamps who loves our dear Sookie will step in to help? After her best friend Sookie is confronted by a gun wielding Debbie Pelt, Tara dives in front of her and takes the bullet. Her head is blown off, leaving fans to wonder if she’ll be back in the show’s fifth season. Rutina has revealed that she is unsure about her character’s fate on the hit vampire show, saying that she’s still in the dark about Tara’s fate. Rutina said, “Well, I mean, half my head is missing. I’m just gonna keep saying that.” She went on to reveal, “You know, it’s True Blood. I feel like anything is possible. If anything it is the golden hour though. If she is able to be saved, it’s like she’s got 20 seconds. It’s not a lot of time. I’m curious to see what they’re going to do with all of it. I hope I’m back. But again, half my head is missing.” Due to this cliffhanger ending there have been many rumours that Rutina might be moving to another TV show as many of the stars on True Blood do guest appearances on other shows. According to Examiner.com we can reveal the following: NO she is not going to be in Prometheus! NO she is not going to be in the Walking Dead- even though that would be really cool! But, all these rumours are really more important to fans not because she will or won’t be on another show, but they are looking for a sign that she will be returning to True Blood during season 5. Rutina has confirmed, just after the Season 4 finale in September, that she would be back on True Blood but she herself remains silent as to the form she will assume. Will we see Tara in Flashback scenes – will she be a ghost – perhaps a fairy? Of course on True Blood, literally anything is possible – so perhaps missing half a head might not be fatal! SOURCE Is it hard work to play a 'bitch'? 12/12/2011
According to Kristen Bauer (Van Straten) not so when she's playing our favourite she-vamp Pam. Great interview from the Improper Bostonian online. Jonathan Soroff: Do you believe vampires exist? Kristin Bauer: In Hollywood? Energy vampires, certainly. Are you kidding me? What’s more important to you—painting or acting? Well, one puts food on the table, and I’m very practical. The other one kinda helps me repair the chaos inflicted by the other. But of course, I’d have to pick eating and a roof over my head for the moment. Would you rather be remembered for painting or acting? Interesting question. Painting was sort of my secret. Nobody knew that I did it, and it was sort of my secret sanctuary. I finally decided to tell people that I did this other thing, and I built my website. I still have a foot and a half in the acting world, so I’ll still say acting. But my painting is all me. Is it annoying to be remembered as “Man Hands” from Seinfeld? [Laughs] Hmm…Man Hands or a great painter? I think you’d have to go with Man Hands, don’t you think? Who’d win in a wrestling contest: you or Rutina Wesley [who plays Tara Thornton]? Oh my God. After watching her last year, I’ve gotta go with Rutina. Is it a stretch for you to play such a bitch? No! Not at all! Interestingly, amazingly, those shoes are really easy to step into. SOURCE & Lots more questions... Girl with the tramp stamp tattoo.. 12/08/2011
Joe Manganiello and Emma Roberts did a little video for Funny or Die parodying 'The Girl with the dragon tattoo'. It's pretty funny and cute.. From SVU to Bon Temps? 11/30/2011
Apparently TVline.com is hearing rumours that Christopher Meloni of Oz, SVU fame may be cast in an important role for True Blood. Hmmm who do we think he may play? A vamp? A were? or maybe just a regular human? Either way sounds like great casting to me! "TVLine has learned exclusively that the former Law & Order: SVU front man is circling what my sources are calling a “major role” in the show’s upcoming fifth season. But what role? An HBO rep declined to comment, but I hear Meloni — who’s currently shooting a top-secret role in The Man of Steel — is in talks to play (duh) an incredibly powerful vampire. If a deal comes to pass, this would be a major casting coup for True Blood. It would also mark a high-profile return to the small screen for Meloni following his sudden departure from SVU last spring." SOURCE 
A nice little interview she did talking about the new vampires in Tv, movies and specifically True Blood. True Blood is set in your native Louisiana, and it really uses vampirism as a metaphor for outsiders, including the gay community. What are your thoughts on using vampirism as a metaphor for the disenfranchised? It’s a given! The vampire is an outsider. He’s the perfect metaphor for those things. He’s someone who looks human and sounds human, but is not human, so he’s always on the margins. When I write and assume the point of view of the vampire, I understand the agony of being a public outcast—someone who doesn’t belong anywhere, yet longs to be part of something and gravitates to other outcasts of his own kind. I remember the year Interview With the Vampire was published, a young man came to me at Berkeley and told me he thought Interview With the Vampire was “the longest sustained gay allegory in the English language.” I was kind of amazed and honored that he was unpacking that from it, but it wasn’t a conscious thing. Back to True Blood, how do you feel about the show’s depiction of vampires as these uninhibited, primal, sexual beings? I’m a fan of the show. I see it as a logical part of it all. [Harris] has expanded the sexuality that’s inherent in that idea. I didn’t think of that, but as my books went on, I involved my vampires in more sexuality. But I couldn’t go as far as Charlaine Harris did, because I had said that my vampires can’t have sex; that the act of drinking blood is orgasmic for them. She’s doing it a different way. She’s saying that this blood drinker must also be dynamite in bed. Makes sense! SOURCE Vote my pretties! 11/08/2011
Mr Northman to get a sister? 11/02/2011
So apparently Eric Northman isn't a only child regarding his life as a vampire from Godric and the show will be introducing a sister character for him next Season. British actress Lucy Griffiths is coming to America in a big way. The 25-year-old stunner — best known for her role as the ill-fated Marian in the BBC drama Robin Hood — is joining True Blood‘s Season 5 cast as a series regular. Griffiths will play Nora, Eric’s (Alexander Skarsgard) centuries-old vampire “sister” (they were both progenies of Godric) who is working as a double agent within the Vampire Authority. Described as intelligent, intimidating, cool under pressure and a very good liar, Nora loves Eric deeply, but has dedicated her life to a higher purpose. The gig marks Griffiths’ first big break stateside after several near misses. Most recently, she was among the leads in The CW’s zombie thriller pilot Awakening, but the show was not ordered to series. True Blood‘s fifth season starts production later this year ahead of a Summer 2012 premiere. SOURCE Stephen Moyer, a man of many talents.. 10/31/2011
Stephen Moyer spoke to Movieline about his role in the new movie 'The Double' and making it look like he swallowed a battery among other things on True Blood with choreography. That scenario would make for some pretty unhappy True Blood fans I’d imagine. Did you interact with any inmates? No. We only saw three or four high level prisoners — in that they were allowed to do things around the corridors. They had been in there a long while or their crimes weren’t as big. [SPOILER] Your battery scene made me gag. How did you make it look like you were swallowing a battery in one take? Did you notice that? Good! How do you know I didn’t actually eat a battery? Well, I don’t want to talk about why I do that in the middle of a movie. I’ll tell you though when this thing is off. [Turns off tape record and explains his battery-eating trick. Turns tape recorder back on.] I’m quite proud of that scene because I choreographed it myself. [END OF SPOILER] Was it your idea to do it in one take? It was. I came up with a way of shooting it where we didn’t have to cut the camera. Film and theater are about misdirection and making the audience see something. I find it interesting. One of the things we do in True Blood is shoot all of our stunts in camera. Instead of doing some kind of visual effect, we try to make it happen. The camera might be over my shoulder as I’m looking at, for argument’s sake, Lorena. She’ll throw me down onto the floor and the camera will whip pan and when it gets to the other side of the room, I’m already on the floor. There’s no way I could have done it that fast because we’re doing it in vamp speed. What you don’t realize is that that wasn’t me when you were looking over my shoulder because you couldn’t see my face. SOURCE & MORE.. |
