On new characters and staying true to the source material
The Advocate recently had a chat with True Blood series creator Alan Ball and he dropped several more juicy tid-bits about what we can expect from the next season of the hit HBO series.
When asked if any new gay characters might be introduced in Season Three, he says, “We’ll be meeting the vampire king of Mississippi and his long, long-term companion — and by long-term I mean really long-term — Talbot. I think Lafayette may meet a love interest, and certainly Pam, who works with Eric, she’s certainly got a lesbian vibe — I don’t know that that’s all she is, but she certainly does seem to appreciate the women.”
The interview brings up that vampire queen Sophie-Anne is romantically linked to Sookieâs cousin, Hadley. Will that factor in next season? “I think Sophie-Anne is definitely interested in Sookie,” explains Ball. “But I don’t believe it’s for sexual or romantic reasons but she is definitely interested in Sookie and whatever it is about Sookie that is special beyond the realm of what is human, and that’s something that we definitely will learn more about in the upcoming season.”
As the show progresses, Ball and his team have tried to stay true to the original source material, while tweaking and added new story elements whenever possible. Does he ever confer with writer Charlaine Harris about changes he makes to the novels? “Charlaine put it very succinctly at Comic-Con — she said, “I don’t tell Alan how to write his show and he doesn’t tell me how to write my books.” We have a very, very good relationship; a mutual respect and admiration relationship, and I think the books have certainly been good for the show and the show has certainly been good for the books, but they are two completely different mediums and I think we both respect the boundaries of that.””
You can read the entire interview right here.
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Source: The Advocate
