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Kristin Bauer is glamouring us once again! The always stunning Kristin will be featured in Runway Magazine’s Summer 2011 Issue. In stores now.
Kristin Bauer will be attending the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo at McCormick Place this weekend. Before that, she joins Eight Forty-Eight from her home in L.A. were they chit-chat about her life on True Blood and her art. She also mentions that she’s just received script 7 and 8 of True Blood Season 4. Take a listen to the interview on WBEZ 91.5 Chicago Public Media.
Kristin Bauer Chit-Chats a bit before attending the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo.
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Thanks to the wonders of modern technology and fangirl persistence, myself and Lividity had the awesome pleasure of hanging out with Kristin Bauer for a couple of hours recently via the interwebs. I was given the daunting task of leading the questions, but everything was cool because it turned out that Kristin is like my much hotter long lost cousin or something. We’re both mouthy, feisty, married to South Africans, are rather fond of whales and oh, the sexy ass men of True Blood. Because we yakked on for ages like two old ladies gossiping over the garden fence I am bringing you this interview in two parts. Please enjoy, leave a comment and tell Pam how much we love her fierceness as I am sure she will be checking on us!
Do you mind if we record this interview Kristin?
Not at all, hopefully then you know, you can quote me accurately or I guess I should say, in context. You see, I did an interview last week and I’d still like to try and set the record straight if you’ll oblige me. I don’t think anyone cares but me, but E! Online asked me if I was surprised that Anna and Steve were engaged and I said, “No.” She said, “Why not?” And I said that they were amazing together and they laugh a lot and he’s a real gentleman. And then she asked, “Would you be surprised if they had kids?” And I’m like, “No” She said why? -Well, because he has kids and she loves his kids and then they put out an article saying Kristin Bauer predicts children! I had a heart attack. I felt terrible. I have no idea of anyone’s plans, even my own!
Pam- the sanest woman on True Blood.
I have a very low opinion of those types of media outlets and I don’t really read that stuff when it comes up on the True Blood fan sites. I thought, “I’m sure she didn’t say that.”
You did? I thought they were just calling to talk to me about me.
Yeah, you’d think so. I find it quite sexist whenever a famous couple get engaged, it’s like, “when are you going to get knocked up?” It’s not the single purpose for life for a woman to go out and breed, especially a successful actress, and she’s only 26 or 27. Why would you want to go ahead and have children?
I think so too and I’ve been asked as well. And we’re like we’ve been married for three weeks! Once I say, I haven’t even thought about it, the conversation just dies very quickly.
I get very touchy when they say you’d better hurry up if you’re going to have any. How bloody rude is that?
I’ve heard, hey you shouldn’t wait too long and I guess they’re implying that my womb will be barren? I mean, my god! It’s a very funny thing but I feel the same way and I felt horrible about Stephen and Anna and sent them a huge apology and posted something on the site saying I have no idea about their plans.
They’re probably well used to stupid people asking stupid questions and twisting it for their own use.
That’s it, I think they probably are used to it.
They’ve been getting a lot of press lately because they’re engaged. Even in my country because Anna is from New Zealand and so it was headline news. She’s like a national treasure; we don’t have many famous New Zealanders.
Right, yes, I don’t know of any others.
Oh, Peter Jackson, Bret and Jemaine from Flight of the Conchords. It could be worse, not a bad bunch. Anyways, I guess I’d better look at my sheet of questions.
Sarcastic, irreverent, sexy, funny, acerbic… Where does Kristin end and Pam start? Do you inject your own way of doing things and your way of life into the character that you play?
I think you use yourself whether you want to or not. First, of course I read Pam’s lines and thought ‘vampire loves to kill and eat people. Great!’ and you just jump in and put on this character. Then as time goes you can fill in more details. I just did the special features for the Blu-ray DVD for season 2 right? It was really cool because I got a lot more information on Pam. She comments on everybody in the show and everything that’s happening, especially in the vampire world, and as I’m filming this I start realizing that I kind of, parts of me, are Pam. I thought wow, that’s so interesting and possibly frightening.
I mean all the fans love Pam. I haven’t met any person who doesn’t think she’s super awesome.
Really? Oh good, because I just love playing her!
We can tell, and I think it’s a subconscious thing – you have to inject whoever you are into the character you are and you do it without thinking about it.
Yeah, that’s exactly how it is. You do it without thinking about it. I mean your imagination is all the characters got. And that includes the writers, casting, the costumers, the hair and makeup people…It’s all a create.
