Alexander Skarsgard and True Blood Season Four
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
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When True Blood, Season Four, returns to HBO this summer to showcase a new menagerie of supernaturals (Blood boss Alan Ball offhandedly mentions "witches, mediums, ghosts and possessions"), all those new kids are going to have to work overtime to distract us from the real focus of this show: Alexander Skarsgard notorious and deadly Eric Northman. Sadly, this season, fan-fave antihero Eric won't be nearly as dangerous as usual, because - Our favourite Viking suffers from amnesia for a large portion of the season - as Skarsgard puts it, "He messed with the wrong people" - and because he loses that crucial matchup, he also loses his memory and therefore his entire personality.
At the 28th Annual William S. Paley Television Festival in Beverley Hills, Skarsgard told assembled fans, "This powerful character is just gone - it's not what we've build up over the past three years; it is just gone. And it's a lot of fun for me because it's the polar opposite of who Eric really is ... He is lost. He doesn't know how he is, he knows he's a vampire, but he slowly finds out stuff, like, 'Did I do that? I killed those people? Why would I do that? Oh. Really?' It's not easy to hear - and not knowing who he can trust, who's a friend or enemy. He's very vulnerable.
Vulnerable Eric? Seriously? Swoon! Eric's partner in crime Pam (Kristin Bauer) tells us that we're in for a comedic treat during this storyline saying, "[Eric's] being 10 years old, basically. He's so sweet and cute, because he's got amnesia. So our whole dynamic has changed. You'll see how incredibly comedic and brilliant Skarsgard is, which everyone doesn't know. Of course, being sweet isn't exactly safe in the world of True Blood, so we're going to have to keep a close eye on Fangtasia's finest. As Skarsgard says, "Things are definitely not stable for Eric. He doesn't know who he is, so 1,000 years of resentment for humanity is just gone. He's very innocent, so Eric needs help." The moderator asked, cannily, if Sookie (Anna Paquin) would be giving Eric any help, and Skarsgard teased, "There are a lot of friendly people in Bon Temps who are kind enough to give him help."
Last but not least, another one of our favourite Eric relationships isn't dead yet, despite both parties now having significant others. Nelsan Ellis says, "There's still going to be a little somethin'-somethin' between Lafayette and Eric." Winning! You can check out a video preview of Season Four that features Alexander Skarsgard as Eric HERE.
Source: E! Online
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