And it’s easy to see why given that the generally straight-laced Tom (well before he was leaping off buildings and mountains and perching atop speeding trains) didn’t sound believable as wild Lestat. To put it mildly, Cruise as the Vampire Lestat de Lioncourt seemed like an unlikely casting decision, one that even upset Anne Rice. The role was a leap from his string of golden-boy blockbusters like Top Gun, Days of Thunder, Cocktail, and so on. Let’s talk this out.īack in 1994, the Interview With The Vampire movie gave us a very different Tom Cruise character than we’d ever seen. Amazingly, the show soars further than the film. It’s a pulpy but not (as much as the original) campy ride, and it’s an extremely bloody relationship soap-opera that’s fully watchable. I use that last word literally, so hang tight for elaboration, but this show is not only a horror tale befitting October but also a dramedy. Yet occasionally, the practice works, and I’m pleased to report that this vampy revamp is well worth the outing.
Hollywood cannot resist a formerly profitable endeavor, and more often than not, these revivals aren’t worth their weight in blood. An ancient tale lives again: the TV gods decided to regurgitate another franchise, this time with the late Anne Rice’s gothic fantasy saga, Interview With The Vampire, taking another whirl on AMC.
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