Congratulations to Mariana Klaveno, who portrayed one of our favorite villains, Lorena (sadly departed, see RIP), for getting engaged recently to her boyfriend Luis Patino, a UCLA law school student. True Blood definitely is bringing good luck in the romance department for our favorite actors!
True Blood‘s Mariana Klaveno has been busy, but it’s not because of long days on the set – she’s gotten engaged.
“Sorry I’ve been out of touch for a few days – been busy getting engaged!!!” the actress, who played vampire Lorena on the HBO drama, wrote on her Twitter page Wednesday.
She’s the second cast member this month to reveal a proposal. Joe Manganiello popped the question recently to his girlfriend, actress/model Audra Marie, while on vacation in Italy.
In case you missed watching the Scream Awards that were shown on Spike TV tonight (but taped in LA on Saturday at the Greek Theater) you can watch the videos here.
First up, Stephen Moyer accepts the award for the Holy Shit Scene of the Year. The scene is the infamous twisted neck sex scene between Bill and Lorena from episode 309 (“It Hurts Me Too”). The award was presented by Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute from The Office.)
The Scream Awards were voted on by fans via Spike.com.
Sidney and his Younger Woman (referred to only as “doll”) met Bill and Lorena at a party in Chicago in 1926. They enjoyed listening to Bill sing and the idea that they could be un-puritanical together at a private after-party. (And really, who can blame them for wanting that?) Lorena conceivably chose them not only for their pliable ethics, but also for “doll’s” necklace, which Lorena fancied. Bill presented it to her after Sidney had been killed and “doll” lay bleeding out on the bed. The bloody and wasteful scene was disturbing, but offered an invaluable glimpse into Bill’s decades-long life with Lorena. For the ultimate sacrifice in the name of character development, rest in peace, rich flappers.
Lorena, one of our dearly departed from season 3, oh how we miss you and your spectacular wardrobe! Aced Magazine published an article with Mariana Klaveno in which Mariana described, among other things, her victimization by Bill, her torture of Bill and being staked by Sookie.
What went through your head when you sliced Bill open with that scalpel?
MK: You know, so many people have brought up the torture scene. Did everyone forget the things Bill did to me at the beginning of the season? He lit me on fire, he broke my neck, he punched me in the face. I thought it fitting that she sliced him up a little bit. That was a really fun scene—because the dialog was so great. The characters actually had some real moments they’d never shared before. It was just so sad and so revealing. It actually was a bit nerve wracking to slice him open because we only had one or two of those fake chests. And I had to be careful not to cut too deep.
So what did you think when you first read the head-turning sex scene with Stephen Moyer?
MK: I thought about my parents and said, oh, God, I hope they survive this one, which they did. Actually, that scene is very interesting. I know it got various responses from people and that really was the point. Alan and the writers really like to push the envelope in many different directions and take big risks. Playing that scene was difficult for a woman—you feel very uncomfortable and vulnerable to be victimized that way. But I had to keep reminding myself that she’s allowing everything to happen to her, and in a way, it’s empowering to her because the darker Bill becomes, the closer she feels he’s coming to her. The more violent he becomes, the more he’s moving away from Sookie and his human life and back to her and the darkness of vampire life–which makes it even more messed up. So focusing on that made it easier to play that scene, knowing that she still has the power and holds all the cards. Even though it looked horrific, she’s not a helpless woman because she could have thrown him off at any moment.
Lorena accepted her demise at the very last minute at the hands of Sookie. Do you think she got what she deserved?
MK: I think she got what was poetic and appropriate. I tend to root for my character more than most. But I actually loved the way she went out, which wasn’t scripted for her, to give in the way she did. They were trying to decide what to do with my arms during the scene and rather than struggle, I brought up the fact that she’s not saying, stop, she’s saying she loves Bill. So I suggested, what if she accepts it and wants her last moments to be about what she treasures most–her love for Bill.
Read the entire interview at the source, you won’t be sorry.
As everyone knows, there’s a shitload of dead folks on True Blood. Our eloquent and classy staff writer latbfan has been regaling us all with RIP writeups over the last few weeks, and it seems HBO has gotten in on the act too. Here’s a little video which farewells a few beloved but now definitely dead characters that screened before Sunday’s episode. Who do y’all miss the most? Thanks to Lividity’s hubby for grabbing the vid.
Mariana Klaveno said she hopes so during a podcast conversation with Adam Corolla. Klaveno talked to Corolla about filming True Blood’s sex scenes, how she kept her job as a waitress through season two, and how she ended up as a working actress in Los Angeles. She says early that her parents are “pretty good sports” about her sex scenes. Corolla does most of the talking, and Mariana’s portion of the podcast starts at the 68:00 mark.
Her character, Lorena, is most sincerely dead but Mariana Klaveno is alive and talking about her final season with TV Fanatic.
A Stunning and Tragic Figure
What are we in for the rest of this season?
This season the writers really managed to push the envelope and make the characters and the storylines even more intense and higher stakes. They gave everybody more depth.
Which has been your favorite season to film?
I think I’ve had the most fun this season, but in part, that could be because I know everybody better now so I feel more comfortable with the character and on set. Also, I liked how my characters storyline changed this season, and it was challenging to play. I had a lot of fun with it.
If you could watch an episode of True Blood through a characters point of view, which character would you choose?
I would go with Pam. Pam is one of my favorite characters. I think it might be interesting to see a whole episode through the perspective of someone who’s not one of the main players. It’s always more interesting when shows do that. I think she’s such a delicious character. Kristin and I have become good friends off of set, but even if we weren’t, I think she’s so phenomenal in that part and it’s so well written.
Besides the obvious differences, do you have anything in common with Lorena? [Laughs] Thank you for prefacing with that. I’d like to think some of my dry humor came out through Lorena and I’m definitely not as stylish as she is, I wish I was. Obviously I’m not as evil as she is and if somebody doesn’t like me I don’t become a psychotic girlfriend [laughs]. But there are parts of her rage and her passion and her love, that, absolutely are within me.
Which has been the most challenging episode to play?
I guess the neck breaking was the most difficult for reasons of just feeling self-conscious and vulnerable about the nature of the scene. The technical nature as well. We had to do all kinds of versions of that because they didn’t quite know how they would piece it together, and they needed various versions of it to piece it together.
There were shots that we did where I was just by myself without Stephen pretending that my neck was being broken and twisted around and that technical stuff is really hard. It’s hard to pretend like someone is twisting your neck and making all the noises when it’s not happening. And added to that, the fact that you feel uncomfortable doing those kinds of scenes anyway. After the initial shock wore off, I loved the scene. It turned out really well.
Lorena, one of our dearly departed from season 3, oh how we miss you and your spectacular wardrobe! Aced Magazine published an article with Mariana Klaveno in which Mariana described, among other things, her victimization by Bill, her torture of Bill and being staked by Sookie.
