Pam wont even beinthe episode because apparently, vampires dont know how to close a bar for the night.
shares the stories of how Pam met Eric, how she met Skarsgard, and much,muchmore.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Its not fair that we wont see Pam in the finale!
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KRISTIN BAUER:Its not fair!
I keep asking them, What does Pam do next year?
I have no idea what Alan Ball is gonna do.
None of us do.
I talked to Alexander this week: Do you have any idea about Season 3?
He said, Nothing.
A very popular question: Do you have any input in what Pam wears?
I havent had to give input because [costume designer] Audrey Fisher is so amazing.
She sends me pictures of the zebra outfit or the red sequined jumpsuit, and Im like, YES!
Its like having the best character consultant youve ever had.
She puts so much thought into each scene.
Shes responsible for Pam.
I imagine that Pam and Eric are two of her favorites to dress.
Yeah, I think she told me that Pam is one of her favorites.
Shes such a diva.
The red sequins, to us, was very 80s.
The first episode she was in last season was very Victorian, with the leather corset.
One episode she was in J.
That brings us to another burning question: Whats the history between Pam and Eric?
I know youve recorded a special feature for the season 2 Blu-ray that dives into that.
It was 34 pages of writing, straight Pam.
It gives you Pams viewpoint on everything that happens in the vampire world in season 2.
Why had they never told you before?
When I saw the writers for the Blu-ray, I said, This was wonderful.
It was really fun to find out about Pam, and they said, Us, too!
It feels like were all creating it as we go.
Pam was turned about 100 years ago.
It seems from this writing, Pam sought Eric out.
She met Eric and he split her world apart and she never looked back.
So she really went afterhim.
And their relationship started off romantic?
Yeah, it was.
Alexander and I would always joke during the season, Were they a couple?
Well yeah, the first 100 years were very passionate but its sorta cooled.
[Laughs] I just decided to play it that way.
She is extremely enamored and impressed and loyal to Eric.
We would all love to see their beginning in a flashback.
How would you feel about filming it?
Im like, Yeah!
Im assuming that enthusiasm for carnage is part of the reason you were cast.
How did you get the role?
It doesnt mean youre gonna get it.
I said, What other show?
Where are my agents?
I didnt hear about this?
Do they have my phone number?
And she said, Let me look….True Blood.
And I was like, What audition was that?
She said, Its the vampire role.
And I went, Oh, thank you, Lord!
[Laughs]
I bet its because you’re free to play evil and get away with it.
The audience wont turn against you they want you to be bad.
I love the line fromTrue Lieswhere Schwarzenegger says he only kills bad people.
Does Eric confide in Pam?
Does she know the reason he has Lafayette selling V, or why he wants Sookie so badly?
She does not know.
Shes just going with it because of her loyalty.
Fans of the books are always talking about how Pam and Sookie end up forming some kind of friendship.
Is that something youre hoping happens on the show?
Theres been so much buzz about Alexander in the last month.
Whats your take on that?
I think it makes perfect sense.
Its the perfect storm.
Is thereanythingnegative you might say about him to help subdue our crushes while we wait for season 3?
Like when a guy breaks up with you, you look for something really bad to focus on?
Yeah, good luck finding that with Alexander.
Theres nothin bad about the guy.
[Laughs] Youre all just gonna have to pine.
He has an amazing sense of humor.
After every Swedish take, I look at him, and he sort of nods.
Once, he went and saw the footage.
I said, How was I?
Was my Swedish good?
He said, No.
You sound like a Russian prostitute.
Of course, the comeback line was, How would you know?
but I thought of itmonthslater.
In fact, I think someone else thought of it.
But after every take, I go, Russian prostitute?
Or am Inearthe border of Sweden?
So you hadnt spoken any Swedish before the show?
And I still dont.
I just repeat it to him 100 times a day.
And Alexander is good about translating?
He doesnt trick you into saying dirty words?
Hes very good about that as far as I know.
Thats a trick my husband pulls.
I have no idea what Im saying, but helaaaaughs.
Did you read with Alexander for your audition?
We were cast separately.
