{"id":7519,"date":"2010-01-12T15:59:13","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T14:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=7519"},"modified":"2010-01-13T11:45:46","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T10:45:46","slug":"interview-rutina-wesley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/interview-rutina-wesley\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Rutina Wesley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"83121_trueblood09_24_122_791lo\"<\/a>In the second of SciFiNow’s exclusive True Blood interviews, we chat to actress Rutina Wesley about her character, Tara, and that lingering prospect of a spin-off movie. Read the interview below.<\/p>\n

What is it about Tara that appeals to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well everything; I love that she is self-educated and that she has a big heart. I call her a hard flower because if you chip away at the outside there is this beautiful blossom on the inside. It\u2019s nice to play this woman who has an inner struggle and needs to be loved.<\/p>\n

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Have you read the character in Charlaine Harris\u2019s novel series?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I actually read the first book, and then knew they were going to be changing the character drastically, so I decided not to read on any more and decided to create the character with the writing team.<\/p>\n

How has Tara changed throughout seasons one and two?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I definitely think she\u2019s a lot softer in season two. She shows a lot more of her vulnerable side, and it\u2019s nice to see Tara not as defensive; it\u2019s sort of nice seeing her being more open and na\u00efve. It feels good to her have her being taken care of, because she\u2019s never had this in her life, and it feels good to be starting a new romance with this beautiful man who serenades her with his guitar. It\u2019s almost like living in a fantasy world a bit.<\/p>\n

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What does season three of True Blood have in store for Tara?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well there\u2019s going to be a lot of chaos that happens at the end of season two, which I think is going to cause Tara to have some darkness, some grieving and maybe even a new romance with Sam.<\/p>\n

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True Blood is HBO\u2019s most watched show since The Sopranos; what would you say is the show\u2019s enduring appeal?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think that there is just no other show like it out there right now. I think that people are just draw to the fact that it is True Blood, it\u2019s also not just about vampires, it\u2019s about this community of people living together and having to deal with the supernatural, vampires and other things that will be coming up in other seasons. It\u2019s just appealing in the way that there is nothing else out there like it, and it is just a wonderful show; it\u2019s mysterious; very adult and is very bloody.<\/p>\n

Did you have any idea how big the show was going to get?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had no idea, I mean it\u2019s become a huge phenomenon and every day I\u2019m a bit teary eyed that I\u2019m on television, right out of school, and I\u2019ve got on this great show that has turned into a hit. There\u2019s no way I could have seen this coming. It\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n

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How many seasons do you think Alan Ball envisages this series to run for?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think it will run for as long as\u2026 I mean there are nine books out there, and [Charlaine Harris] is going to do three more, but I don\u2019t know if we will [run] that long. People seem to think that True Blood is going to be one of those shows that will run for five or six seasons if not more. It\u2019s going to depend on audience ratings and stuff like that, but I can\u2019t imagine it not running for a long time because the books are just so juicy and Alan Ball has also made everything so vibrant, colourful and imaginative, and so I think it\u2019s going to be a show that people are going to be dying to watch for a long time.<\/p>\n

Do you think a True Blood movie will ever happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It would depend on the timing. I would say that it would have to be way after the show was over, and then it would just depend on how they put it together as a film. I do feel like every True Blood episode is like a mini movie in itself.<\/p>\n

True Blood: Season Two airs at 10pm, 26 February on the FX Channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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