The Strain is een onwijs vette serie waar in we zien hoe echte vampieren (niet die kneusje uit TV shows en Twilight) de wereld proberen over te nemen en de mensheid hun bevechten. Een opvallende rol in de show is voor Richard Sammel die niet alleen een bloedzuiger is, maar ook een oud Nazi. Nu had de website Collider een interview met hem en daar van kan je hier onder alvast een stukje lezen.

Eichhorst is a man who is used to taking orders from a leader, but how does he feel about the decisions the Master is making now. Is he willing to follow anything the Master wants, no questions asked, or does he think that he could maybe make better decisions?

SAMMEL: He can't understand all of the decisions that the Master makes, but they have been together for 70 years. If after 70 years, he is still so loyal to the Master, it is because the Master has never deceived him, but it's also because his character has the ability of submission. This submission to a higher power was very much trained by the Nazi culture, in submitting unconditionally to Hitler. His biggest deception came from Hitler because he promised a rise that he did not fulfill. That first initial deception might be somewhere in the backyard of Eichhorst's brain, with the Master's difficulty of fulfilling the plan. So, there is a kind of doubt, but the doubt is strained by the extraordinary qualities that the Master brings in with his superpowers.

There is this arrogant feeling of being stronger than human. Humans are weak. They submit to their emotions, and vampires do not. Humans are very egoistic, and vampires are not. There's a very clear hierarchy. To tell you the truth, 70% or 80% is complete obedience because the Master gave him a lot of freedom, so he executes the Master's orders. But there are doubt that he has to deal with, and he does so in his secret garden. The Master having to be transferred into another body is his moment of biggest doubt. Let's see how that turns out. I think the doubt of the Master grows with lost battles, and it diminishes as they continue to fulfill their plan. It's as easy as that.