Casting 4.03 – If you love me, why am I dyin’?
January 4, 2011 in 4.03 If you love me why am I dyin'?, Episodes, True Blood
Well, well. The episode title alone is enough to make me squeal with glee.
[ANTONIA] 20s to 40s. FIERCE. Must speak fluent Spanish. First appears in episode 2 and then again in episodes 3,4,5 and 6.
[VAMPIRE] This leering vampire is caught on tape feeding on a woman. He’s desperate to escape the dire consequences…8 lines, 2 scenes (11)
[PAUL MCCLATCHY] This slick, professional-looking prospector in a suit works for an energy company and makes Tommy an intriguing offer…2 speeches & 4 lines, 1 scene (37)
[FANGBANGER] This hot, stupid man enjoys being bitten by Pam and shouts out commands to her. He’s disappointed when she takes off…3 lines, 1 scene (16)
[CAMERA OPERATOR] In his 20s, righteous and bearded, a somewhat dimwitted yokel, he’s seen on a grainy YouTube video, making underground films of vampires feeding, thus entrapping them. The camera operator loves being on camera to promote his cause of warning America about vampires…1 speech & 1 line, 1 scene (11)
[CONSERVATIVE F*CK] A smug conservative in a bow tie, he passionately debates Nan Flanagan on the air…1 speech & 1 line, 1 scene (20)
[YOUNG WOMAN] This pudgy young woman is seen on a grainy YouTube video, being attacked by a vampire…2 lines, 1 scene (10)
Is it me or does it sound like vampires feeding on humans has just become extremely illegal?
Thanks again to Melodie at Bookies Love True Blood Facebook for the heads up.
i really like the title, a song by Boxing Gandhis – If you love me why am i dying?. Seems perfect for TB ^^
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Thanks for posting, SVB
! I have a feeling that Antonia is the mother of Jesus and that we’re going to witness his conception…..disturbing as that may be.
I’m also wondering what Tommy’s “intriguing offer” may be?
Jesus’s momma.. yeah that could be, but a little young if she’s to be in her 20s as for the requested minimum. I was wondering if she was tied to Billy-boy’s Peruvian adventures.
& Beyond the Spanish speaking, Bill obviously has issues with dominant females, and this chica is FIERCE. 
Woo hooo hoo! Send Bill to Peru!!!
This alone nearly had me needing to be scraped off the ceiling. I’m so screwed this summer.
So uh Pammy-kins leaving the fangbanger in the lurch.. perhaps because she gets The Call as she finds out her maker has ended up at the Stackhouse rez and has lost his memory? Hmm?
I like your idea better than mine. I just assumed Pam being Pam wouldn’t take shit from anybody & left when he started (trying) to take control. But I fully support anything related to AE!
Sounds like a cast of thousands. When will they find time for the Viking?
Don’t worry all of these except one have one scene. So they won’t be taking up much time.
And remember, we don’t know who’s going to be in the scene with them…Eric could be in some of these scenes.
I’m willing to bet Eric will purposely be left out of most of the descriptions even if he’s in there.
Yep, me too. It will all be very misleading im sure.
yes me too, and i think we’re not gonna have the same promotional stuff like Season 3 with basically everything on Eric. I think S4 won’t have any kind of S/E signals.Pure marketing.
Im not worried btw for all this casting calls ‘couse just 3-4 of them were regular and a regular character doesn’t get more air time than a lead as Eric, look at Alcide for example or even Pam.
I don’t think AB’s gonna do the same mistakes again, not after zero award nominations.
Last season Bill’s storyline was kept tightly under wraps. We had spoilers galore for everything and everyone – except Bill. And the fact that they were keeping it to themselves was obvious.
As it turned out, no one really gave a fuck what Bill was doing in season 3 and I don’t just mean the fandom, but the general media didn’t give a fuck either. This season, I’d be very surprised if we get anything like the spoilers we got for Eric last year. They’re already keeping him well and truly under guard.
They get it now.
I don’t think the legal status of feeding has changed. I think it’s just some new anti-vampire story for the season. I’m all for Bill going to Peru, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the Antonia is related to the Jesus storyline. The only thing close to the Eric storyline for this season is the mention of Pam with the fangbanger. I like the idea of her getting called away because of AE. Episode 3 is probably about the right time for that sort of thing.
Is there someone named Antonia in the books? Or am I confusing that with something else?
Not that I can recall Ashley…
K just checking..i get the names of minor characters confused sometimes.
There is one cliffhanger answered. Sam didn’t seriously wound Tommy. Although that whole storyline needed to be put down.
Just what I thought! I’m very happy he’s not dead…. unless Ball is being misleading?
I don’t think he’d bother throwing out a red herring over Tommy…honestly, he’s cute and all but in the big scheme of things does anyone really care? LOL.
Exciting news! So much for my vow to stay away from spoilers this time.
Is perhaps the “vampires feeding on people” focus the flip side of last year’s “people feeding on vampires”? Maybe the big reveal about Bill is the catalyst for switching the focus. Whatever…I don’t really care as long as it means more Eric!
Now this is REALLY intriguing. I wonder how these youtube videos about vampires feeding will play into the mess caused by Russell’s TV appearance. I smell Steve Newlin all over it and it’s great!
Also, I can’t help but notice that these casting calls deliberately avoid to spoil about anything concerning Eric.
I can’t wait to see this fangbanger – that sounds like a funny scene!
Antonia does sound like she might be Jesus’ mother. The age says “20-40″ but I’ll bet it’s closer to 40.
We heard a few weeks ago that Nan Flanagan is promoted to series regular, so we could be seeing the political side of the AVL/VRA and the counter-campaign from the FOS play a big role in this anti-feeding video thing. That could be fun, because Nan’s stuff has always been really good.
I’ve been listening to the lyrics and trying think of what the storyline might be. The most obvious choice, of course, is Bill’s declarations of love for Sookie although he has repeatedly brought her nothing but death and pain. The casting for the episode shows something related to vampires but I’m seeing how the feeding films have anything to do with Bill.
I suppose it’s also possible AB will go the Hallow wanting Eric route and have her hurt him because of rejection. I don’t think that really works though with the direction AB seems to be going.
I’m wondering if instead it will be a Lafayette/Jesus heavy episode. We do have the introduction of Antonia who will be around for almost half the season. I can’t see this being a Jason or Tara song.
Ooh! I just thought about Hoyt and Jessica. That’s a possible fit for the song depending on where AB takes them. I still think it’s most likely related to Bill, but there are probably parallels to other storylines as well.
Any other speculations about the episode based on the song lyrics.
Given the subject of the song…AB may replace Katrina wiping out New Orleans with the Oil Spill finishing off QSA’s fortunes or at least generating the disaster that is central in book 5 season 5.
That’s a really interesting idea.
The environmentalist tone of the song makes me wonder if it somehow ties in with the energy prospector making Tommy an offer. I also have to wonder if this episode will see Russell Edgington (eco-terrorist extraordinaire) make his return.
I don’t know. This batch of casting calls has me pretty confused. It looks like they’re definitely holding a lot back.
I was thinking about Antonia, could she be Naomi’s girlfriend? Naomi is also mentioned as being “fierce.”
[NAOMI] In her 20s, Asian-American, she’s a fierce fighter who participates in underground cage matches for money. Outside the arena, however, she has a loving relationship with one of her female opponents…RECURRING – Actress must have martial arts or fighting experience.