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Vem är Sam?? SPOILERS
''Sam Merlotte… who are you Sam Merlotte? That’s what the town of Bon Temps is asking. Even Bud Dearborne and Andy Bellefleur haven’t a clue – all they know is that he is no nudist, er… naturist. Sam himself doesn’t have all the facts about his litter or much of his puppyhood.''
''Daddy Joe Lee was in prison doing hard time when mama learned she was preggers with Sam. “So I gave him up for adoption to an affluent family,” says J., a college chum of creator Alan Ball.
These new bizarros finally provide Sam an opportunity to shine in a series that has become eclipsed by high-profile blood-suckers. Likening his clan to “the scab under the Band-Aid,” Sam says his character “just wants to see what they’re like and how bad they are” before returning to Bon Temps. “But he doesn’t expect them to bleed back into his life, which is when the problems start.”
Near the end of the season, expect disturbing flashbacks to some bad, bad things Sam did after being abandoned by his adoptive parents. “You’ll see a different side of him,” teases Sam. “A dark side.” And wait until Episode 6, when the twisted way Joe Lee pimped out his wife and son is revealed. But while Sam has been steady with actress Missy Yager for six years, his character won’t be getting much action after losing waitress lovers Dawn and Daphne. Of course that could change when Sam hires Holly (Lauren Bowles), another new waitress, near season’s end. But, Sam reminds us, “Being a waitress at Merlotte’s is typically a very dangerous position.”
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Minisode Sam
Sneak Peek minisode nummer 4
INTERVJU MED SAM TRAMMELL
Have you been surprised by the success of the show?
Really surprised. I thought it would do well but it’s really taken off with the second season. During the first year the audience grew every week through word of mouth. I’m blown away by that.
This is the biggest role you’ve had. What effect has that had on you?
I get recognised every day. It’s exciting – I’m not going to pretend I’m bored by it. I got a round of drinks bought for me last night in a bar, that was nice. I’m also getting more offers for work, too.
You’ve done lots of stage work in New York. Will doing a vampire show ruin your credentials as a serious actor?
I hope not. It’s a quality show. I could have been on a show that was as popular but not as well written – there are plenty of those – but this has a good pedigree. It won’t hurt me in New York – they love anyone who is popular.
Have you got any crazy fans?
There are varying degrees of vampire fans. I met a woman who shaved her teeth to look like fangs. That’s commitment.
Did you have a teenage interest in the occult?
I went through a phase of reading a lot of Stephen King but I was never a vampire person. I grew up in a rural community and the local cemetery was in our front yard but nothing supernatural ever happened. They must have been pretty chilled out ghosts. I went to university in Paris and lived in a really old apartment which I’m sure was haunted. Things moved around inexplicably.
