Video:Sam Trammell Interview - True Blood Season 3 and Playing Sam
with Rebecca MurraySam Trammell plays shapeshifter Sam Merlotte in the hit HBO series 'True Blood,' and at the 2010 Spirit Awards, Trammell chatted up the third season - which he promises is going to be even better than seasons one and two.
Transcript:Sam Trammell Interview - True Blood Season 3 and Playing Sam
Rebecca Murray from About.com Hollywood Movies at the 2010 Film Independent's Spirit Awards.
Sam Trammell – 'Sam Merlotte' in True Blood
Do you know that True Blood fans are probably the most fanatical people on the internet?Sam Trammell: "It doesn't surprise me. I would expect that."
Do you pay attention to that at all?
Sam Trammell: "You know what? To a certain extent I do. I mean I don't get too detail-oriented and get too… But, you know, I'm aware that there are a lot of great supporters out there and so appreciate it."
What about all the buzz over the fact you're supposed to be having some sort of sexy scene with Bill? What's up with that?
Sam Trammell: "I know. The cat is out of the bag. I can't say anything more than that. I don't want to say because people don't want to know. You don't want to know. You want to be surprised. But there is something that people will be talking about – for sure."
Do you get deeper into Sam this year?
Sam Trammell: "Yeah, a lot. My biological family is a big part of my storyline and so we get really deep. There's some flashbacks to some of my past and sort of how I was able to stay afloat as a teenager on the streets, and some of the things I had to do. We really get deep. We really get deep. It's really good."
Some of the things you had to do? Were you a bad guy?
Sam Trammell: "I haven't read those scripts yet. Those are actually coming later in the season. I don't know. I just know there's going to be some flashbacks."
Can you offer suggestions?
Sam Trammell: "I'm always pitching stuff."
Do they take your ideas?
Sam Trammell: "No. Well, I'm kidding. I mean, you know, Alan [Ball's] stuff is always better than my pitches anyway, so… I'm kidding. I've pitched a couple of things. Actually, I think I pitched my biological family, but that's an obvious one. They probably were going to do that anyway."
So fans can expect this season to be even better than season two?
Sam Trammell: "I think so, yeah."
Why?
Sam Trammell: "Because it's our third season and everybody's kind of in the grove right now. Like the first season was figuring out what the show was. The second was building it. And now we have a big year again and we know what to do with it. I mean it's great. I mean it's really good. It's seriously good."
How many years do you want to do this?
Sam Trammell: "I could do this for a long time."
Could you?
Sam Trammell: "Yeah, it's fun."
Sam's a good guy to play.
Sam Trammell: "He is, yeah. It's complicated and it's good."
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