Below is a video interview, in three parts, with Michelle Forbes, Rutina Wesley, Sam Trammell and Alexander Skarsgård made when they were in Paris in November 2009 where they answer questions about True Blood and discuss their roles.
Most of the interview is in English but Billsbabe Lisafemmeacadienne has generously translated the introduction and ending for us:
Un Max de Trueblood Part 1 Translation by Lisafemmeacadienne.
Introduction:
Interviewer:” Good evening, everyone! We are excited to be here in Paris for a special program, ‘Un max de TrueBlood’. I have the great privilege of being in the company of some of the actors from the series tonight. We’re discussing the universe of True Blood, created by Alan Ball, that everyone has been hearing about. Alexander Skarsgard, good evening!”
Alex: “Good evening, Sophie, how are you?”
Interviewer: “I’m well. You play Eric? Michelle Forbes, you are Marianne? Good evening!.”
Michelle: “Good evening, how are you?”
Interviewer: “Very well, and you?”
Michelle: (Struggles for an answer)”Yes!”
Interviewer” “Sam Trammel, Sam, and Sam?”
Sam: “Yes, it’s the same, isn’t it?”
Interviewer: “You speak French very well.”
Sam: “No, that’s not true.”
Interviewer: “You speak well enough for TrueBlood. And good evening, Rutina Wesley!”
Rutina: “Good evening!”
Interviewer: “Welcome to Paris. You play Tara.”
(Interviewer switches to English.)
Un max de True Blood – Part 1
Un max de True Blood – Part 2
Un max de True Blood – Part 3
Translation “Un max de Trueblood” Part 3 (at the end) by Lisafemmeacadienne
Michelle: (Singing the lyrics to Spiderman in French)
“Spiderman, Spiderman…” (Lyrics a little mixed up here, but kudos to her for trying!)
Alex: “I like playing soccer with my friends.”
Sam: “I hope you like the series and the second season.”
Tara: “Here they are!”
This was great! I love seeing interviews with the cast in groups, you get a better idea of their personalities and how they interact as opposed to one on one interviews with a reporter/journalist.
Alex speaking French. Holy Cow!
Is it impossible for this man to be “unsexy” ? Apparently so!
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What a great interview! Loved it! And all four of the actors were so beautiful! The lighting and how they were dressed, perfect. And Sam, he’s probably fluent in French, right? Didn’t he attend University in Paris?
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wow this is probably the best interview with the cast so far
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C’est merveilleux — merci milles fois! And those Francais certainly know how to light an interview set! Maximum sexiness and beauty, male and female!
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My goodness that Sam Trammell cleans up well. What a yummy young man!
;-)
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Excellent interview.
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Nice interview. It’s great that they get along so well
I’ve always thought “Voila”(spelling??) ment more like “There you go!” and not in the way that you give someone something, lol
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I enjoyed hearing all four, very interesting. I’m going to miss seeing Michelle.
Thank you for the translation Lisa, it was hard for me to hear Alex, especially the first several words. I thought he was maybe flirting with the interviewer, and that he said he wanted them to become friends. I was wondering just how many languages he can use to pick up women! I got it quite wrong!
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beside Swedish & English, Skarsgard actually knows enough French AND German to “get by”, how about that?! And you almost can’t hear any accent when in his English interviews. dang…
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OMG…I got such a kick out of Sam saying that Alan Ball hires “SOMETIMES good make-up and hair” people. Well done Sam!!
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J’aime True Blood, lol. Thank you three years of french in high school, lol. I liked the relaxed setting of this interview. They seemed to open up more.
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