“True Blood”
Role: Sookie Stackhouse
Directors: Michael Lehmann, Scott Winant, Daniel Minahan, John Dahl, Michael Ruscio, David Petrarca, Anthony Hemingway, Alan Ball, Lesli Linka Glatter, Romeo Tirone, Daniel Attias
Writers: Charlaine Harris (Book Series) Alan Ball, Brian Buckner, Raelle Tucker, Alexander Woo, Nancy Oliver, Mark Hudis, Kate Barnow, Elisabeth Finch, Chris Offutt
Release: September 7th, 2008 on HBO at 9pm
Rating: N/A
Runtime: 60 min
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California; Shreveport, Lousiana
Links: Official Site, Charlaine Harris’ Official Site, IMDB
Cast:
Stephen Moyer, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, Alexander Skarsgard, Raoul Trujillo, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Deborah Ann Woll, Evan Rachel Wood, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Jim Parrack, Carrie Preston, Todd Lowe, William Sanderson, Kevin Alejandro, Marshall Allman, Joe Manganiello, Jessica Tuck, Lauren Bowles, Adina Porter, Michael McMillian, Dale Raoul, Janina Gavankar, Michelle Forbes, Michael Raymond-James, Brit Morgan, Mariana Klaveno, Denis O’Hare, Fiona Shaw, Anna Camp, Lois Smith
Sypnosis:
The series follows the world of vampires who co-exist with humans in Louisiana by drinking a Japanese-made synthetic blood. Their integration into a small Louisiana town causes quite a stir, and a love story ensues between Bill Compton, a vampire, and Sookie Stackhouse, an innocent waitress who can read people’s minds.
Other Info:
- The show is based on the Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris
- Pilot shot in June 2007
- Show was picked up in August 2007
- Filming was halted in November 2007 when the WGA Strike began
- Filming resumed in March 2008 once the WGA Strike ended in February 2008
- Anna dyed her hair blonde for the role and is spray painted tan for episodes
- The character “Tara Thornton” was played by Brooke Kerr in the original pilot and the role has since been recast and will be played by Rutina Wesley
Episodes
1.01 – Strange Love (09.07.08)
1.02 – The First Taste (09.14.08)
1.03 – Mine (09.21.08)
1.04 – Escape From Dragon House (09.28.08)
1.05 – Sparks Fly Out (10.05.08)
1.06 – Cold Ground (10.12.08)
1.07 – Burning House Of Love (10.19.08)
1.08 – 4th Man in the Fire (10.26.08)
1.09 – Plaisir D’Amour (11.02.08)
1.10 – I Don’t Wanna Know (11.09.08)
1.11 – To Love Is To Bury (11.16.08)
1.12 – You’ll Be The Death Of Me (11.23.08)
2.01 – Nothing But the Blood (06.14.09)
2.02 – Keep This Party Going (06.21.09)
2.03 – Scratches (06.28.09)
2.04 – Shake and Fingerpop (07.12.09)
2.05 – Never Let Me Go (07.19.09)
2.06 – Hard-Hearted Hannah (07.26.09)
2.07 – Release Me (08.02.09)
2.08 – Timebomb (08.09.09)
2.09 – I Will Rise Up (08.16.09)
2.10 – New World in My View (08.23.09)
2.11 – Frenzy (08.30.09)
2.12 – Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ (09.06.09)
3.01 – Bad Blood (06.13.10)
3.02 – Beautifully Broken (06.20.10)
3.03 – It Hurts Me Too (06.27.10)
3.04 – 9 Crimes (07.11.10)
3.05 – Trouble (07.18.10)
3.06 – I Got a Right to Sing the Blues (07.25.10)
3.07 – Hitting the Ground (08.01.10)
3.08 – Night on the Sun (08.08.10)
3.09 – Everything Is Broken (08.15.10)
3.10 – I Smell A Rat (08.22.10)
3.11 – Fresh Blood (08.29.10)
3.12 – Evil Is Going On (09.12.10)
4.01 – She’s Not There (06.26.11)
4.02 – You Smell Like Dinner (07.03.11)
4.03 – If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin’? (07.10.11)
4.04 – I’m Alive and on Fire (07.17.11)
4.05 – Me and the Devil (07.24.11)
4.06 – I Wish I Was the Moon (07.31.11)
4.07 – Cold Grey Light of Dawn (08.07.11)
4.08 – Spellbound (08.14.11)
4.09 – Let’s Get Out of Here (08.21.11)
4.10 – Burning Down the House (08.28.11)
4.11 – Soul of Fire (09.04.11)
4.12 – And When I Die (09.11.11)
5.01 – Turn! Turn! Turn! (06.10.12)
5.02 – Authority Always Wins (06.17.12)
5.03 – Whatever I Am, You Made Me (06.24.12)
5.04 – We’ll Meet Again (07.01.12)
5.05 – Boot N’ Rally Ally (07.08.12)
5.06 – Hopeless (07.15.12)
5.07 – In The Beginning (07.22.12)
5.08 – Somebody That I Used to Know (07.29.12)
5.09 – Everybody Wants To Rule The World (08.05.12)
5.10 – Gone, Gone, Gone (08.12.12)
5.11 – Finally (08.19.12)
5.12 – Save Yourself (08.26.12)