Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (3/5) Movie CLIP - Forever Young (1994) HD

[@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459]

Child immortals are the most horrifying and arguably tragic characters. Their bodies don't change but their minds grow, they are adults trapped in the bodies of kids. It makes them bitter; turning them cruel and cold.

[@cirrustate8674]

Reminds me of Kenneth from Highlander. Experienced his First Death at the age of 11, and lived at that apparent age for more than 800 years, managing to survive in The Game.

[@linkfan160]

@@davidjames1684 That's creepy, dude. You shouldn't be attracted to people who look like children.

[@davidjames1684]

@@linkfan160 A ha ha ha. 2 flaws in your statement... 1) you didn't specify which definition of children. 2) Many guys are, so your statement of "shouldn't" is unfounded.

[@davidjames1684]

@@linkfan160 There are 2 other definitions of child: A son or daughter of ANY age, and an immature or irresponsible person. Seek professional help for what? Men have always been attracted to younger women, generally speaking. If you don't like that, file a complaint with God. Where did you get your degree in psychology from, a crackerjack box? Also, I have dated petite adults that somewhat looked like a child under 18, but they were age 18+. So funny how people like you think you are right when it is so easy to justify my statement. There is no law about dating someone based on the age they look, only the age they actually are. Your argument is VERY weak, actually pathetic.

[@jayjayheinz8552]

@@davidjames1684 you are disgusting end of discusssion

[@Banyo__]

You want to give someone the real credit for this movie, I think it has to go to Dunst, who at what 11, is playing a fully grown woman trapped in a child's body. Can you imagine trying to play the adult version of yourself as an undead thing at 11 when you have no idea how to even be an adult. There are points in the movie where its so eerie how good she is in this.

[@cockroachcharlie5619]

She stole a lot of the film. the book version is just as good.

[@Banyo__]

Cockroach Charlie oh absolutely, there is much more depth to her in the book.

[@cockroachcharlie5619]

+Banyormo I was about to say better. But it's really now. while the book version is much more fleshed out, it also shows Claudia much darker than she is in the film. for those who haven't read, yeah, she is even nastier in the book (s). This version is a lot more of a conventional type of likable character. So she is a lot more sympathetic as well. Combine with Kirsten's acting, it's hard to pick a better version.

[@Banyo__]

Cockroach Charlie Well movies can only squeeze so much in, and must appeal to those that don't read the books, but just thinking about her character, I can understand why she is drawn that way. Everyone wants eternal youth, but eternal youth where you're stuck at 18 or 21, not 11 or 13. You only have to ask people who look like they are that age how annoying it is when they're carded, or people ask where their parents are, etc., but to physically actually be in that body where you don't change but being dozens of years old---that anger has to go somewhere. It has to manifest. It needs an outlet, and for her that was violence and cruelty. The whole, if I can't be happy, no one can.

[@cockroachcharlie5619]

+Banyormo I agree with you completely. and I think it's because the movie couldn't squeeze in the whole thing it managed to build a character who is equally enjoyable even if a bit different.

[@smokingduck507]

"I think a kid will save our relationship"

[@rosiepestel7836]

😂😂😂😂

[@luihrms]

Yep sounds about right

[@Cali_Girl1]

😆

[@kauanamaral1654]

😂

[@sarahvarnadoe5105]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mortic0n]

This was Kirsten's best role, she was a young gift to acting.

[@conatcha]

She's a great actress then and now.

[@khav11]

she's been irrelevant ever since spiderman

[@thefran901]

@@khav11 Because she's not getting interesting roles, not because she isn't a good actress.

[@Dylan-ni9my]

thefran901 Nah she’s just irrelevant

[@Darfaultner]

@@Dylan-ni9my But you have always been so

[@EdMcStinko]

Dunst is great in this. An adult trapped inside the body of a child. Very convincing.

[@Wellsbread]

+EdMcStinko was nominated for Golden Globe for it.

[@normiejoe1672]

kjsays That's okay. We will be staring straight back at you.

[@boomstickcritique902]

Thats Cause shes playing herself lol

[@JordansJam]

EdMcStin

[@taniam4771]

EdMcStinko I

[@AtenRa]

Proof that she utterly loves Louis: When she screams "WHICH ONE OF YOU DID IT?!" she doesn't even look at Louis as she blows right past him gunning straight for Lestat. She believes in her heart Louis couldn't ever and she puts him completely out of her mind.

