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Every scientist has the capacity to become a little too obsessed with their work and, in HEMLOCK GROVE, Dr. Pryce (Joel de la Fuente) is no exception. While in Season 1, the particular biological experiments that Dr. Pryce was engaged in were shrouded in mystery, Season 2 will look to shed light on those. Whereas Olivia Godfrey (Famke Janssen) had been content to allow Dr. Pryce to conduct his research virtually unhindered and unsupervised, now that Roman Godfrey (Bill Skarsgard) has taken over the Godfrey family business, which includes the Godfrey Institute aka the White Tower, things are having to change. Roman wants to have more involvement in what is going on in the day-to-day research. After all, what else is a young man will billions at his disposal supposed to do? Why not try his hand at playing God too?

In a press interview from the set, Joel de la Fuente talked about Dr. Pryce’s driving need to complete his work and yet mind his Godfrey masters as they place demands on his time and specific skills. [Read more…]

A mother’s love knows no bounds. In HEMLOCK GROVE, this is especially true for Olivia Godfrey (Famke Janssen), an upir, who was willing to give her own life so that her son could take his rightful place and discover his true nature. Unfortunately for Olivia, her son Roman (Bill Skarsgard) only felt disgust and revulsion upon discovering his family’s monstrous lineage. Because of that he wants nothing to do with his vampire-side and has forsaken his mother as the source of his unwanted curse.

In a press interview from the set, Famke Janssen talked about the rift between Olivia and Roman, as well as whether she is even worried about her missing daughter Shelley (Madeleine Martin). Given Olivia’s inhuman stance towards even familial relationships, it is hard to believe that Roman will ever forgive his mother. But the good news for her is that they have an eternity to figure our their relationship and find a bridge towards forgiveness and understanding. [Read more…]

Life as a vampire is not as exciting as portrayed in most films and television shows. In Season 2 of HEMLOCK GROVE, Roman Godfrey (Bill Skarsgaard) does everything in his power to fight his new-found upir nature. As Season 1 showed, Roman was perfectly content to be just an average human boy, albeit one who seemed to drawn to things decidedly inhuman. After all, he was quick to befriend the newest teen in town who he rightfully suspected was a werewolf. Incredibly, an interesting friendship developed between Peter Romancek (Landon Liboiron), the self-aware werewolf, and Roman, the unknowing upir, as a result of their respective curiosity about the other’s supernatural side. But as the events of Season 1 unfolded, their friendship was tested. In the end, Peter left Hemlock Grove unable to live with the grief over the death of Letha (Penelope Mitchell), Roman’s beloved cousin and Peter’s girlfriend.

In a press interview from the set, Bill Skarsgard talked about the isolation and abandonment issues that consume Roman, as well as he desire to be free from his cursed supernatural nature. [Read more…]