'True Blood' exclusive: Meet Sookie's fairy godmother

I am quite satisfied with her being Claudine. Claudine is my favorite character from the books and even though they say she is like a super model.. it’s also said that she’s not extremey young either. Anyways, very happy..everyone’s definition of gorgeous is different and technically it was an “aura” that she gave off that attracted people to her (as well as her beauty) so I think she is a fine choice.

She’s her cousin not her fairy god mother

never underestimate the power of makeup and FX

I hadn’t thought about Forbes as Claudine, but now that you mention it, she would have been a good choice.

10 years ago, maybe, but Claudine is supposed to look supernaturally youthful. Michelle Forbes is 45, according to IMDB.

That photo makes her look like “Mother Nature” from the tampon commercials.

Wood’s performance as Sophie Anne has been terrific so far. Ball did tweak the chaaracter a little bit (since the book Sophie Anne was much too much like Claudia from Interview With A Vampire).

I agree, I think Wood has done a great job as Queen Sophie-Ann so far. The character from the books wasn’t very TV adaptable. She was very quiet, very boring, and that doesn’t translate well to TV. I like that Alan Ball has changed that up a bit, it makes it more interesting. I love all the characters on the show! They are all fascinating, different and unique!

Oh good memory. Totally forgot that.

I don’t think he’s tall enough. I always pictured Claude as very tall and dark haired. I think Richard Armitage would make a fantastic Claude. They’ve already played siblings on RH, and we need to see more Richard on American TV.

I completely second the suggestion about Richard Armitage. He’s certainly tall with dark hair, and there were comments when Lara Pulver was cast in Robin Hood about how much they looked like brother and sister. He’s a wonderful actor, and it would be so nice to see him on American TV for once.

I don’t think he’s tall enough. I always pictured Claude as very tall and dark haired. I think Richard Armitage would make a fantastic Claude. They’ve already played siblings on RH, and we need to see more Richard on American TV.

I completely second the suggestion about Richard Armitage. He’s certainly tall with dark hair, and there were comments when Lara Pulver was cast in Robin Hood about how much they looked like brother and sister. He’s a wonderful actor, and it would be so nice to see him on American TV for once.

I agree with you 100%, she’s not what the books describe!!

Not nearly pretty enough. As for Claude, I imagine him as Cillian Murphy.

Lara Pulver is GORGEOUS. That little inset pic – she just looks pretty. Check out other pics of her on imdb.com – you’ll change your mind.

Hey! Sookie’s great! She is not perfect, but none of the characters on True Blood are!

Yeah, Eric is perfect in EVERY way!!! wooooooo . . .

I think you meant Bill. Or more exactly Bill & Sookie together are perfect….

There’s a big fairy connection, indeed. Jason turns out to be a dead-ringer for another fairy who appears in the 2 most recent books. The fairies don’t exactly look like Sookie; that isn’t their connection to her…

all i am going to say with out giving to much away is NO Jason will not get a FAIRY god mother. No Jayson is not the same as Sookie according to the books. I have read all of them and i cant get enough

No he not. He carries Fairy Blood but the Genes Did not show up much.He smells Human. Sookie Smells Fairy. That and the fact she Telepathic and he not is a small clue. LOL
On the TV show he’s got human Blood and she dose not.Sookie a Throwback Jason is not.

Well, Tara is a completely different character than the one in the books (and has a completley different purpose in the narrative), so that’s not a particularly great example of color-blind casting. Everyone else is racaill cast as described, as far as I know (not that it matters to me – I’m glad for the diversity on TV!). I’d have to look back, but I’m pretty positive that Claudine and sibs were dark skinned. I remember thinking that was very interesting, because the fey are invariably portrayed as white-skinned in other works. Occasionlly, you’ll get dark elves, but they aren’t the same as fey (typically).

For some reason, I thought I remembered the books describing Claudine’s skin as a creamy white. But maybe I am misremembering.

Seriously? Eric is exactly what I imagined. Blonde, 6’4″ Viking? His character has been assassinated in TB, but Alexander Skarsgard it was casting genius. The Sam and Jason characters are pretty spot-on, too. Bill, not so much, and Sookie, not even close.

I think Jonathan Rhys Meyers from Tudor would make a fantastic Claude as someone who has read all the books…and i wouldn’t have cast that chick as claudine…just sayin

I also agree. She is not at all what I had pictured. Don’t know who I would choose, but not her.

Timothy Olyphant…scrumptuous and a great actor…

I agree that Quinn will probably be the hardest to cast.

True but she lacks the Wench Factor.And let’s be honest Claudine a flirting Buxom Wench.Who loves to tease men with sex that will not happen and Vampires with a Drink thats even less likely. But she loves to tease. But the way she played here it’s neat but it’s no Claudine.
It’s Like having shakespeare Level actress play a part for Marilyn Monroe. Oh wait that exactly what it’s like. And she doing a bad Job and not capturing the part at all. When I first read Claudine I thought Bar Wench or Succubus,a Mage Call Girl. I WAS SHOCKED To find out she was a Royal Fairy.
Lara Pulver looks like Queen not a flirt and messing up the role. Could be bad Writing but still it’s cast Very wrong.