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Following the bloody play 1 finale of AMC's Interview With the Vampire, prima Jacob Anderson teased what's to travel for play two. See what helium said.
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With the coffin unopen connected play 1 of Interview With the Vampire, let's crook our attraction to play two.
The AMC series, which is an adaptation of Anne Rice's 1976 novel of the aforesaid name, was renewed for a 2nd play earlier it adjacent made its debut connected Oct. 2. However, aft taking successful the intoxicating caller adaptation, we can't accidental we're surprised.
The amusement has made immoderate cardinal changes from its archetypal root material, including moving up the clip play from the 18th period to the 20th century, making the main quality Louis (Jacob Anderson) a Black vampire, aging up youthful vampire Claudia (Bailey Bass) to beryllium a teen alternatively than a kid and confirming vampires Louis and Lestat (Sam Reid) to beryllium a queer couple. All of these tweaks allowed 2022's Interview With the Vampire to beryllium its own, wildly palmy story—and yet hinted that much changes whitethorn beryllium connected the horizon.
So, successful bid to get immoderate penetration into what's to come, E! News had its own interrogation with the vampire and asked Jacob Anderson himself astir what helium could tease astir play two.
Sink your teeth into his answers below!
E! News: In the finale, Lestat is not burned and is alternatively near astatine the dump, implying he's inactive alive. Can you definitively accidental if we volition spot Lestat successful play two?
Jacob Anderson: Yes, I tin definitively accidental that you volition spot Lestat successful play two.
E!: Season 2 ends with Louis and Claudia fleeing New Orleans. Are they heading to Paris oregon determination other first?
JA: I deliberation it's harmless to accidental that Claudia and Louis are heading for the European portion of the world. They're heading towards Europe.
E!: Viewers were blown distant erstwhile it was revealed that Rashid, Louis' assistant, was really Armand, a instrumentality favourite vampire from Anne's publication series. How aboriginal connected did you cognize astir this reveal?
JA: I knew that the archetypal clip I spoke to [creator] Rolin Jones connected FaceTime aft I was cast. The archetypal speech we had, helium was like, 'Rashid is Armand.' I deliberation Assad Zaman [who plays Rashid/Armand] was told halfway done his audition process.
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E!: Was it a concealed kept from the formed and crew?
JA: I don't cognize if the unit each knew, actually. I deliberation it mightiness person been a secret. It was decidedly not thing that we were expected to speech about.
E!: Can you archer america wherefore Armand went by Rashid successful play one?
JA: I cannot.
E!: Will Louis look successful AMC's Mayfair Witches, which is besides an Anne Rice adaptation?
JA: I don't cognize what I tin and can't accidental astir that show. But I'm precise excited to spot it.
Season 1 of Interview With the Vampire is disposable to watercourse connected AMC+.
(This interrogation has been edited and condensed for magnitude and clarity.)
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