True Blood’s Pam Dishes on the Upcoming Season

Need Another Reason to Look Forward to Season 5?

If you are anything like me and my friends, one of your favorite things about True Blood is Pam‘s great one liners. Between her and Lafayette there are plenty of great quotes throughout each season. E! Online sat down with Kristin Bauer van Straten to talk about the upcoming season and what’s in store for her character.

Though she was reluctant to reveal any plot details concerning the new season, Bauer still gave Pam fans plenty to look forward to. She gushed:

“Every script I get I go, ‘Oh my god, that’s better than I thought it would be.’ And wardrobe fittings, ‘Oh my god, that’s better than I could have imagined.’”

When you see one of the show’s actors this excited about things to come, you can’t help but to feel some of that energy and excitement. Bauer also spoke about working with Alexander Skarsgård, the sexy Eric Northman, and if his increasing fame has changed him at all. She spoke of Skarsgård’s fame, saying:

“He’s the same guy…We’re buddies. But watch I’ll go watch the movies and then get starstruck all of a sudden.”

Good to hear that he is still the same down to earth guy.

Though Bauer didn’t give away any plot point from the upcoming season, in my opinion that’s a good thing. That way we can all be shocked by those OMG neck twisting sex moments we all love!

Source: E! Online - True Blood‘s Pam Talks Season Five “Goodness” and Working With Superstar Alexander Skarsgård!

Photo Credit: HBO, Inc.

Winning the Heart of True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgård

ASkar Gives Us a How-To in December’s Elle UK:

Ladies –and all delusional queers like myself– apparently all you need to do to win over this heart-throb is compliment his acting (instead of his indubitable good looks.  According to Skarsgård, “Vanity is suicide for an actor.  Your creativity will die if you focus on looking good”) and obsess over the Hammarby Fotboll Club.  (I’m Googling all things Hammarby in the adjacent browser tab as I write this… Swedish soccer players, you say? Double-yum.)

Skarsgård is featured next month in Elle UK and writer Tim Teeman sat down with the Nordic god-of-a-man for the interview.  In it, readers can relish in the actor’s mini-bio details, e.g. he started acting at age 7 but didn’t appreciate the overzealous attention he received after The Dog That Smiled.  From there he joined the Swedish Royal Navy for a year and a half, toyed briefly with the idea of becoming an architect at Leeds Metropolitan University (but spent most of his time drinking instead of studying) before deciding to return to acting.  His big break came from Zoolander, but his major fame has stemmed from his role as Eric Northman on HBO‘s True Blood.

He’s not only gracing the small screen (i.e. Generation Kill, 2008 mini-series) with his talents, though.  His film career is w(h)etting our –let’s say– appetites, as well.  Most recently released, in Straw Dogs, Skarsgård plays a tenacious, rural ex-boyfriend.  His object of obsession and tight-grip is on urban Kate Bosworth‘s (who Skarsgård dated through July ’11) character who is involved with the character played by James Marsden.  The film is a remake of a 1971 movie of the same name and includes a powerful and violent rape scene between Skarsgård and Bosworth’s character that was “tough for us all.”  Before that but also released this year, he played in Melancholia with Kiefer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg.  He just wrapped up filming an adaptation of Henry James’ What Maisie Knew this summer.

About his personal love life, the 35 year-old Swede is not stressing.  He likes being in relationships and he likes being single.  He says that it’s possible to be happy or miserable in either situation, but obviously he’d rather be happy.  He loves cooking, traveling, and because he comes from a family with six younger siblings, eventually wants kids.  He says that a lot of girls want him to bite them (no surprise there… I’d let him take a chomp of anything of mine) but, “I can’t [bite them] because I’ll end up doing it for the next thirty years.  There will be no biting,” he says. (Darnitall!)  However, the message he does want to send to all Elle readers: “Tell them I will marry them all.” So that’s it, I’m moving to California where it’s legal.

So Truebies: if you can get your hands on Elle UK, do it! You can check out the linked interview here, or click on the pictures below for the full story and let us know what you think in our comments section!

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sources: Elle UK and askarsgard.com

 

Video: Joe Manganiello Reveals His Love for True Blood

Yorkshire Terriers, Love Squares, and Werewolves, Oh My!

In a recent interview, Emma Roberts, an Entertainment Reporter for MSN Entertainment, spoke with the statuesque Joe Manganiello about his role as Alcide Herveaux on HBO‘s True Blood.  At 6’5″ and 225 lbs, Manganiello is not only a beefy hunk of a man, but as Roberts notes, is charming and adorable.  When Alcide growls, Manganiello revealed that he’s channelling his 8 lb Yorkshire Terrier when Hercules (how effing sexy is a big man with a tiny dog named Hercules?) is threatened with the prospect of losing his pig-ear treat. If you weren’t swooning over Joe before, now would be a good time to start.

What Manganiello loves, and what audiences love about his role as Alcide, is what we love about dogs: “he’s very loyal, he has a big heart; no matter all the bad things that happen to him, he keeps coming back.”  And why does Alcide originally fall for Sookie?  She smells good.  (I wish he’d sniff me out!)

