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COVER STORY COVER STORY 'True Blood' makes an action-packed return to HBO 'True Blood' makes an action-packed return to HBO By John Crook © Zap2it By John Crook © Zap2it Relationship crises are nothing new to telepathic waitress Relationship crises are PaSookie Stackhouse (Anna nothing new toshe faces awaitress quin), but telepathic new one Sookie proportions as "True of epic Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), comes faces a new for Blood"but she roaring back one of sixth season on as "True its epic proportions HBO on Blood" comes roaring back for Sunday, June 16. its As fans of theon HBO on sixth season show will Sunday, June 16. remember, Season 5 reached its As fansas Sookie's brother, climax of the show will Jason (Ryan Kwanten), led a remember, Season 5 reached daring raid on the New Orleans its climax as Sookie's brother, headquartersKwanten), led a Jason (Ryan of the Vampire Authority, where controlOrleans daring raid on the New had been seized by the Sanguiniheadquarters of the Vampire stas, a rogue vampire faction Authority, where control had that opposedby the Sanguinibeen seized mainstreaming with humans and worshipped stas, a rogue vampire faction a primal deity mainstreaming that opposed known as Lilith, the mother ofandvampires. As with humans all worshipped carnage deity known as Lilith, a primal reigned throughout the complex, Sookie vampires. As the mother of all and charismatic vampire Eric Northman carnage reigned throughout the (Alexander Skarsgard) concomplex, Sookie andBill Compfronted her old lover charismatic vampireMoyer), who in a ton (Stephen Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard) con- a fit of religious mania downed fronted her of Lilith's sacramenlarge flask old lover Bill Comptonblood, then dissolved into a tal (Stephen Moyer), who in fit of religious mania downed a the gruesome puddle of gore large flask of Lilith's sacramenthat generally signals that a tal blood, then dissolved "true vampire has gone to his into the gruesome puddle of gore death." that generally signals that a Not so fast, though. As vampireand Eric kept his "true Sookie has gone to watching, death." the bloody pool sudstunned, Not so fast, coalesce denly began tothough. Asanew, Sookie and Eric kept that apand a terrifying entity watching, peared tothe bloody pool sudstunned, be the angry Lilith now reincarnated in Bill's anew, denly began to coalesce form arose from the goo and gave and a terrifying entity that apchase. to be the angry Lilith peared "Oh, yeah, all in is breaknow reincarnatedhell Bill's form ing loose when goo come back," arose from the we and gave says actress Rutina Wesley, chase. whose character,hell is break"Oh, yeah, all recently turned "baby vamp"come Thorning loose when we Tara back," ton, is an active participant in says actress Rutina Wesley, the chaotic action recently whose character, of the first episode. "We vamp" Tara Thornturned "baby all meet up and just get the hell out of Dodge, ton, is an active participant in because 'Billith' is no joke this the chaotic action of the first season. Seriously. We don't episode. "We all meet up and know what to do, because bejust get the hell out of Dodge, because 'Billith' is no joke this season. Seriously. We don't know what to do, because be- fore we can figure out what the next step is, we have to really fore we can what Bill iswhat the understand figure out — in next step is, we have to really fact, whether Bill Compton still understand what Billanymore. is even in this thing is — in fact, whether Bill Compton still You'll find that out eventually, is even in this thingcompletely whether Bill is just anymore. You'll find that out eventually, lost inside." whether Bill ismay be in fairly While Tara just completely lost straits dire inside."this season — yes, While Wesley herself fairly again — Tara may be in is dire straits to season — tickled pinkthisbe playing ayes, again — who got a fascinatcharacterWesley herself is ing reboot last be playing a tickled pink to season when her best friend,got a fascinatcharacter who Sookie, made the reboot last decision when ing desperate season to have Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) her best friend, Sookie, made turndesperate a vampireto have the Tara into decision after she was critically injured by a Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) shotgun blast a vampire after turn Tara into while trying to savewas critically injured that she Sookie's life. Given by a Tara hated vampirestrying to shotgun blast while more than anything else in the world, that save Sookie's life. Given that decision infused this more than Tara hated vampires character with a fresh internal world, that anything else in the tension that changed herthis character decision infused whole direction and gave Wesley some dewith a fresh options to play with. internal tension lightful new that changed her whole direcAt least, once she recovered tion and gave Wesley some defrom her shock. lightful