Attention True Blood fans, although the show’s third season is many months away, the weekly dose of sex and the supernatural, set in steamy Louisiana, is about to get even hotter: Alexander Skarsgård will be going nude.
True Blood boss Alan Ball tells E! Online that brooding Scandinavian bloodsucker Eric Northman will be a main player in Season 3.
But will he be ditching his duds? “Alex has indicated a willingness to go there, and I believe he appears without most of his clothes in the very first episode [of season three],” he says.
Things won’t be so smooth for Civil War vamp, Bill Compton, and Alan says despite proposing to Sookie, the lovers won’t have a wedding this season.
“Stephen Moyer will not be marginalized,” says Ball, “Bill and Sookie might go through some rough patches that last maybe a little longer than Team Bill fans might like. But Bill and Sookie have a connection that will never die.”
Meanwhile, Sam Merlotte played by Sam Trammell investigates his biological parents and why he’s able to shapeshift and Sookie (Anna Paquin) “gets closer to the answer” of why she — and not her brother Jason (Ryan Kwanten) — has mind-reading powers.
It’s great to hear about AS/Eric, but most fans want more than just him being naked. We want AB to adapt the love story of Eric and Sookie.
Completely agree. I love both Bill and Eric, but I want a new love story away from Bill an Eric would be much more interesting and have an oppertunity for greater character development (not to mention I loved him in the books as well!). With bill it already seems like he is so “perfect” it gets annoying.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
finally! i’ll take true blood nakedness for $100, alex!
Yeah for Eric being a major character in Season 3. I liked Bill in Season 1, but just got tired of him in Season 2 with Soookuah. We need a loooong break from them please.
Eric is the most interesting character for me in a long time. I watch in hopes he will find his humanity with Sookie after a 1,000 years (Godric style). I think Skarsgard is great in the role. Not complaining that we will be seeing a lot more of the striking viking’s hot bod, but he is so much more than that talent-wise. Hope Alan Ball does not waste him. Not taking anything away from Moyer as an actor, but Bill has such limited appeal to me. Go ahead Ball… keep shoving him down the viewers throats… it’s not going to change things. Except to turn off viewers. If anyone was really crazy interested in Bill the finale and MaryAnn would have been the highest rated show. Pretty sure HBO knows that and came out with not only nekked Skarsgard announcement …. but amnesia Eric in season 4. I for one would love real drama and competition with Bill and Eric, even if Bill won. I may be disappointed but it would be entertaining to watch battle.
I LOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVE ERIC. ERIC IS SO SEXYYYYYYYYYY. I WANT ERIC AND SOOKIE. BILL IS SO NOT DOING IT 4 ME. BILL IS FUGLY. YESSSSSSSS 4 MAKING ERIC A MAJOR CHARACTER NAXT SEASON. ERIC IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FINE.
Just do Eric justice, it’s not like we only want to see him naked, Alexander Skarsgard is such a brilliant actor, it’d be a shame to reduce that talent to eyecandy. Just be faithful to the real romance of the 9 novels which is Sookie/Eric.
Is it just me, or does anyone else not want Sookie to get with Eric? I don’t particularly like Sookie. Bill’s a good character, but I much prefer the storyline of Sam’s troubles and Eric’s. And what about Jessica going crazy in the season finale? I sense some real trouble there, and it could be a great storyline! And really, who could say no to more Eric naked? Every time i see a scene about Sookie fantasizing about Eric I scream at the tv! They should NOT get together. But of course, I couldn’t look away if they did. It’s just good tv!