British actress Lara Pulver has been cast as the protective guardian for Sookie Stackhouse on HBO‘s True Blood. This is a recurring role for the character, Claudine, who is actually Sookie‘s fairy godmother.
Lara was recently seen in the BBC-America series, Robin Hood. In an article on The Ausiello Files, Michael Ausiello said that Ms. Pulver has not read any of Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire books, but she is aware that Claudine is a major player in two of them.
In the books, Claudine is sent to be Sookie‘s guardian angel. Will there be fairy dust in the air? We’ll have to wait and see how the role plays out in Season 3, which begins on June 13th.
SOURCE: ausiellofiles.ew.com
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But why? Just because the source material says one thing doesn’t mean you have to follow it to the letter… Take Emma Watson as Hermione Granger for example. She NEVER fully appreciated the Hermione from the Harry Potter books because she wasn’t a perfect fit for the physical characteristics in the book. Was she a good Hermione? Yes. A perfect copy of what was shown in the books? Absolutely not.
The same thing can be said for the most recent Sherlock Holmes movie. Was Robert Downey Jr good in the movie? Yes. Was he really portraying Sherlock as the character is presented in numerous stories? Absolutely not, even though the movie was still fun.
Source material is never going to be perfectly copied because it’s impossible. Other times, things are changed in production to make casting and shooting scenes easier. That’s just the way Hollyweird works.