THE MORTON REPORT: Fangs for the Memories: Q & A with Being Human's Dichen Lachman
By Steve Eramo
January 25, 2012
Most children get reprimanded by their parents at one time or another, but unlike most of humankind, the vampire world doles out punishments of a much more bizarre nature. Eighty years ago, Mother, the Queen of the Vampires, ordered her princess daughter Suren to be buried after she misbehaved. In the season two opener of Syfy’s Being Human, Mother had Aidan McCollin (Ian Daniel) dig up her daughter. She has decided to give Suren a second chance and wants Aidan to tame the unruly “child” and prepare her to lead the Boston vampires. Unfortunately for Suren, Aidan’s loyalties have changed, but will she lure him back to the dark side?
Actress Dichen Lachman plays the alluring vampire royal Suren. Born in Kathmandu, Nepal, she moved with her family to Australia in 1989. Half-Tibetan and half-Caucasian, she was 21 when she first became enamored of acting, and since then has appeared in a variety of feature films and TV projects. Her breakout role was that of Katya Kinski in the long-running Aussie soap Neighbors. Lachman is best known to Sci-Fi fans for her work in Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, and as Lyn Peterfield in the Torchwood: Miracle Day episode “Rendition.”
Last week, Lachman happily spoke on the phone with me and several other journalists about the joys and challenges of playing Being Human's Suren. The following is an edited version of our Q & A with the delightful and down-to-Earth actress. Enjoy!
Dichen Lachman photo courtesy of Syfy
... Q: Can you talk a little bit more about how Suren connects to Aidan's past? I know you can't speak in detail about it, but can you just give us an idea of what we can expect from that?
Dichen Lachman: "Well, it's one of those love-hate relationships. I mean, they have a very long history together, obviously minus the 80 years she was in the ground. The two of them have a complicated past and I don't think their relationship has ever been consummated. There’s a strong attraction with Suren and Aidan, and it’s going to be interesting to watch them together in this modern world, especially with her having been away for so long and him having gone through all these changes and changed his ways. It’s like when you catch up with an old friend who you haven’t seen in a really long time, and Suren is trying to understand those changes.
Suren’s and Aidan’s relationship plays out in the present day as well as the past because there are opportunities in the show to flash back, which is so great. Those flashbacks will help audiences better understand their relationship now..."
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