Being Human Vampire Secrets with Dichen Lachman

Former Dollhouse actress Dichen Lachman joins the Syfy cast of Being Human on Monday, January 23 in the vampire role of Suren, a mysterious character connected to the past of Sam Witwer’s Aidan.

When The Deadbolt caught up with Dichen Lachman earlier this week, Lachman gave us more insight into how Suren fits into the Being Human season as a reclusive, centuries-old vampire who causes upheaval when she returns to Boston’s vampire mix. More importantly, however, Dichen Lachman connected the dots between her character and Witwer’s Aidan, who’s now the leader of the Boston vampires.

“Well, it’s sort of one of those I guess love-hate relationships,” Lachman revealed to The Deadbolt. “I mean, they had a very long history together and she’s obviously been in the ground for 80 years.”

Interestingly, now that Being Human is back for Season 2, it appears that Aidan may be tempted by Suren as the season progresses. “I mean, they’ve just had a very complicated past,” added the soft spoken, Australian born Lachman, “and I don’t think their relationship has ever been, you know, consummated. I think it’s just this very strong attraction they’ve had.”

So how will the arrival of Suren and Dichen Lachman, who played Sierra in the Joss Whedon sci-fi series Dollhouse, impact the character dynamic with Sam Witwer and Aidan for the remainder of the Being Human season? It appears that we’ll learn more about who Aidan used to be as compared to who he is now.

“It’s going to be interesting them being together in this modern world,” Lachman continued, “because she’s been away for so long underground and he’s had the opportunity to go through all these changes and change his ways. It’s [like] when you catch up with an old friend who you haven’t seen in a really long time. I think you’ll enjoy watching their relationship play out in the present day as well as the past because there’s these opportunities in the show to flash back, which is why the show’s so great.”

Being Human airs Monday nights on Syfy at 9pm.