Nelsan Ellis Talks Possession, Hair & Sookie with HBO
HBO has a new interview with Nelsan Ellis, who was amazing in this week’s episode as he channeled Mavis. Nelsan talks about playing a man possessed by a woman, being a survivor, what’s going on with Lafayette’s hair, and who he thinks Sookie should end up with in the end.
HBO: He always seems to be at the mercy of this insane world around him – why is it that trouble always finds Lafayette?
Nelsan Ellis: Because he knows what to do with it… Lafayette is a survivor. Trouble comes, and then he surmounts it and moves on. I don’t know why he has all these problems. He got on this moving train that just won’t stop, and just takes him deeper and deeper. I just hope he calms down next season.
HBO: Speaking of romantic attachments, do you have any thoughts on who Sookie belongs with?
Nelsan Ellis: I think she belongs with Alcide, to be honest. I think she should be with a real boy. I think she should go off, get married, have babies and live in the daytime. Quite frankly, Alcide is the most genuine of all of them. We have this side of Eric because he lost his memories – but we know who Eric really is. And then we have Bill with all these ulterior motives. The girls don’t end up with the bad boy … they end up with the Alcide’s of the world – if they’re lucky.
