Alexander Skarsgard Interview

Moviefone has an interview with Alexander Skarsgard.

Check it all out here.

Here is an excerpt:

I’m curious how much input you have in this: During the first season of ‘True Blood,’ I found Eric a bit frightening, but I feel like there’s something more appealing about him in recent seasons — even when he does something frightening, I still want to be his friend. Maybe it’s the hair.

Well, that’s what I loved about it. When people watch something, they’re lazy. So they want to label the characters. Oh, “the hero.” “The girl.” “The villain.” And they sit back and it’s very convenient, you know? And what I loved about Eric — I always love when it’s because life is more complicated than that. In movies, I always love when there’s darkness in the protagonist. You know? And there’s goodness in the antagonist. When there’s more of a grey zone than just black and white. What I love about Eric is that when you meet him, he’s introduced as “the villain.” And the audience is like, “All right, very well, here’s the evil sheriff.” But then, after a while, you’re like, “Oh, wait a minute, that was kind of nice, why did he do that?” And I love that, that people had to revisit, “Oh, shit, well, actually, maybe he’s not just the villain.”