[@anthonykrutis490]

Lestat never loved anyone but himself.Louis loved her heart and soul.

[@Kimmy_95]

​@@anthonykrutis490 Lestat was vain but tp me it seemed like he had a soft spot for Claudia in this movie. He expressed his affection in a twisted way though.

[@anthonykrutis490]

Louis loved her not Lestat at least in the first book.Anne really pushed the envelope back in 76 to even consider writing that part.

[@user-pi3hd2bt3f]

@@anthonykrutis490 i think he actually really loved both Louis and Claudia but his relationship with Louis was extremely toxic on both ends due to lsck of communications.

[@Cloudipy]

It's not just that she loves Louis more that makes her go straight to Lestat, it's also the fact that she knows both their personnalities very well so she knows it's more likely Lestat. Like when you have a sibblings who has a tendency to eat your snacks and one who never does that, the day you hide a snack and it disappears you know which one you're automatically gonna look at. That doesn't mean you love them less than the other, it's just more logical

[@peachgloss0025]

Claudia: -screams- Lestat: -screams louder-

[@minutemuse]

+Lili Zwingli Louis: pouts...pouts louder

[@kogancames1107]

I shouldn't be laughing

[@mariavictoria7097]

Yahaha

[@ElvJG3]

lmao!

[@LilSinger097]

I made a god awful unholy noise when I read this comment 😂😂

[@FoxNHound]

I still think it’s absolutely hilarious that Lestat basically baby trapped Louie with Claudia.

[@juliannehannes11]

YUP

[@prenimystic]

Anything to keep him 😂

[@freshtoast3879]

​@@prenimysticlol😅😅

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Yeah, it sounds like something that Mr. Cruise would do in real life!

[@mariammeliksetian7916]

King of Manipulation.

[@H.J.G]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the fact that Dunst was 11 at the time of filming this. Eleven. And with two of the biggest powerhouses of heartthrobs in Hollywood, she completely tore this scene apart. If I was a grown man, I would have felt extremely uncomfortable filming this scene with such a young and seemingly innocent child actor. She is grossly underrated as an actor.

[@foggyfrogy]

well Brad Pitt was really uncomfortable while acting with her because of that. I would too 😬

[@H.J.G]

@@foggyfrogyI'm not surprised! But they all had such good on screen rapport anyway :)

[@jakkuwolfinsomnia8058]

Eleven?! Really? Good gosh what a talented girl!

[@H.J.G]

@jakkuwolfinsomnia8058 I think the older I have got as I've watched this in later years, the more impressed I am. So much soul in this scene.

[@shannonsturges6140]

I love how at 00:32 when Lestat is yelling Louis puts up his hand like "shut up" cause he didn't want his daughter yelled at.

[@blackberry8615]

LOOL

[@sosacanyouhang2970]

Their (ik I’m late)

[@LilaCerullos]

I know i love when he does that 😂

[@user-pi3hd2bt3f]

Love how Lestat immediatly shuts up. Its both funny and cute

[@benjaminclasper9355]

Louis is the fine innocent one and a badass there still.

[@ZilkenianDavenport]

Yeah, this is when Clauda is already an 'adult'. In the book is explained better: while her body can't grow up, her mind can, and at some point she's a woman trapped in a child's body. I love the hard fight she has with herself in the book.

[@ashikana21]

Zilkenian It sounds like D Luyo is the actual idiot here. Apparently he has nothing to do but spam fans of the film. What an interesting life! (Not.) I've reported him for messages he's left me. Love the book too, btw.

[@EveRosell]

But... Isn't it obvious from this scene? I think that the acting shows that part perfectly.

[@nurahsplaylists]

I was about 11 when I first saw this movie and I understood that she was an adult living in a child's body from this scene.

[@jocelynthom2904]

Even though her mind developed in a way that's adult like, she's still a child. She still has those childish tantrums and selfish wants. Since she can never grow or truly mature both mind and body, she'll do anything to get what she wants. She still plays the guilt card on Louis even though she loves him deeply.

[@GullibleTarget]

She was never a woman. Her mind resembled that of a woman because she lived so long. She also wasn't a child. The child she was, died when she was made. She is more of a vampire than any vampire in the movie or the books because they all lived life before they were made. She is what vampires are solely able to 'give'; she is death. Imagine how tormenting that must be. To look like a child and knowing you are nothing but death personified.

