‘Interview With the Vampire’ Cast on Comparisons to ’94 Film: ‘Why Compete?’ Both ‘Can Exist at the Same Time’
thewrap.comDuring a panel at the Summer TCA press tour on Wednesday, the cast of AMC’s adaptation of “Interview With the Vampire” discussed how (and why) they’re not trying to “compete” with the 1994 film adaptation starring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.
In fact, series leads Jacob Anderson (who plays Louis) and Sam Reid (who plays Lestat) were enthusiastic that the two versions can coexist as the new interpretation has the privilege of drawing from the complete series of books.“I love that movie.
And I’ve always loved the work of Anne Rice, so I was very excited to be a part of reigniting it,” Reid said during the panel. “As a fan of the books, I was excited about the fact that it was going to be made at all, and what we do in this adaptation, in this version of the ‘Interview with the Vampire’ is look at an entire series of books because when that film came out, she was still writing them so they didn’t have perspective of the entire work.”He continued, “And so when we’re looking at character arcs, we’re looking at a much broader scale.
So yeah, it’s valid and I love what Tom Cruise did as Lestat, and I think he should be loved and remembered for that role. And so I’m never trying to touch that.
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