In post-Emmy essays about the shows recognised in this year’s nominations, one series that routinely showed up on ‘underseen’ and ‘underrecognised’ lists was AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire”.
The show’s second season in 2024 pulled in a staggering 100% from 76 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and an 89/100 on Metacritic, easily some of the highest marks for any TV on air of late – and it did score several Emmy noms but mostly for its production elements.
Now, AMC has confirmed that the third season will be going by the title “The Vampire Lestat”. This falls in line with the switch to using the second book as the source material for the new run which again, much like the first two seasons, ain’t afraid to change things up.
The streamer has unveiled a new featurette about the making of the upcoming season, currently in production in Toronto, in which Sam Reid’s Lestat de Lioncourt takes center stage – literally – as he becomes a rock star.
Rollin Jones (“Perry Mason,” “Friday Night Lights,” “The Exorcist”) returns as showrunner and was on hand in San Diego where four more cast members were revealed.
Acting veteran Christopher Heyerdahl (“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” “Hell on Wheels”) will play Marius de Romanus, Lestat’s mentor and the maker of Armand and Pandora. Vincent Pérez previously played the role in the “Queen of the Damned” film.
Reid’s fellow Aussie, actor and playwright Damien Atkins (“Take this Waltz,” “Slings and Arrows”), will take on the part of Magnus, Lestat’s late maker who immolated himself shortly after creating Lestat.
Also onboard is Jeanine Serralles (“Apples Never Fall”) as Lestat’s lawyer Christine Clair, Jennifer Ehle (“Lioness,” “Zero Dark Thirty”) as Gabriella, and Ella Ballentine (“Anne of Green Gables,” “Standoff”) as Baby Jenks.
In addition, key cast members from prior seasons return including Jacob Anderson as Louis, Eric Bogosian as Daniel, Assad Zaman as Armand, and even Delainey Hayles as Claudia despite the character’s death.
The crew unveiled footage from the new season, including a conversation between Louis and Daniel concerning his book, a boardroom confrontation between Louis and Lestat, and a lot of blood. That clip sadly hasn’t gone online as yet short of bootlegs on social media.
Though the book heavily shifts to Lestat with Louis effectively sidelined, Anderson told the Comic-Con crowd he’s still very much a part of the action with Jones adding: “No one should worry at all. There’s way more Louis in our show than there is in the book.”
A trailer was also unveiled for the “Talamasca” series with Bogosian’s Daniel Molloy set to make a guest appearance in that show. Check that out below.