[@FuzzySoulTiger]

Kirsten Dunst should've been nominated for Best Supporting Actress. This is really impressive

[@franciscoguerrero4564]

seriously, YES, she should have!!!!!!!

[@jhereesaddler6198]

Exactly she deserve this award seriously!

[@cyndayco]

She was, for a Golden Globe

[@seanprater1795]

I concur !

[@giuseppeianniello1998]

She won Breakthrough Performance at the 1995 MTV Movie Awards

[@levijames717]

Two vampire dads struggle to keep up with their preteen’s mood swings.

[@Ultramendoza]

She was 30 or more.

[@011mph]

Levi James she was at least 30 actually lol

[@mihikaroy1643]

She was 12

[@AylaNoelleLee]

@@mihikaroy1643 Yes, but Louis mentions that 30 years pass since she has been turned so her actual age is 42

[@annasloan2349]

She was around 5 when she was turned and when this happened in the book she had been a vampire for 65 years

[@cookiemunster9952]

Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt were the hottest vampires of the 90s lol my all time favorite movie ever.

[@Choices2aa]

Better than Twilight which was stupid and Lestat is sadistic I wish they did the Vampire Lestat into a movie I have the comic book and Anne Rice is the queen! I loved all of her books and Vampires were lost souls and they attacked people and drank their blood and they didn't sparkle! Twilight ruined vampires for me.

[@smackedinthejaw]

I'm a male. So my hottest vampire would have to be Salma Hayek from 'From Dusk til Dawn'

[@agrey2986]

smackedinthejaw Well... in this modern world just being a male doesn't mean that all males think Salma Hayek is the best. I am a male and I think Megan Fox is the most beautiful in Jennifer's Body. (succubus though not vampire). Follow by Kristen Stewart if she counts.

[@agrey2986]

Light and Dark Britney Spears?

[@himynameisamirah7193]

hottest vampires of all time, my friend

[@hammeredandsauteed4644]

She was so amazing in the movie. That last line, “You get rid of it!” She sounded like a grown woman trapped in a child’s body.

[@averymartin321]

She was.

[@edwardhannah8507]

@@averymartin321 even the way she says that line after killing Lestat "shall we burn him or bury him" nonchalantly. Louis looks at her like "wtf?". She's a little psycho lol

[@minutemuse]

I can't help but feel bad for Lestat in this scene. That shocked, heartbroken look he gives Claudia when she cuts his face... Semi-unrelated note: Tom Cruise was rocking that lip gloss he had on. So shiny.

[@normiejoe1672]

Lestat deserved it. Lestat was a liar......liar, liar who was set on fire!

[@minutemuse]

+Normie Joe Never said he didn't. Tom Cruise just did a good job portraying the character's emotions in the scene. It looked like genuine heartbreak.

[@liviechancelucas8166]

So shiny.

[@deactivated-78936]

That lip gloss is poppin'

[@KaylaTalksBooks]

Lestat is BAE. He was badly misrepresented in Interview, the sequels show that Louis painted him in a terrible light. He's actually pretty chill.

[@TheHilikus89]

I normally don't find Tom Cruse attractive in the slightest but him as a vampire wow...can't stop drooling

[@jessicajohnson2412]

TheHilikus89 i share that opinion haha ☺️ I dont find him very attractive normally but here? Haha Yup not bad at all

[@anascoon-heisenberg3940]

Jessica Johnson agreed

[@anascoon-heisenberg3940]

Jessica Johnson thought he was hot in vanilla and this, and that's about it, really.

[@harrypotter55forever]

@@anascoon-heisenberg3940 I loved him in this movie so much.

[@anascoon-heisenberg3940]

harry potter yh he's not bad in this too, I guess. but that lip gloss for me is a no no.

[@LilaCerullos]

I love how both in books and the movie Claudia and Lestat are always like in a shouting match while Louis stand in the middle in case he has to intervene and simultaneously suffering a crisis but trying to be the moderator...I know the movie is different from the book but Kirsten, Brad and Tom acting are just amazing, I love both.

[@jamessanders145]

Dysfuntional families.....

