New Vamp In Town

It wouldn't be "True Blood" without a slew of new supernaturals to keep tabs on but the wait is finally over for fans anxiously wanting to meet a “sibling” of Eric Northman when the HBO drama returns next summer. Creator Alan Ball and his team of scribes recently put out a casting call for someone to play Nora, a beautiful and intelligent 25-to-35 something who plays a double agent within the Vampire Authority. She is "intelligent, intimidating, cool under pressure and a very good liar." The story also notes that she loves Eric "deeply," but is dedicated to a "higher purpose." What’s even better than that? She’s got a big history with Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) because she’s a progeny of Godric.

It has been revealed the character will be played by Lucy Griffiths, the British actress probably best known for starring in the BBC’s Robin Hood as Maid Marian. Curiously, she will follow in the footsteps of Lara Pulver, True Blood' s Claudine Crane, who starred as Isabella in the same show. 25-year-old Griffiths has appeared in several other UK TV series, including "Sea of Souls," "Sugar Rush," "Collision" and "Lewis." She first grabbed the attention of U.S. TV scouts last year when she was signed by CBS in a talent deal. That resulted in her being cast as the lead in the CW zombie pilot "Awakening," which did not go beyond the pilot episode last May. According to Entertainment Weekly the role of Nora is a series regular part that may involve a little nudity. Welcome to HBO, Lucy, hope you're ok with lots of twisty fangbangs!


Meanwhile, Co-Executive Producer Raelle Tucker told the same source that they plan to include a “very significant, strong, mysterious woman at the center of one of our main stories next year … a very familiar and compelling character. It may be someone you’ve heard of before.” Especially if you’ve read the Bible: The True Blood team have also put out the call for someone to play Salome, as in THE Salome, daughter of Herodias, from the good book. She’s a powerful ancient vampire (hmm, don’t remember that part from the New Testament) and a world-class seductress who’s also a little mad. So she’ll fit right into Bon Temps where Ball has lots of mayhem in store for Season 5. Denis O’Hare will reprise his role of Russell Edgington, the vampire King of Mississippi. Remember, Russell wasn’t exactly killed off at the end of season 3 — he was just buried alive.

Filming on season five of HBO's vampire drama kicks off the week after Thanksgiving and is slated to debut in the summer of 2012.