Interview: The Nan Everyone Loves to Hate

In an exclusive interview with E!Online, True Blood’s Jessica Tuck talks more about what we could look forward to in Nan Flanagan with season 4.

OK, so what is a post-Russell Edgington world?
We have to regain the trust of the human population and just make people understand that Russell Edgington (Denis O’Hare) was truly one bad apple and that all vampires are not like that. It is possible for us all to be mainstreamed. It’s a world that is not as trusting as it was before. We have to make up some ground that we lost. It’s safe, Russell Edgington has disappeared, and we can all move forward from it.

Can you summarize what we know about Nan’s background and her position in the vampire world?
That’s a really good question. I myself, Jessica Tuck, have been trying to figure that out. In terms of Nan’s own personal background—and these are not evasive answers at all—I really know very little about her. To be honest, I think as a character she has evolved and has been plugged in in ways maybe the writers didn’t anticipate at first, so I think my background has evolved as Nan has been discovered. (Read more.)

Thanks to Barbie for the tip!