It’s been quite a week for HBO’s critical and ratings darling True Blood. First, Sunday’s Season 2 finale finally found a way to answer the question of how to kill maenad Maryann Forrester (Michelle Forbes) but then left us with a slew of new questions: What is Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin)? Who kidnapped vampire Bill (Stephen Moyer)? What’s going on with young lovers Hoyt (Jim Parrack) and Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll)? And for LGBT fans of the show, will we see more of Evan Rachel Wood’s lesbian vampire queen Sophie Anne?
Then, on Monday series creator/writer/director Alan Ball revealed to Entertainment Weekly that next summer’s third season will feature more vampire royalty when we meet the vampire King of Mississippi (the recently cast Denis O’Hare, Milk) who will share scenes with Wood.
And if the week of True Blood news wasn’t enough, ratings for the finale were up 100 percent compared with the Season 1 capper, but down slightly from the penultimate episode of Season 2. Still, the 5.1 million viewers is nothing to turn your nose up at considering the show airs on pay cabler HBO.
SheWired.com recently caught up with Wood to talk about her character, falling for Sookie and which way she’ll lean in Season 3.
Wood with SheWired Contributor Lesley Goldberg
What can we expect from your character, Queen Sophie Anne, next season on True Blood?
I am waiting just like everyone else to find out. I have no idea what Alan Ball has up his sleeve for me, but he has assured me that it’s all going to make sense eventually, so I’m just waiting to see. But I have heard that she’s going to get a little more intense and a little scarier because she is pretty diva-ish and bratty right now; she’s definitely going to get more in-depth.
Are we going to see Sophie Anne with more women or men in Season 3?
Again, I don’t know. But her partner is a woman — Sookie’s cousin (Hadley Hale, played by Lindsey Haun), so I’m pretty sure there’s going to be more stuff going on there.
Maybe your lesbian vampire queen could fall in love with Sookie like everyone what seems like else on the show —vampires Bill and Eric (Alexander Skarsgard)?
I think she could, yeah, absolutely! I’m pretty sure she is one of the only characters on the show who actually knows what Sookie is.
Do you have any theories?
Not that I can actually say because I do know what Sookie is! So I’m keeping my mouth shut (laughs). No hints, nothing!
What did you think of the way Season 2 ended?
I thought it was out of control. I remember reading the script and just thinking, “I don’t know how they’re going to do this or get away with it or make it work and they did. They always do; the most outrageous scenarios, they always make them work. I’m very curious to see what happens next.
Are you going to have any scenes next season with Sam Trammell, who plays Season 2 hero and shape shifter Sam Merlotte?
I hope so. I think he’s a great actor, I hope I get some scenes with Sam. I hope my character enters Bon Temps at some point. That’s what I’m looking forward to. Definitely!
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