[@lorenzovasquez9007]

Astonishing and tragically heart breaking scene all in one, a marvelous performance by a young Kirsten Dunst.

[@MomoKanjaki]

Agreed.

[@rayma66]

For me, the most heart-breaking scene is when Claudia begs Louis to turn Madeleine for her. She says, "Do this before you leave me," and starts to cry.

[@cathyskywalker77]

@@rayma66 That part breaks my heart too, every damn time. Vampires have been in my blood since 1976, when this novel first came out.

[@I_am_Dane_Youssef]

He gives her a new doll every night on the eve of her re-birth as a vampire. They all signify how much time has passed. Look at them all. She must be well-over a hundred! She's tired of adolescence. Tired of being their little cherub. She will never develop a woman's body. She will never truly go. That hair, that shape... that is what she will be every day of her after-life. After centuries of more of the same, of course she feels sick and weary... And as if she must go mad!

[@joynerkt]

She wasn't that old.

[@deltalirious]

She was 37 ...

[@ashlycruz12]

Dane Youssef she must be mad !

[@Tonshmar]

Nope, she was only in her 30's. 😌

[@DianaWinchester-gn4my]

Add up the ones she burned and destroyed in the books, and she’s really old.

[@harveysengersmusic247]

For a child to act like an adult in such a convincing way is bizarre. Oscar worthy performance.

[@DiscoInfernal999]

"You get rid of it" Chills every time.

[@Cali_Girl1]

I Know!! That's the one scene I've aleays remembered from this movie. How she dropped her tone made ALL the difference! Her rage felt authentic! Such INCREDIBLE acting from a CHILD!!

[@evilcrusaders]

Kirsten is perfect as Claudia. She embodies the anger and sadness of Claudia really well. Her performance is outstanding. This is a really good movie. I remember watching it when it first came out. Gave me chills watching it. Also I bought the DVD. Never regret buying it. This is what a vampire movie should be like. Dark and chilling.

[@juliapigworthy]

Was it the classic cardboard dvd case with a plastic clip-close door on the edge of the sleeve and the chapter breakdown on the inside? I love the old DVD cases, they were like artistic album-art covers that were a pleasure to open and handle unlike the soulless plastic box ones that came after.

[@Djeispark]

*This scene always stuck out to me. She's been treated like a child for 65 years (according to the book not the movie) she has probably aged or matured mentally but we are all creatures of habit and grow according to how we are treated and nurtured. Both Louie and Lestat have treated her like a child, dressed her as a child, bought her children's toys, etc. For example, grown adults who were over-nurtured and spoiled all their lives throw fits like children, act out like children, etc but they've still aged, still matured physically. With her it's different and VERY complicated...* *NOW HERE'S THE COMPLICATED QUESTION REGARDING MATURITY:* *If there's no way to see if you've matured 'cause you can't age and no one treats you as if you have aged, AND you've always been a child all your long life so you have no basis for comparison with your own mental maturity AND the people who care for you never age as well, can you really mature? How would you know?*

[@Banyo__]

There is also another issue that complicates that question, and that is how often Claudia actually showed off her actual age/maturity level. By design, she spends most of her life playing into the sweet innocent girl trope (to humans at least) because they invite her in and she easily gets the blood she needs but with Marius and the other theater vampires in Paris, they see her for what she is because they cannot be fooled and she is free to be herself. Lestat treats Claudia like a doll because her innocence keeps Louis in check and diverts Louis from confronting what he's done to her but both Lestat and Loius learn the hard way that they actually have no control over her in the murder scene and Louis can't thereafter treat her like an innocent because she's not that sweet child they thought they created but one frustrated and tortured by her physical presence. She comes to know that this is the barrier in her life that will for eternity stunt any ability she will have for humans to see or treat her as an adult because they can't because they can't be allowed to know her or she'd have to kill them as she is an abomination in both worlds. The reality is she knows she has or is a mature woman but her looks betray this. We have only to look at the 40 year old in our reality who gets carded at a bar because they have a baby face. They know their age and maturity but until it's expressed or shown in some way, others treat them differently.

