Anna Paquin is careful of the "outlandish" things she says around the True Blood writers as they sometimes end up in the show.
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The actress is famed for her role as Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO series. True Blood follows the co-existence of vampires and humans in a fictional town in Louisiana.
Because of the fantasy content, Anna has to bite her tongue with discussing far-fetched ideas around the production team, as they sometimes end up working them into the script.
"Sometimes I pitch things that are a joke. There was a scene in episode nine [of season four] with me Steve [Moyer] and Alex [Skarsgård] that I pitched, which I can't you about, but was sort of a joke, but not really," she explained in an interview with SciFi Now.
"Sometimes I wonder if I say things that are really outlandish and because of the nature of our show, they actually end up in the show."
Anna's character Sookie has a complicated relationship with vampire Bill. The star likes to get her teeth stuck into the intricate romantic storylines.
"I'm totally happy for our characters to be as sad, distraught, messed up and hating each other as they like," she said.
"We don't really have everything be perfect or happy for too long. It's not interesting television if everything works out for Bill and Sookie, and then they adopt five babies and live happily ever after."
From TV Guide: True Blood Recasts Cousin Claude![Image and video hosting by TinyPic]()
True Blood's Sookie is getting a new fairy cousin in Season 5. Actor Giles Matthey, whose only credit is an appearance on The Good Wife last October, will assume the fairy wings previously worn by Neil Hopkins, who played the role in an episode last season.
Claude, in case you forget, is the twin brother of Sookie's elegant fairy cousin, Claudine, who we met toward the end of True Blood's third season. In the book series, Claude is an arrogant little queen whose only redeeming quality is his protective nature toward Claudine. Some fans criticized the choice of Neil for the role, considering him too old for the part.
While Claude will not be a series regular, I'm told the part will be considerably expanded into a multi-episode arc and could develop into something even larger. In the books, Claude and Sookie eventually grow to be close friends.
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The roles we're casting this week? The WOLVES of Season 5! This photo was taken by Alan Ball himself at the first official wolf meeting of the season. The trainers distracted the wolves with chicken treats while Alan and several others -- producers, directors, ADs, cinematographers -- looked on and discussed which wolves to cast as which characters.![Image and video hosting by TinyPic]()
PLUS: HBO True Blood's Twitter account promises a...GRAPHIC TEASER
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The actress is famed for her role as Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO series. True Blood follows the co-existence of vampires and humans in a fictional town in Louisiana.
Because of the fantasy content, Anna has to bite her tongue with discussing far-fetched ideas around the production team, as they sometimes end up working them into the script.
"Sometimes I pitch things that are a joke. There was a scene in episode nine [of season four] with me Steve [Moyer] and Alex [Skarsgård] that I pitched, which I can't you about, but was sort of a joke, but not really," she explained in an interview with SciFi Now.
"Sometimes I wonder if I say things that are really outlandish and because of the nature of our show, they actually end up in the show."
Anna's character Sookie has a complicated relationship with vampire Bill. The star likes to get her teeth stuck into the intricate romantic storylines.
"I'm totally happy for our characters to be as sad, distraught, messed up and hating each other as they like," she said.
"We don't really have everything be perfect or happy for too long. It's not interesting television if everything works out for Bill and Sookie, and then they adopt five babies and live happily ever after."
From TV Guide: True Blood Recasts Cousin Claude
True Blood's Sookie is getting a new fairy cousin in Season 5. Actor Giles Matthey, whose only credit is an appearance on The Good Wife last October, will assume the fairy wings previously worn by Neil Hopkins, who played the role in an episode last season.
Claude, in case you forget, is the twin brother of Sookie's elegant fairy cousin, Claudine, who we met toward the end of True Blood's third season. In the book series, Claude is an arrogant little queen whose only redeeming quality is his protective nature toward Claudine. Some fans criticized the choice of Neil for the role, considering him too old for the part.
While Claude will not be a series regular, I'm told the part will be considerably expanded into a multi-episode arc and could develop into something even larger. In the books, Claude and Sookie eventually grow to be close friends.
Two unexciting pictures from the Inside True Blood blog:
It's that time of year again! Mike Wells, our trusty Construction Coordinator, is helping unpack everything that was put into storage for the hiatus. This was a nice surprise on my walk across the lot this morning
The roles we're casting this week? The WOLVES of Season 5! This photo was taken by Alan Ball himself at the first official wolf meeting of the season. The trainers distracted the wolves with chicken treats while Alan and several others -- producers, directors, ADs, cinematographers -- looked on and discussed which wolves to cast as which characters.
PLUS: HBO True Blood's Twitter account promises a...GRAPHIC TEASER
(WTF! I hope 'graphic tease' is Home Box Office-slang for JMan-ASkars-RKwant-CMeloni peen)
