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 die dit proberen te voorkomen. Seizoen twee was iets minder, maar toch wel zeer vermakelijk. Het derde seizoen is ondertussen in volle gang en daarom had de website Collider een interview met de acteur Richard Sammel die in de show de rol van de nazi Eichhorst speel.

It seems like both The Master and Eichhorst are realizing that taking over the human race is not as easy as they thought it would be. Will Eichhorst start to question their approach to all of this?

SAMMEL: He goes through a deep identity crisis in Season 3 because things happen that are not supposed to happen for him, according to the plans they had. Specifically for Eichhorst, he's trained to follow the strong ideology represented by a strong leader. The Nazi ideology that he followed had a strong leader. If the leader delivers, than it's all good. If the leader doesn't deliver, than it's not. That's the start of Eichhorst's identity crisis. For Eichhorst, it's particularly interesting because he's half-human and half-vampire. On the one hand, he spits on humanity. On the other hand, he still is half-human, meaning that he has the same kind of weaknesses or emotional reactions that humans have. In terms of acting, that's my biggest interest in playing that character. That's the weakest point in his mentality, but to play weaknesses is more interesting than playing strengths.