Bill's New Journey in Season 3

PopWrap: How exciting was it for your show, which started with 1.4 million viewers to wrap up season two with over five million a week?

Stephen Moyer: It’s extraordinary. But without being disingenuous, we all thought it had the potential to do so well. I think there was also only one episode in the first season that didn’t go up. So they’ve all kind of done that and done that and done that. I think it helped that every episode last year was bigger than the last.

PW: What are your feelings going into Emmy season?

Stephen: I think awards expose the show to a wider audience, making them realize we’re not your run of the mill show. But typically The Emmys don’t seem to go for genre shows, so honestly, I’m not sure that any of us expect anything this year. Don’t get me wrong, it would be lovely if it happened, but I don’t think any of us are expecting anything.

PW: What did you think of season two over all?

Stephen: Michelle Forbes was amazing. There was a moment of “what the f*** are we doing?” But it worked.

PW: And how does this year differ?

Stephen: The new season doesn’t have the same sort of out of control craziness because we’ve stopped searching out the crazy, the crazy is just coming to every single one of us.

PW: Yes, the crazy is kidnapping Bill.

Stephen: Yea. He’s lost, he’s on his own.

PW: The first two years were very Bill/Sookie heavy — were you excited to film with actors aside from, or in addition to, Anna?

Stephen: I think we both were. Obviously we’re well aware that, as TV viewers and knowing what our show is now, you just can’t watch two people be together forever. Alan [Ball, creator] said, happy relationships are great in real life but they’re not very interesting on TV [laughs]. I love working with Anna, absolutely love it, but it’s nice to work with other people.

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