What would a vampire show be without werewolves?  “True Blood” actors Alexander Skarsgard and Rutina Wesley give tidbits on the next season of HBO’s hit vampire show.

Skarsgard talks about the next season:

“There’s more of people with different agendas… Sam’s got his stuff to deal with, his background and who he is, trying to figure that out. There might be some more tension between the vampire kingdoms and queendoms and they might introduce other creatures than just vampires.”

Wesley elaborates on the introduction of other creatures to “True Blood”:

“There’s a lot of new characters that will be introduced. We’ve got some werewolves that are coming in. Everyone is back now, so it’ll be interesting to see how Tara deals with everything that happens with the last season. She’s got a lot grieving she has to do, but I have a feeling that someone’s going to come in and sweep her off of her feet. Then we’ve got Sookie there to help her out as well. They’re making a lot of people the focus. That’s the one thing that I love about being on the show – that it’s truly an ensemble. All of us have really good and meaty stuff to work on.”

SciFiMafia reported to you here on casting confirmations for at least one werewolf, Grant Bowler (“Ugly Betty”) and Sam’s younger shape-shifter bro to be played by Marshall Allman (“Prison Break”).

For fans eager for more Eric, Skarsgard confirms that there will be more background on his character, Eric Northman, in this next season:

“In Season 2 there was a flashback. We see when Eric was a Viking, and there will be another flashback. We’ll see Eric and someone else as a tag team – I don’t want to reveal from what era, but it’s a couple of really fun scenes.  It’s amazing because he’s been around for a thousand years and lived all over the world, so you can put him in any situation in any country. I want more of the stuff from his earlier days when he was in Scandinavia, during the Viking days. I’d love that because you don’t see much of that in movies or on television from that era – and obviously because I’m from Sweden I’m quite fascinated by it. It’s my heritage, that culture with the Vikings, and so hopefully we’ll get to see a little more of that.”

[Source] TV Guide