‘Interview with the Vampire‘ Unveils Radical New Season at New York Comic Con
New York, NY – AMC’s Interview with the Vampire debuted extended footage and revealed key insights into its upcoming season at New York Comic Con, promising a “radical” reinvention of the story and characters. The panel, featuring cast members Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Ben Daniels, and Eric Bogosian, alongside showrunner Rolin Jones and executive producers Christopher rice and Mark Johnson, highlighted a shift in outlook and exploration of complex character dynamics.
The new season draws inspiration from Anne Rice’s novels Merrick, The Vampire Armand, and The Queen of the Damned, but will be filtered through the subjectivity of Lestat, according to executive producer christopher Rice. “It has to do with what he wants to remember, what he’s willing to remember and then what memories are going to come for him, whether he likes it or not.”
Discussion centered on the fractured relationship between Louis and Daniel,particularly in the wake of Daniel’s experiences detailed in the books. Jacob Anderson, who plays Louis, joked about the situation, stating, “I wish louis had learned about the cloud.” He further explained the dynamic, noting, “Ultimately Louis trusted Daniel, and Daniel trusted Louis, and Louis didn’t stop him from being killed and resurrected.”
The panel also shed light on the character of Armand,described by Rice as a “bad daddy” to Daniel. Bogosian elaborated, comparing Armand’s attachment to Daniel to a well-worn, beloved toy: “you know when a little kid has a stuffed animal when they’re very small, and they just drag it around for years and years, and it only has one eye for a while, and it’s all torn up? That’s his approach to Daniel.” eric Zaman added,”It’s tattered,it’s broken,but it’s mine.”
New character Gabriella, Lestat’s mother, was presented as a force of chaos.Actress Bahareh Ehle explained, “She kind of thrives in creating it. She’s had so little agency in her life, and she was married at 15 to somebody she didn’t choose. He was horrible, and she had no hope, but she had this boy, and she had her hopes in him in a really fucked up way. Several really fucked up ways.”
The creative team emphasized the season’s unexpected nature. Mark Johnson noted the changes were “so unpredictable and so surprising,” adding it’s “so wild and unexpected and jaw-dropping and funny and yes, like the frist two, really romantic.” Rolin Jones summarized the season as one that “reinvents [the characters] so completely…the whole story is run through a diffrent perspective now.”