new options to play with. "When Alan (Ball, the series At least, first told me, I just creator) once she recovered from herout," the actress recalls, freaked shock. "When Alan (Ball, the setlaughing. "While we wereseries creator)to do told me, I just he ting up first another take, freaked out," the actress recalls, just pulled me into a corner and laughing. "While really excited said, 'Hey, we're we were setting up to do another I hope about something, andtake, he just will be, too. Tara's going you pulled me into a corner and said, turned.' And I was like, to be 'Hey, we're really excited about something, and I hope 'What? That doesn't mean that I'm dying, does it?' Because you will be, too. Tara's going normally when a character gets to be turned.' And I was like, turned, That doesn't mean that 'What? they've got one more death and does that's it; they're I'm dying, then it?' Because gone. normally when a character gets "So they've critically injured turned,Tara wasgot one more in the Season 4 that's it; they're death and then finale, and all during the hiatus I kept worrying gone. that they would decide not to "So Tara was critically injured bring me back,4because people in the Season finale, and all sometimeshiatus I kept worrying during the change their minds over they break. Idecide not to that the would trusted Alan and I me back, in the writers, but bring had faith because people privately, I was so afraid minds sometimes change working the their that I wasn't going to be over season." I trusted Alan the break. next and I had faith inrealized that but Once Wesley the writers, privately, I indeed, coming back Tara was, was so afraid that I wasn't going to be working the next season." Once Wesley realized that Tara was, indeed, coming back Rutina Wesley stars in "True Blood," which returns for its sixth season Sunday on HBO. Rutina Wesley stars in "True Blood," which returns for its sixth season Sunday on HBO. as a main player, she began to get excited by the possibilities, especially given that Tara's makas was going to be Pam, a huge er a main player, she began to get excited who gets to wear fan favorite by the possibilities, especially given that Tara's makoutrageously sexy costumes er was going to be Pam, a overand indulge in some pretty huge fan favorite who gets to wear outrageously sexy costumes and indulge in some pretty over- 3 x 3" ad 3 x 3" ad 2 – JUNE 16 - 22, 2013 – BRAINERD, MN/DISPATCH 2 – JUNE 16 - 22, 2013 – BRAINERD, MN/DISPATCH Money tied 1 4" ad up in xold furniture? 1 x 4" ad Sell it in the Classifieds!!! 855-5898 the-top behavior, even by vampire standards. even by vamthe-top behavior, "I asked, 'Ooh, pire standards. do I get to dress like her? Do I get to "I asked, 'Ooh, do I get to be sexy?' Kristin is just awedress like her? Do I get to some, and as long as I got to be sexy?' Kristin is just awedress like Pam, I was OK with some, and says, "As an got to as long as I acit," Wesley dress like Pam,like thisOK the tor, something I was is with it," Wesley says, "As an acmeat, the thing that keeps you tor, something like this isto do inspired and challenged the meat, the thing that keepsthat, something new. I decided you inspired and challenged walk as a vampire, Tara wouldto do something different way, that, in a slightlynew. I decided kind as like a panther, and her walk of a vampire, Tara would voice in a going to be lower. There was slightly different way, kind of like a panther, and transforwas a whole physical her voice was going I be lower. There mation thatto tried to work in, was a still Tara." but it's whole physical transforIf there's even slight mation that I triedato work in, downside to playing a vampire but it's still Tara." instead of a even a slight adds, If there's human, she it's that the undead shoot aldownside to playing a vampire most all of a human, shenight. instead their scenes at adds, it's"Oh, my God, so shoot althat the undead many long night shoots!" the actress most all their scenes at night. gasps, thenGod, so many "Oh, my laughs. "Sometimes I kind of miss beingthe actress long night shoots!" human. In some of the laughs. "Sometimes gasps, then early episodes this season, miss being human. In I kind of we were shooting on a beach of the the ocean, and we some near early episodes this shot, like, all night, and it was season, we were shooting on a very cold, and it sucked. But beach near the ocean, and we don't get me wrong; I love my shot, like, all night, and it was job. And there is an advantage, very cold, and it sucked. But really, because when you're don't get human character, you playing a me wrong; I love my job. And thereais an advantage, can be doing scene at any really, because or night, but time of the day when you're playing a human character, you when you're a vampire, when can be comes scene have the sun doing a up, youat any to time of the day or night, but stop shooting!" when you're a vampire, when the sun comes up, you have to stop shooting!" 2 x 4" ad 2 x 4" ad

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