Interview with the Vampire
This article contains spoilers forThe Vampire Chroniclesbooks and theInterview with the VampireTV show.
Therefore,Interview With the Vampireepisode 1 opens in 2022.
This amounts to a huge change, far beyond a superficial difference in dates.
This was, rather, alluded to in Anne Rice’s sequel,The Vampire Lestat.
This change speaks to the change in Louis, who has advanced and become more sophisticated since the ’70s.
It also allows for some luscious set design, showing off the interior of Louis' home.
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Indeed, this boy wasn’t even named until the thirdVampire Chronicle,The Queen of the Damned.
He is older, wiser, and more than a match for Louis.
He brings the narrative and dialogue up to date, providing cutting-edge quips and wit.
Based on Anne Rice’s novel series that began in 1976, Interview with the Vampire is a gothic horror fantasy series that explores the life of Louis de Pointe du Lac through an interview with a journalist. Told through flashbacks of Louis' life during the interview, the series examines Louis' relationship with the vampire that turned him, Lestat de Lioncourt, and a teenage girl named Claudia, whom he turns. The series is the first of Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe media franchise.
Moreover, Armand and Louis remain together even fifty years in the future.
Anne Rice’s novel is classic Southern Gothic horror.
As Claudia grew, she became dissatisfied with the youth of her body.
The show managed to explore that just as well without having Claudia as young as five.
Having a 14-year-old Claudia enabled an adult actress for the part, which was probably essential.
This makes the show feel just as much like a sequel as an adaptation.
The series is the first of Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe media franchise.