[@tchoco]

You would know you matured because of one' s memory and experiences and one' s internal dialogue. Lets say the girl doesn' t know certain things. What clouds are for example. Then she learns it. Even though other people' s attitude towards her don' t change and her body doesn ' t change, her own experiences will inform her of her maturity level, knowledge and experience. Her flipping out in this scene is a sign of her being more mature than her child body. If it were exactly so that she did not mature, we would not see a conflict in this scene. Or lets say we release her in the amazon jungle. Her body won' t age, also no others are there to confirm or deny her maturity, still after a few months for sure she would have learned more how the ways in that jungle are. Some more thoughts about this scene: -Vampires in almost all story versions have shape shifting abilities, so her staying a certain physical age would not be that much of a problem. -The way the hair grew back immediately makes me wonder how the vampires in this movie could live at all. There must be some parts excluded from this regeneration. The vampirism freezes one' s state, but the brain is excluded?? Vampires could actually learn and make new memories and that info is stored in the brain, so some change takes place there with experience. If the whole body reacts like the hair, then changes to the brain must also not be possible then.

[@ramblincapuchin9075]

​​@@tchocoWell her physical body cannot change. Meaning that the hardware for hormone regulation and neuroplasticity is locked into her child brain What you're describing is the ability to move tracks into an iPod shuffle when more sophisticated models exist. The likes of which can upgrade firmware remotely That's what this scene is meant to portray. Given age and character defining experiences (i.e. risk) a person would surround themselves with reminders of their ambition, achievement, prospects. She kept the corpse of a victim who embodied all of those things. An idol as well as a doll. She could never explore such things because, save for trying to pass as a prodigy in the human world, she only has the world view of a doting child. I don't even think she was of age to have periods. Believe it or not, this is important for womanhood, the regulation of bodily hormones which induce ovulation. It's an indication that as a young woman, you are prospecting which values of manhood to reconcile with for reproduction. The capacity to teach offspring those values as you categorize ideals I don't know if a woman would use such verbage to describe that experience, I'm just saying that physiological alterations to the body indicate degrees of womanhood during different phases of their lives A woman that CAN'T experience those phases has no point of reference. In other words they can't even reconcile with their _own_ body for how to interpret maturity. Even Lestat can't regulate his emotional orientation. Responding chiefly out of disdain

[@michaelbarnhart2593]

Still hard to believe this was Kirsten Dunst. Well done! :-)

[@IRex-wm9pd]

not too hard to believe. an excellent actor even at 12.

[@Nostalgio]

Michael Barnhart what?! She has the same face. Lmao!

[@agrey2986]

Harder to belive thats Tom Cruise.

[@MRBIGCOHONEZ]

She aged horribly. She went from cute kid to fugly.

[@jokerswild4577]

She's very pretty...are you blind?

[@InfernoMutant]

so great how GOOD vampire stories acknowledge the good and bad about being a vampire... while in twilight they just sparkle and call themselves vegetarian.

[@nienkehuijbens301]

InfernoMutant well, to be fair, twilight did pay attention to the struggle which the vampire characters go through. It is even said that edward had a phase back when he just became a vampire, during which he killed humans. Eventually he felt so sick about it that he returned to his vampire father and adopted his lifestyle. One of his sisters, rosalie, is in my opinion by far the most interesting character in the whole story, yet sadly underappreciated. She is the one who struggles most with the fact that she can never change. She dreamt of a future for her and her lover, where they would grow old together, so that they could eventually watch their grandkids play on the porch. But she knows that future can never be and it caused her to be infinitely jealous of bella's humanity. I read the books when i was twelve, and loved them. I recently reread them to see if my opinion changed. It did, i understand why people hate them. Though i noticed that the franchise, apart from bella and edward, has plenty of interesting characters who don't get enough attention.

[@nykerianash1590]

To me, the biggest problem other than the so called love between Edward and Bella is the lack of stakes with the vampires. Usually, while Authors like to put their own spin on vampires they usually have a weakness or something that stops them from trying to rule the world. In the twilight, they are basically perfect, the werewolves and shape-shifters are not a threat to vampires overall. The leaders are selfish and crazy(Aro) or cruel( Caius) who's actions show how little they value human life. So why haven't they took over the world before modern inventions, hell even after all of our inventions. Then just cage the rest of humanity, force them to breed( sperm bank).

[@MidnightShade000]

InfernoMutant just for the record. I got the joke, and it made me break out in laughter.