I remember Alexander was speaking Swedish, and I said, Is that Cambodian?
I was just so out of it.
I couldnt breathe, my feet hurt, and I thought for some reason he was Cambodian.
But I remember thinking he was very crushworthy.
How many of your friends have asked to be set up with him?
They havent, because theyre all married.
But they all secretly tell me behind their husbands backs, I have the biggest crush on vampire Eric.
After a while, I thought,Am I chopped liver?
Do people just call me to tell me how wonderful Alexander is?
Well, we had a reader say Your lips are heaven-sent and ask about your heritage.
[Excitedly] Oh!
More burning questions: Does Pam really want Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) turned into a vampire?
Thats also commented on in the Blu-ray: Shes like, Why not?!
I think hed make a great vampire!
But she says Eric always has his reasons, and hes never wrong.
If there was one character you could have more scenes with, who would it be?
Itd be like, have you ever seen a cat play with a mouse?
They just take a really long time to kill it because theyre sort of bored and entertained by it.
Thats the reason Im hoping Eric and Jason (Ryan Kwanten) have more scenes together.
I think Eric would be amused by his childlike stupidity and appreciate his Rambo sensibility.
People would love to see Pam have a love interest on the show.
Which character do you think she could have the most fun with in that way?
Well, my sick mind looks for something that we havent seen before.
Apparently in the books, shes bisexual.
[EW gasps] Right?!
[Laughs] Take her under her wing.
Whats wrong with me?
Maybe Pam wants to save the whales, though.
That would be hilarious, if Pam got Save the Whales literature in the mail at Fangtasia.
My doctor is a ferret activist.
I wish I didnt know that.
Was that in the script or something you brought to her?
It might be just Kristin Bauer.
[Laughs] The longer I play Pam, Im like,Im heartless, arent I?
I just make all these expressions.
Once I did it onscreen they seemed to like it, and they encouraged me to do it.
In the next script Id see, Pam rolls her eyes.
You also consider the way you pursued your husband very Pam-like.
I mean, it wasntstalking, but…
[Laughs] I dont wanna say youre a stalker!
Well, you could have been if you werent gorgeous and on a hit show.
But how did you know it wasnt a crush, you would actually connect with him?
My husband says, When I heard your voice on the phone, I knew.
I say, Yeah, I did not know.
I knew you were hot, and I knew it had been a long time.
I did not know that you were my soul mate.
Is this thing on?
I mean, is anybody paying attention?
Is there anyone on duty when Im talking?
I was just pissed off.
Im like, thats it.
Im taking it into my own hands.
Im callin it…Im goin a freakin date!
I went online, and wrote an email: Hey, is this dude in LA?
Because I want to have coffee.
Im onTrue Blood, andheres my website shamelessly.
I was embarrassed about it, but I had to get the job done.
Three weeks later, I wrote again: I havent heard back.
Someone wrote back saying he doesnt do email.
I said, Well, then send a pigeon with my phone number.
[Laughs] I had HAD IT.
I was past being embarrassed or having some normal sense of decorum.
We met and just talked and talked and talked and talked.
For three weeks, we just talked all day.
Within a few months, we were engaged, and within about six and a half months, married.
I joked for years, Where is he?
Where is my guy?
And the answer was, yes, close.South freakin Africa.
And he didnt even want to be in LA.
So maybe all the seances and chicken sacrifices worked, theres just a delay in this universe.
So I need to go buy chickens?
I dont know what one thing works.
If I werent on a TV show, it would be crazy!
But people do Match.com and eHarmony, and its no different.
I was looking at hisprofile.
And then I sent a notice: I would like to open communication with you.
My nieces were my bridesmaids.
Such a great story.
Just a simple, beautiful love story, which I love.
[Shes also in the studio painting still life flowers feverishly for aSept.
She is, but she didnt tell me, so screw it!
[Laughs] I play a mom of a 13-year-old girl who gets pregnant and disappears.
I find her again and shes not doing well.
I can tell you its harder to play a human.
At the end of the week, I said to my husband, So when isTrue Bloodcoming back?
Where are my pumps and my teeth?
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