Lestat’s moment in the spotlight is coming. AMC has renewed the Anne Rice adaptation Interview with the Vampire for a third season, and signs point to the season tackling The Vampire Lestat, the second book in the series. This mean rock bands. This means Lestat’s whole autobiography. This means drama, obviously.
Or, as AMC explains in a press release:
In season three, resentful of the perfunctory portrayal in the trashy bestseller Interview With The Vampire, the Vampire Lestat sets his story straight in a way only the Vampire Lestat can—by starting a band and going on tour. Gabrielle. Nicholas. Magnus. Marius. Those Who Must Be Kept. They join Louis, Armand, Molloy, Sam, Raglan, Fareed and others we can’t tell you about yet on a sexy pilgrimage across space, time and trauma. No Auto-Tuning. No Trigger Warnings. All Feels Amplified.
(I do not know why there are all those Weird Capital Letters in the Final Lines there, but I have recreated them faithfully.)
In a statement, showrunner Rolin Jones thanked a whole bunch of people, including “the rabid, beautifully unwell fandom that scaled the castle walls to get us to this day.” He added, “And sincere apologies to the family and friends of actor Sam Reid, for the possession that continues to this day. Monsieur L extends his promise to return his body upon cancellation (may that evening never come.)”
Would Monsieur L really promise that? I’m not so sure. Along with Sam Reid, the second season of Interview with the Vampire stars Jacob Anderson, Eric Bogosian, Assad Zaman, Delainey Hayles, and Ben Daniels. The season two finale airs this Sunday on AMC. Season three will come along when Lestat is good and ready. And maybe, if we’re really, really lucky, one day this show will get to adapt Queen of the Damned.