[@fuzzyx2face]

InfernoMutant 🤣😂

[@viktoria8189]

In Twilight bad vampires ate humans and good ate animals. Stop whining about the thing that ended five years ago and especially under another vampire vid. Also if anyone is still confused, vampires do not exist in real life so writers can do whatever they want with these fictional characters. Make them sparkle, make them grow out nails, make them fly, make them go to space, make them nor good no bad and just horrible creatures from hell, etc. It's up to your fantasy.

[@lashermayfair0]

I think this film is the best performance that all 3 of these actors have ever given. I don't even remember that it's Tom Cruise most of the time, he embodies Lestat so well. Brad Pitt shows the anguish that eats Louis up perfectly. And Kirsten Dunst is an absolute marvel portraying Claudia! (Edit to correct tense)

[@Izaan2810]

LMAO, Brad is BAD in this movie.... Like absolutely horrible. To say this is his best performance would be such a backhanded compliment. "The Tree Of Life" is his best performance or "The Assassination Of Jesse James''.

[@lashermayfair0]

@@Izaan2810 have you read the novel?

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Maybe yes for Cruise and Pitt, but I believe Kirsten has given many brilliant performances since then (meaning she did not ''peak'' here).

[@nepetaleijon5352]

Louis looked so heartbroken when he said Claudia don't. And Lestat looked so heartbroken when she cut him.

[@atiyaspence4301]

Nepeta Leijon She totally blamed Lestat for everything. Brad was the one who bit her. He was just too gutless to say something. That part makes me mad

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@@atiyaspence4301 Didn't Lestat turn her? Wasn't she already dying of plague?

[@Darthon62]

the horror is in the book.she was made at the age of 5

[@reeverfan3729]

She was basically a toddler.

[@rineaguirre4768]

WHAT

[@Darthon62]

@@rineaguirre4768 when she was made a vampire.she was 5 years old.but at this point.she had lived 65 years

[@BBD1]

Better this way imo

[@GiveMeBass93]

I mean...Lazlo has done worse.

[@The_Humble_Hurricane]

I've said it for two decades now; to this day, this was and still LITERALLY Kristen Dunst best role hands DOWN!!! unbelievably and incredibly amazing performance. I'm forever so damn impressed, especially to be so young.

[@autumnblack7350]

In the book she just went to bed, but she should've got an oscar for this scene or something. I really loved the way she portrayed Claudia.

[@Toywithme200]

in my opinion this was the best vampire movie ever! anne rice wrote them with human emotions, not just monsters. the writing had elegance and grace, and most importantly stayed true to the time period! the dialog was written in the language and way of speaking that people would have used at the time. and tom cruise and little kirsten dunst were perfection in their roles. the soundtrack was haunting and set the tone for the film prefectly. if you watch one vampire movie this halloween, make it THIS one!

[@JR-ju3kj]

I've always thought of it as being one of the best vampire movies ever made. I could definitely see how people would feel it's the best vampire movie ever. I think it's one of the best films that Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt(even if Pitt was miserable making the film and didn't enjoy the process) and Kirsten Dunst have ever done.

[@glamdolly30]

Agreed this movie has depth due mostly to the plot and script but also to the superb cast - sheer class even to the extent of Antonio Banderas' delayed appearance, which brings new energy to proceedings. He was very beautiful in the vampire garb.

[@amany247]

No god but Allah Islam way for peace and real monotheist Search about the truth with honest heart .

[@JuliaFleischer95]

That’s not an opinion! It’s faaaact 😁❤️

[@ellenrendall39]

2:10 the delivery of this line is just perfect

[@danifangurl2]

I got chills when i first saw this part. The mind of a woman was in that girl by this time.

[@horaciochapa1682]

in the book they make Claudia seem more beautiful than she is in movie.

[@danifangurl2]

Horacio Chapa I know I've read the book

[@CrazyGood88]

1:43 the look on his face when she cut him. That mix of rage and hurt is not easily portrayed. Tom/Lestat did it perfectly.

[@jamiedelancy2507]

1:43

[@DaenerysUchiha]

I don't think people understand just how amazing acting this is especially from a child young child actors haven't experienced full life yet and most of the time there acting comes off a just someone reading the words without the feeling or meaning she made you believe it in this scene you could truly see a adult woman in a child's body

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

EVERYONE understands this. Every other comment is about how brilliant Kirsten was in this role. Noone needs such patronizing comments as yours as if you're the only one who ''gets'' it🙄

[@DaenerysUchiha]

​@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 omg calm down I'm just explaining how I feel like everyone else in this comment section

[@skyejacques]

Well, since this isn't the only life she or any of us have had, she's got past lives to draw her inspiration from. We all do. 😊

[@Basra1981]

Child and youth actors were so much better in the 80´s and 90´s than today. River Phoenix, Kirsten Dunst, Jonathan Brandis and many more with big impressive performances.

