How Lestat’s Rockstar Transformation Brings A New Feel To Interview With The Vampire Season 3 Explained By Showrunner & Cast

Interview with the Vampire is again with season 3 and will likely be exploring one in every of Lestat’s extra thrilling chapters in his afterlife along with his rockstar way of life. The AMC display serves because the 3rd primary adaptation of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles guide sequence, with the primary two seasons adapting the occasions of the primary guide within the sequence, wherein vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac tells his existence tale to veteran journalist Daniel Molloy. The sequence chronicles Louis’ transformation from an prosperous Black guy in 1910s New Orleans to the titular supernatural creature after being romanced through Lestat de Lioncourt.

Interview with the Vampire season 3 is ready to pick out up someday after the occasions of the season 2 finale, wherein Louis and Lestat reconciled after the latter discovered that Armand was once in the back of the sham trial that almost ended in his demise. Whilst its modern day storyline is anticipated to look Louis confronted with the effects of the publishing of his interview with Daniel, season 3 can even basically adapt the occasions of 1985’s The Vampire Lestat, wherein the titular vampire discovered good fortune as a rockstar and shaped the titular staff, all whilst on the lookout for that means as a vampire.

In honor of the display’s presence at San Diego Comedian-Con 2025, ScreenRant hosted Rolin Jones, Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Eric Bogosian and Daniel Hart in our suite to talk about Interview with the Vampire season 3. The showrunner, composer and stars mentioned the sequence’ shift to exploring Lestat’s rockstar days and the way that can deliver a brand new really feel to the display, in addition to composing the song for the season, Daniel’s struggles as a vampire, and the go back of a couple of primary characters.

The Lives Of Rockstars & Vampires Don’t seem to be That Some distance Off From Each and every Different

“…Anne Rice At all times Mentioned That Rockstars Are Inherently Vampiric.”

With The Vampire Lestat now being the principle center of attention for the display’s go back, Interview with the Vampire season 3 will function a couple of primary adjustments from prior seasons. One notable exchange is that Sam Reid’s Lestat will now be the principle voiceover for episodes exploring his rockstar days, one thing that Jones and his writing workforce just about did away with. Then again, after discovering they “ignored it desperately“, they determined it was once “in reality robust within the pleasant guide” and thus attempted to give you the chance to deliver it again.

In reflecting on Lestat’s musical transformation, and former feedback that “rockstars are inherently vampiric“, Reid started through revealing that this concept is in reality from Anne Rice herself, with the celebrity “riffing at the theme that she stated“. That being stated, the celebrity additionally went directly to denote how “Lestat was once instrumental within the introduction of the Théâtre des Vampires“, as the nature sought to create “a secure area for vampires to chuck all their vampire-ness in the market“ at the same time as they have been “hiding in simple sight“.

“And there is a very robust hyperlink between the way in which that Lestat approaches being a vampire rockstar and the way he was once when he was once a part of the Théâtre des Vampires,” Reid defined. “And, apart from what Anne Rice stated, it is especially true. What number of pop songs and rock songs are about being a vampire, or have vampires in them? You want to simply have a look at Florence Welch or Chappell Roan or Olivia Rodrigo.“

Reid went on to provide an explanation for one more reason why the transition for Lestat right into a rockstar is as a result of it is “quite common to affiliate otherness” and “carnal want with being a vampire“. “It is completely logical that he is up there going, ‘I am a vampire. Pay attention to my song. I wish to drink your blood’,” Reid expressed. “He may well be making a song about anything else, however he is the usage of that metaphor, so, no-brainer.“

Hart Labored Carefully With The Writers Room To Nail Lestat’s Rock & Roll Sound

“We’ve got Achieved Some Recording Already…”

As anticipated, when entering this new generation of the sequence, and of Lestat’s existence, Interview with the Vampire season 3 required Daniel Hart to search out the suitable sound for his band. The sequence composer printed that this was once a big collaboration between himself and the writers room, with the 2 “growing [the soundtrack] in combination” and spending a just right period of time “speaking so much concerning the guide, Anne’s Lestat, and rock and roll“, looking for a option to make it paintings for contemporary audience and listeners.

“We mentioned inspirations like Kurt Cobain, we mentioned Otis Redding,” Hart shared. “Either one of them have a prone high quality to their songwriting and their efficiency; a rawness that places emotion at the leading edge. That is what we needed for Lestat, as a result of that’s what we already know to be true of him outdoor of making a song. [We wanted] to deliver that into his efficiency as a rockstar as neatly.“

Whilst earlier seasons have observed the celebrity give a contribution his voice to a couple of songs, Interview with the Vampire season 3 will see Reid have a larger section to play with the display’s song. Along with confirming that they have “executed some recording already” for subsequent season’s song, Hart additionally printed that the crew “will likely be acting [the songs] with Lestat and along with his band on digital camera“ in a studio so as to get ready for filming. “We’ve got nonetheless were given some to head, however we did a piece of songs the place Sam got here in and sang a host of songs in a row,” Hart shared.

Teasing that there is “a specific tune that performs a pivotal position in one of the crucial episodes“, Hart “sang at the demos to offer Sam one thing to paintings with“, however that he and his engineer have been blown away when Reid, who “have been running with a vocal trainer”, started making a song. The composer praised being “delighted through the selections that he was once making“, with the celebrity making selections “that he had dropped at it himself“, and that “have been a part of Lestat” and “a part of Sam’s explicit vocal taste and vary“.

Vampire Lifestyles Is Now not As Simple As Daniel Concept It would Be

He is Additionally Going To Have To Face A Primary Returning Personality

Despite the fact that Lestat’s rockstar existence will likely be a large a part of it, season 3 will nonetheless have a variety of area for its different characters’ arcs to proceed, in particular Eric Bogosian’s Daniel after he was once reworked right into a vampire in Interview with the Vampire season 2’s finishing. The celebrity teases that the veteran journalist “has a brand new hire on existence” after being grew to become, denoting how the premiere noticed him “striking round at house” and “disgruntled” about issues, whilst he now “in reality needs to seize the bull through the horns“. Then again, Bogosian teases that, as Daniel heads to Dubai, he’ll in finding existence as a vampire is trickier than he imagined.

“He in reality needs to get into this vampire factor, nevertheless it seems to be — with out freely giving any storylines or anything else — a lot more difficult than he idea it was once going to be,” Bogosian shared. “And he and Louis were given very deep within the interview. It is going to be very other interviewing Lestat. Or looking to, or short of, to or no matter. He continues to take a look at to interview [Lestat] and that’s the reason going to be difficult as neatly. Love that. This can be a tightrope of speaking and no longer pronouncing anything else.“

Lestat and Louie would possibly not be the one characters Daniel is reunited with, both, as Bogosian confirms “Armand and Daniel will likely be head to head once more” in Interview with the Vampire season 3. Cautious to not proportion an excessive amount of details about this reunion, the celebrity unearths they have got “already shot some” in their scenes in combination, which he describes as being “lovely intense“. He additionally shared his pleasure for 2 key characters about to be presented from the books.

Marius and Gabriela are two wonderful characters and I will’t wait to look that. I do not even suppose I’ve any scenes with them in reality. However they’re simply wonderful characters and really wealthy. I imply, I would really like to satisfy Marius in the true international.

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