Roman Godfrey is a fictional vampire and one of the main characters featured on the Netflix streaming video series Hemlock Grove. Played by actor Bill Skarsgård, he was introduced in the pilot episode of the series, "Jellyfish in the Sky".
Biography[]
Roman is the only biological child of Olivia and Norman Godfrey. His parentage was always in question as he was believed to be the son of Olivia and the late J.R Godfrey. J.R. was the CEO and Founder of Godfrey Industries who was married to Olivia at the time of Romans conception. J.R. believed himself to be the biological father to Roman and Roman believed this too. J.R. found out before his death that Olivia was having an affair with his brother Norman and he confronted him trying to warn him about Olivia before he took his life.
Roman was born with the caul (a skin membrane covering the head and face), In Roman mythology, the caul indicates that a child will be destined for greatness. After Roman was born Olivia is seen removing the caul and devouring it clearly very proud to finally be the mother of a male baby Upir.
When Roman was a small child he found J.R, who the boy adored and believed at that time to be his biological father, dead on the living room floor. J.R. adored his son too and is even seen apologising to Roman, who is sleeping at the time in his bed, moments prior to him committing suicide by shooting himself in the presence of Olivia.
Roman later recalls and tells Peter that when he found J.R. dead that his first thought was that he would get into a lot of trouble for making such a mess with all the blood all over the floor rug as he knew his mother was a woman with an explosive temper who was not to be crossed.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Roman Godfrey was created by director Eli Roth and writer Lee Shipman based on concepts originally developed by author Brian McGreevy.
- Actor Alexander Marsh played young Roman Godfrey in a flashback scene in "Jellyfish in the Sky".
- Actor Bill Skarsgård is the younger brother of Alexander Skarsgård, who is also known for playing a vampire character. Alex played Eric Northman on the HBO series True Blood.
Family[]
- Olivia Godfrey - Mother; presumably deceased
- JR Godfrey - Uncle (Claimed Father); definitely deceased
- Shelley Godfrey - Sister
- Norman Godfrey - Father (Claimed Uncle); grandfather of child
- Marie Godfrey - Aunt; grandmother of child
- Letha Godfrey - Cousin; mother of child
- Juliet Godfrey - Sister; deceased
- Magdalena - Half-sister
- Nadia Godfrey - Daughter