[@JulianneHannes]

Don't forget the great Christian Bale in Empire of the Sun

[@JulianneHannes]

Tequila Sunrise​ Well it's also because today's child actors are more well adjusted and child labor laws are more stricter now so they can only legally work six hours a day and that includes time studying for a role. River Pheonix was good beyond his years because he was born in a hippie cult, was the oldest of six siblings that he co-parented while his parents worked, and in the beginning he didn't act for fun, no, he acted to keep his family from being homeless, he had no childhood and had the weight of the world on his shoulders at too young of age and that was why he was a super talented child actor (and not to mention he started taking uppers at age 10 to work long hours and that led to him getting into drugs). Nowadays if a child actor is that good at acting its a red flag and CPS is called. 

[@JulianneHannes]

Tequila Sunrise It's also no surprise that two of the child actors you named were dead before age 30 and the other struggling with alcohol addiction. The price for good child performances is just too high, it hurts the child in the long run and robs them of normal development.

[@agrey2986]

Julianne Hannes I dont think its the performances... being young, lots of money in Hollyweird isn't ideal especially in the 90s.

[@JOHN----DOE]

It's not the actors. The scripts suck. Juvenile retreads of shallow comic books.

[@mollymcgilvray6655]

Lestat: the parent that thinks the child cry itself to sleep Louis: the parent that goes against the first parent and sneaks into the nursery at night to calm the child

[@monicagabriela9985]

I think If he’s wife and his baby lived he should be a Great father

[@LusciousTwinkle]

I don't understand why anyone has a baby just to put it in another room. My son slept and fed with me for the first 3 months. I never lost any sleep.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@@LusciousTwinkle I don't understand how people judge others so easily. Also, I would say those parents put baby in a different room after 3 months as well...

[@LusciousTwinkle]

@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 I bet you do....Doesnt surprise me at all. Babies are inconveniences to a hypocrite like you.

[@theolamp5312]

When I read the book, I couldn't imagine how anyone could have played Claudia. Kirsten Dunst amazingly pulled it off.

[@Skylikeday]

In my humble opinion: Brad Pitt was brilliant in this movie, and so was Tom Cruise. They both did a wonderful job with their characters. But Kirsten Dunst was the best :)

[@darrellwallace7444]

Claudia had to be played by an older actor because the character in the book had lived about 60 to 75 years as a vampire by the time this scene in the book happened. She was an adult living in a child's body. Some here said Kirsten nailed this part and I totally agree........she almost stole this movie.

[@JR-ju3kj]

I think Claudia is supposed to be about 5 years old in the book and as others have already noted, obviously, it would have been impossible to use an actual 5 year old for the character and to have them saying those lines, so they had to go with an older actor and make Claudia a little older in the movie.

[@HiphopLover20]

Twilight, queen of the damned & other vampire movies have nothing on this these vampires are absolutely gorgeous & look really realistic.

[@natturallyfreeriders7545]

The problem is that twilight used the toxic anime cliches, and that the author mixed two completely different tribes.

[@Eat_Your_Life]

@@natturallyfreeriders7545 anime cliches ??

[@natturallyfreeriders7545]

@@Eat_Your_Life If the handsome guy and the guy who loves him unconditionally, but they are poorly worked.

[@melissarye8156]

Queen of the Damned was also a book by Anne Rice, who wrote Interview With the Vampire. Lester was SUPPOSED to be a celebrity. He loved the attention.

[@denisestatham9879]

Idk I think Dracula (1992 version) has ALOT of nice qualities going for it

[@thechadhuntress8061]

She always loved Louis more than Lestat, and seeing it now I think hurt him. I've never read any of the Anne Rice books but I've studied them, I will read when I get a chance. I know about Louis and them though. Poor Lestat, I really can't help but feel bad for him. Even though his attitude didn't help, every person he's loved has left him, three people who should've loved him didn't and two people he loved tried to murder him.