About the forming love square between his character, Sookie Stackhouse, Bill Compton and Eric Northman, Manganiello surmises,

“My character offers something very different to the other two vampire suitors – he can go out with Sookie during the day, take her to tea, go to the beach. So they can do other things in the daylight that the others can’t.”

He adds that vampires can be “savage and duplicitous.” Whereas werewolves can also be savage, “Alcide in particular has a very strong moral code which isn’t necessarily present in the other characters on the show.”  He articulates that Alcide has fallen for Sookie because she has a spunk, an energy of light; when he’s forced to take her into the underground world of werewolves in Season 3, he feels inclined to protect her and those feelings never disappear.

Truebies, if you want to enjoy Manganiello’s delightful personality in video form, watch the full interview below and let us know what you think in the Comments section!

Source: MSN UK TV

Photo: HBO

Big News for True Blood Comic Series

Publishers Have Announced a Monthly Release!

According to IDW Publishing the TRUE BLOOD comic book series has become one of their most popular titles.  Since its first issue was published by IDW in July 2010, each installment has given Truebies a deeper insight into their favorite characters.  Now, a new comic will be released every month.  Alan Ball, the show’s creator, says about the series:

“The comics are a great way to continue telling True Blood stories off screen. With this new ongoing series, Truebies will be able to find a new comic in stores every month. We’ll also have even more room to create in-depth drama and further explore the world of Bon Temps.”

After IDW and HBO reached the New York Times‘ Best-Selling First Comic Collection with their compilation of ALL TOGETHER NOW, they released the second compilation entitled TAINTED LOVE.  All Together Now is about a woodland monster who ravages Merlotte’s and Tainted Love revolves around Jessica ingesting some poisoned bottles of True Blood and Bill‘s search for its origin.  In stores now, the third mini-series (not yet compiled) is called THE FRENCH QUARTER and:

“finds Sookie and Eric in New Orleans tracking a killer, whom Eric and Godric thought they killed in Paris more than 200 years ago, while Bill is in town investigating a local Hep-D outbreak that may be connected to the killer’s latest victims. Meanwhile, back in Bon Temps, Truebies will wonder why Pam is hanging out at Merlotte’s and what it is she wants with Lafayette.”

The French Quarter issues will be compiled as a series and released in March 2012.

TRUE BLOOD: ALL TOGETHER NOW ($24.99, 160 pages, hard cover, full color) is now available in stores. Diamond order code DEC10 0370; ISBN 978-1-60010-868-6.

TRUE BLOOD: TAINTED LOVE ($24.99, 160 pages, hard cover, full color) is now available in stores. Diamond order code JUL11 0370; ISBN 978-1-61377-019-1.

TRUE BLOOD: TAINTED LOVE ($11.99) is available in Apple’s iBook Store here: http://bit.ly/smqTIA

The entire TRUE BLOOD COMICS COLLECTION is available for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch through the Apple App Store [http://itunes.com/apps/idwpublishing/truebloodcomicscollection]

TRUE BLOOD comics are available for the Sony PSP through the Sony Digital Comics store here: http://bit.ly/fKNzWV

Whoever has these comics or loves comics and True Blood should let us know what you think in the comments section! If you have any Truebie friends, I know the books make a great holiday present! (I’m hoping to find Tainted Love in my stocking since I’ve already purchased and devoured All Together Now.)

Image and Article Source: IDW Publishing

Alexander Skarsgård Makes AskMen’s Top 49 Men List

The Results are In:

After more than two hundred thousand AskMen.com readers voted on which men they feel have earned the right to call themselves one of the Top Most Influential Men of 2011, the results are in…

One of our favorite Vamps has managed to lock in recognition on this Hot List! Alexander Skarsgård (Eric Northman) on HBO’s True Blood has secured the 17th spot on the Top Most Influential Men of 2011. For True Blood fans it will come as no surprise to see that this Vampire Viking has received this much deserved recognition. Skarsgård plays the gorgeous, smoldering, powerful, Sheriff of Area 5 on True Blood, who has recently become entangled in a VERY sexy love triangle with Sookie (Anna Paquin) and Bill (Stephen Moyer), which hit its climax in Season 4 and answered the “Will they?Won’t they? ” between Sookie and Eric with a resounding hell YES!

Skarsgård receives this recognition alongside some of the world’s most popular and influential figures; Piers Morgan, George Clooney, and the late Steve Jobs (number 1) all of whom received status as one of the Most Influential Men of 2011.

I’m sure I speak on behalf of all the Team Eric fans when I say congrats Alexander, you deserve this acknowledgement, and we can’t wait for you to work your way up this list next year!

Source: Askmen.com - Top 49 Men 2011

Photo: HBO

True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgård in New Movie “The East”

Actor to Appear in Fox Searchlight Thriller:

Tony and Ridley Scott are producing The East, which will feature Alexander Skarsgård and Brit Marling. Ellen Page is also in talks to join True Blood’s Eric Northman in this project.

