True Blood's Vampire Romance
Having a vampire boyfriend doesn't have to suck.
"She's so many things in one person. She's tough and she's courageous and she's smart, but she's sweet, innocent and naive and she's quite sheltered. And she is completely open-minded, which, in her very small town is a little bit less common," Paquin describes. "There's just something appealing about that level of enthusiasm that she has for things that are new and exciting as opposed to being frightened. And even though she gets into trouble quite frequently in the show and she's still a very tough little girl she's not completely capable of taking care of herself."
Adds Stephen Moyer, "There's something about her that's different from anybody else Bill has ever met. He's held by her otherness," says the British actor, last seen in the Starter Wife miniseries and movie 88 Minutes. He characterizes his own character as "complex. He's so unlike any other vampire because he's got morals. He's a very ethical man. He wants to be a decent undead being. I wanted to make him precise and still and slow and different from how you ordinarily see a vampire."
Though she's an Oscar winner (at 11, for The Piano), Paquin, now 26, "fought hard" to get the role, which required her to acquire a southern accent (she's Canadian by birth but grew up in New Zealand) and dye her brown hair blond. "Boys like to stare at blond girls," she has discovered. "It's amusing and quite lovely." She also had to get used to an abbreviated wardrobe of "really tiny shorts. I'm practically naked," she laughs."But they give me this nice spray tan."
Living in L.A. temporarily while shooting True Blood, with occasional location trips to Louisiana, Paquin considers herself a gypsy, a word she prefers to homeless, which "has a garbage bag connotation." As for her off-screen relationships, "I don't have a type," she says. "I like smart people. I like nice people. I like good people."
While she wouldn't like to have Sookie's telepathic powers, Paquin says she's "totally fine" with blood, a good thing since some scenes are not for the squeamish. Don't let that aspect deter you though–True Blood is one of the best new series of the fall.
Photo courtesy of Jaimie Trueblood/HBO.
Discussion
Anna and Stephen are really cute together, I also like Rob Pat and K Stew. Seregon O'Dassey isn't someone you want your kids looking up to. Seregon O'Dassey is a model, who claims to be a vampire. (She actually drinks blood.) Granted, there's abundant vampire fiction these days; Twilight, the Vampire Diaries, etc. A vampire is a mythical creature that drinks blood, and since the myth exists in many cultures (across continents), which would mean (to rational people; an endangered species) that it's a myth akin to the bogeyman. However, that stops no one – and it's doubtful that O'Dassey knows hide or hair about infectious disease or hematology. In reality, she's a bored goofball who the mysteries and grandeur of the natural world wasn't good enough for (it was good enough for Newton and Einstein, but they were rational and geniuses – she isn't, and neither is Anne Rice, who is a hack if you go by her writing) and needs a cash advance to find a hobby.
This was a nice story. It sounded very positive, where most stories you read these days are so negative and usually have rude or nasty remarks. I enjoyed reading it very much. As for the show itself and the actors who play the characters of Sookie and Bill (Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer) I think they are perfect for this role and I was so happy to hear that they have a close relationship in real life. That must be why the chemistry is so good on screen. Bill is so tender, caring and compassionate with Sookie. I love the way he caresses her so tenderly and they look into each others eyes so lovingly. I hope it is a lasting relationship on and off screen.
