Alexander Skarsgård is currently hard at work on the third season of "True Blood," in which he continues to revel in his much loved role as Eric Northman, the vampire bad boy with a soft spot for Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) — even though it sounds like he'll have another lover to contend with this year.
But even if a new love interest comes onto the scene for a short time, Alexander thinks that his character and Sookie will eventually find their way into each other's arms. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the actor revealed that the question he gets asked the most from fans is, "When are you going to hook up with Sookie?" Luckily, his answer should satisfy fans of Team Eric.
"It's bound to happen at some point," he revealed. "There is definitely something between Sookie and Eric."
That's not to say that fans should hold their breaths waiting for the vampire and telepath's steamy hook-up, since it could still be a ways off.
"I'm not sure if it's going to happen now or anytime soon or in season three, but eventually," he said. "It's a big part of the book, so I think something will happen at some point. I'll do my best to mess things up between Sookie and Bill. We'll see how well I do!"
Whether or not Eric and Sookie make nookie in the upcoming third season remains to be seen, but Alexander has plenty of other goals in mind for his latest turn as Eric Northman.
"Hopefully I get to show more of everything and explore Eric and show different sides of his personality," he said. "Season two was a lot of fun because in season one, you just got a little taste of Eric; you didn't get to know him that well. I think a lot of people after season one saw Eric as just Bill's evil boss, and I would always have to defend Eric because I definitely thought that there was more to the character than first meets the eye. Season two was fun because it was a great opportunity to show that there is more to Eric than just an evil entrepreneur."
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