Monday, June 22, 2009

Interview with 'True Blood' vampire Stephen Moyer

USA today

Viewers have been thirsty for the second season of HBO's True Blood: The premiere attracted 3.7 million viewers, making it the cable channel's most-watched program since The Sopranos' series finale. Stephen Moyer, the British actor who plays handsome vamp Bill Compton, chatted with USA TODAY Pop Candy blogger Whitney Matheson.

Q: Now that True Blood has returned, what sort of reactions have you been hearing?

A: People seem genuinely excited by it. I think that our first two episodes are very much about setting up new ideas for the season, and Episode 3 is when it really starts to show something completely new. I've only seen up until Episode 3, but I was blown away by it. I think it's really interesting television, and it breaks new ground.

Q: One thing we're seeing is that Eric has a larger presence this season. What is that relationship between Bill and Eric going to be like?

A: Well, it starts off as one that is respectful, because he is Bill's elder and because he's a sheriff. Bill has to kowtow to him in many ways, which he doesn't like. What'sreally interesting, I think, is that Alan (Ball, the executive producer) and the writers have set up a modern-day feudal system, like a hierarchical kind of system where you're not allowed to speak down to your elders or the person above you. It's very old-fashioned, and I really like that. So even when Bill is incredibly (ticked) off with Eric's behavior, he has to be very careful with how he voices that.

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1 comments:

Sharon said...

CH set up the feudal system with sheriffs and kings and queens, not AB. He's just gone about changing everything else. The only thing, so far, from my reading that is the same about what's going on in Dallas is that a vampire disappears in Dallas. I haven't seen it yet obviously, but the Godric of the books seems much more interesting than turning him into the character of the books called Stan and making him the vampire that disappears.It wasn't Godric or Stan that disappeared. Where's the logic in that change? Just changing it so he can say its his creation, not CH's.