Reid also wants to do right by the character’s author, Anne Rice. But what an extraordinary opportunity and gift and privilege to be able to be a part of it.'

“But also the pressure that you put on yourself to live up to them as well is full on. “I mean, there's a huge amount of pressure because they're so loved, these books, and this world that she created,” he said. 'When I read that it was going to be made into a TV show, I was just really hopeful that I had the opportunity to audition for it.” He went on to discuss the challenges he felt when trying to live up to a character that he already loved. In an interview with, Reid said that he was already a “huge fan” of the books. While Cruise’s shoes might be big ones to fill, Reid is more concerned with living up to Lestat’s novel counterpart, rather than the movie version. But Interview with the Vampire may serve as Reid’s biggest role to date. No stranger to the screen, Reid already has a handful of credits including supporting roles in period dramas Anonymous and Belle. Based on the 1976 novel, what can audiences expect from Lestat in this modern retelling?Īustralian actor Sam Reid takes on the iconic role of Lestat after Tom Cruise made the vampire famous in the 1994 movie adaptation. His sprawling history is put on display, including his relationship with fellow vampire Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid) and the duo’s vampiric ward Claudia (Bailey Bass). The series follows the story of the undead Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) as he tells his life story to journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian).

That’s the premise of AMC’s new series, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, which premiered Oct. How long have you been dead? It’s an odd question for an interview unless you’re talking to a vampire.

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