cruise played lestat in interview with a vampire.
cruise played lestat in interview with a vampire.
who played lestat in interview with a vampire?
cruise
author anne rice adapted her 1976 novel "interview with the vampire" into a screenplay with french actor alain delon in mind for the role of louis. later on, when "interview" entered the casting stage, british actor julian sands was championed by anne rice and fans of the novel to play lestat, but because sands was not a well-known name at the time (being only famed for his performance in "a room with a view"), he was rejected and the role was given to tom cruise. because of his star power, cruise received a record $10 million salary and a percentage of the profits. the casting was initially criticized by anne rice, who said that cruise was "no more my vampire lestat than edward g. robinson is rhett butler", and the casting was "so bizarre; it's almost impossible to imagine how it's going to work". she recommended a number of other actors including john malkovich, peter weller, jeremy irons, and alexander godunov. she suggested that brad pitt and tom cruise switch roles, stating that "i tried for a long time to tell them that they should just reverse these roles–have brad pitt play lestat and have tom cruise play louis. of course, they don't listen to me."
interview with the vampire (film)
later, his mother, gabrielle, arrives to say goodbye to him, herself dying of consumption (tuberculosis). in order to save her, lestat transforms her into his first immortal companion. the pair run afoul of the children of darkness, an ancient cult of devil-worshipping vampires led by a vampire named armand, who attack them and kidnap nicki to punish them for breaking vampire law. lestat and gabrielle rescue nicki and, after a heated debate with armand, lestat causes the coven to dissolve by denouncing the old ways and encouraging the cultists to modernize. lestat later turns nicki into a vampire, but the transformation drives him mad, and his resentment of lestat quickly destroys their friendship; he later commits suicide by "going into the fire," from severe depression. armand "shows" lestat the history of how he was made by marius. compelled by the idea of marius, lestat leaves markings carved into rock in numerous places while traveling with gabrielle, hoping that one day, marius will see them and find lestat. whilst in egypt, abandoned by gabrielle, lestat sleeps in the ground after being burned by the sun, and is recovered by marius who takes him to his secret mediterranean island. there, marius shares his past with him, and shows him those who must be kept, akasha and enkil, who are the progenitors of all vampires. once marius has given his warning to lestat not to go see them again, and leaves on a short outing, lestat takes nicolas's old violin and plays for the king and queen, awakening them. akasha feeds from lestat as lestat feeds from her. then, enkil, furious at the intrusion, attacks and nearly kills lestat, who is saved by marius, and then sent away.
the vampire lestat