The East is a thriller about a private firm contracted to protect large corporations from environmental and anti-business extremists. This firm attempts to infiltrate a secretive anarchist organization known as “The East”.

Brit Marling will appear as the undercover agent who tries to infiltrate The East and finds herself falling in love with the group’s enigmatic leader, Skarsgård. Page’s character, Izzy, is a former lover of Skarsgård and jealous of the attention he has been paying to Marling.

Viking Vampire Eric Northman starring as an environmental extremist, will you be running to the movies to see this thriller? Tell us your thoughts in the comments section below.

 

Source:  Variety - Ellen Page Infiltrates “The East”

Photo: HBO

Spoiler – Casting Call for Season 5 of True Blood

Alan Ball Needs Two Female Actors:

So you love True Blood? And you think you can act? Well, HBO and Alan Ball are on the hunt for two new strong female vampire roles. Nudity is a possibility – but would we expect anything less of True Blood?

The first role calls for a female between the ages of 25 and 35. The character’s name is Nora and she is a progeny of Godric’s, so there should be a few juicy scenes alongside the awesome Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård).

The second role is something to really sink your teeth into (pun intended). If you are a fan of the Bible, then her name will be familiar. She is the daughter of Herodias from the New Testament. Yes, her name is Salome! In Season 5, Salome will be a powerful and very ancient vampire – something that was kept out of the Bible, for obvious reasons. She is also just a little bit crazy.

So, if you think you’ve got what it takes, then now is the time to audition for your part on True Blood. (Unfortunately, we can’t help you with that!)

Source: EW.com – ‘True Blood’ casting call: A biblical new role…and a very old friend for Eric — EXCLUSIVE

(Photo Credit: HBO, Inc.)

2011 SCREAM Awards Honor Cast of True Blood

True Blood Wins 3 Accolades at SPIKE TV’s Awards Show:

The SCREAM Awards 2011 was Spike TV’s sixth annual awards ceremony that celebrated the actors, creators, icons and pioneers of the sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic book genres.  The event aired October 18th and True Blood went home with the Scream Award for Best Ensemble Cast, Best Horror Actor (Alexander Skarsgård for his role as Eric Northman) and Best Breakout Performance (Joe Manganiello as Alcide Herveaux.)

In the Best Ensemble Cast, the cast of True Blood beat out:

Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Red, and X-MEN First Class.

In Best Horror Actor, Alexander Skarsgård won over:

Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead), Patrick Wilson (Insidious), and True Blood‘s own Stephen Moyer (Sorry Bill, in this season, Eric was hotter!)

And finally in Best Breakout Performance, Joe Manganiello topped:

Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead), Michael Fassbender (X-MEN First Class), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), and Tom Hiddleston (Thor).

To see photos, watch video highlights from the red carpet and ceremony or to scrutinize the other categories celebrated, check out the Spike TV Scream Awards.

Source: Spike TV

Photo: Spike TV

True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgård on Melancholia Banner

New Movie “Melancholia” Character Pictures:

With the release of Alexander Skarsgård’s latest film (hot Vampire Eric Northman on True Blood), Melancholia, come some new character banners: Skarsgard’s Michael; Kirsten Dunst’s Justine (Michael’s fiancée); Kiefer Sutherland’s John, Justine’s brother-in-law with a temper; Charlotte Gainsbourg, Justine’s sister Gaby, who is married to John, and John Hurt, who plays Dexter, Justine’s father. Last but not least, we have the film’s director, Lars von Trier.

 

 

 

 

Truebies, have any of you seen the film? Anyone plan on seeing it? Let us know in the comment section!

Source: empireonline.com- New Melancholia Character Banners

(Photos: Empireonline.com)

Video: True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgård Talks Melancholia

Skarsgård and Kiefer Sutherland Speak on Sci-Fi Picture:

Alexander Skarsgård is taking a break from playing vampire Eric Northman on HBO’s True Blood to act in a few major motion picture films. With Straw Dogs already in theaters, Skarsgård’s next film is Melancholia, which is about two sisters who have a strained relationship that is tested even further when a mysterious new planet threatens to smash into the Earth.

On doing new work, Skarsgård said:

“If I read a script and find a character and I don’t feel anything new about that- If there’s nothing I can learn or discover about myself I won’t get creative… If you’ve done it before, it’s not fun. To me at least.”

Skarsgård’s father has worked with Melancholia director Lars von Trier six times. Skarsgård couldn’t resist a chance to work with von Trier.

On shooting Melancholia, Skarsgård said:

“Like, even if it’s a complicated scene with cars coming in, people going in and out… and we would shoot it and 98% would be a disaster… There would be these moments or just a look or an interaction that is so brilliant.”

The sci-fi drama also stars Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland, and John Hurt.

Watch the video below to catch the whole interview:

Source Credit: The Hot Button on YouTube - Melancholia, actors Alexander Skarsgard, Kiefer Sutherland

Photo Credit: HBO

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