True Blood’s Eric Northman, has been added to a list of HBO’s Biggest Assholes. Although he came in last on this list, I’m sure he’d find it flattering, actually.
New York Magazine’s The Vulture has ranked the central assholes of HBO’s current programming in ascending order, starting with the least assholic and ending with the most.
HBO is known for many things: high production values, critical adoration, big stars. But with the return of Eastbound & Down Sunday night (finally!), it’s becoming clear that HBO has another calling card: assholes. (Polite term: antiheroes. But really, assholes.) Every show’s got one — they’re like opinions that way — but not all of HBO’s assholes are playing in the same league.
8. True Blood asshole: Eric (Alexander Skarsgård)
Especially in early seasons, Eric was a suave jerk, a sexual predator, a captor, and a torturer — but goddamn, that is one good-looking jerk. As the show’s gone on, he’s shown a slightly softer side, and his pouty “Sookie” is far sweeter than Bill’s huffy pronunciation.
The other’s on the list were:
7. Luck asshole: Ace (Dustin Hoffman)
6. Boardwalk Empire asshole: Nucky (Steve Buscemi)
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm asshole: Larry (Larry David)
4. Enlightened asshole: Dougie (Tim Sharpe)
3. Treme asshole: Emotional entropy prompted by poverty, hopelessness, and depression
2. Eastbound & Down asshole: Kenny Powers (Danny McBride)
1. Game of Thrones asshole: Prince Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson)