[@ashikana21]

Kaguya Hime Right. Lestat couldn't tell them everything because he was sworn to secrecy. It causes him some kind of anguish, but not so much because Louis always pushed away his abilities. Of course the 'Dark Gift' was different for everyone... Anne Rice gave him such a great voice in the books.

[@theaterofsouls]

actually there should have been at least five. His mother which he turned, Nicholas his best friend the violinist, Marius his teacher, Louis and Claudia. They all left him but they reunited eventually except for Claudia and Nicholas though...

[@theaterofsouls]

What I understand that he was never sworn to secrecy, it's just that there is really nothing to tell about it though and that is the same reason he left Armand.

[@miserylovecompany7556]

Umm, correction. Claudia doesn't love Louis more than Lestat, she hate and love Louis as much as Lestst... " I look at Louis and I despise him totally for the making of me, and yet I do love him. But then I love Lestat every bit as well. " ( From the book " Merrick " by Anne rice, pg 268 ). But the reason she decide to kill Lestat is because she had to direct her anger and hate at one of them, she couldn't kill both because she would need one of them for her to survive. She choose to kill Lestat because Louis would, even grudgingly, forgive her for killing Lestat, but Lestat would not tolerate her killing Louis. Plus, she knows that if Lestat was out of the picture, Louis would be emotionally dependent on her. " ...so that his soul, if not his body, is the same size at last as my own". She even wrote this in her diary( Louis read her diary in Anne rice book " Merrick ". Give it a try, it is truly mind blowing ).

[@kaylaclarkyall]

theater of souls Nicolas was a Friend and Lover of Lestat is Bisexual

[@miserylovecompany7556]

She asked which one of them did it, but didn't even look at Louis. So discriminating.

[@sketchingperfection]

Misery Love Company 😂

[@husomujic7992]

qwertzuiopü

[@tiaaaron3278]

I've always thought Claudia holds a grudge against Lestat and has an unconditional love for Louis. Even when Louis told her he sucked her blood to near death,she wasn't as pissed off.

[@adrov849]

The way she acted in this scene is fantastic. Way beyond her years.

[@0Lottee0]

I haven't seen the movie before this, and hearing her scream "I wanted to be her" was heart breaking. Just how absolutely furious and full of rage she sounded screaming "Which one of you made me the way I am" really breaks your heart. She's so lost and alone and frightened at the very core and watching her breakdown is simply pitifully heartbreaking.

[@stefanierenecozette1]

Can I just say Kirsten Dunst’s acting as a child was outstanding and honestly upstaging most of her roles she’s done as an adult. Great scene

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

It was outstanding but didn't ''upstage'' anything as she has had many great performances since then.

[@Theomite]

The rehearsals for this scene had to have been insane considering the final result. Imagine Tom Cruise, the most insanely focused actor alive playing fey, with newly-minted heartthrob underplaying Brad Pitt, with Kirsten Dunst trying to play someone at least 40 years older than herself emotionally with no life experience to guide her. Holy balls, this scene rules.

[@urbangirlparis]

I have to say , Tom Cruise was EXCELLENT in that movie . I think it was his best performance ever . I don't like tom cruise as a person but this had to be said . Kristen Dunst was great as well .

[@larapalma3744]

Same

[@godnnat]

UrbanGirl Paris yes, cruise was never a favourite of mine either, but he generally picked great roles and had me going against my own judgement

[@Nestid93]

This was his ONLY good role in entire career.

[@kamwrites]

They remain as they are when they died. If they had long hair, it returns to the original length from their time of death. They physically remain the same age, appearance-wise. As vampires age, they grow stronger. Bloodline also defines strength to a certain extent. It's all part of Anne's vampire universe. Claudette's tragedy is that she'll always be a child in body, even as her age and wisdom grows. She won't change.

[@cherig2276]

Claudia, not Claudette

[@Stardust_7273]

Kirsten Dunst is absolutely amazing in this role, considering her age, and the role and had to play. I wonder how she prepared for it, and how it was explained to her. She is SO good, so convincing. She's amazing.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

She recently has said in the interview (breaking down iconic roles) that she had an amazing coach that explained things to her on her level like ''imagine you have a brother's toy and you won't give it to him'' so that she would seem mischievou or cunning or manipulative etcetera.

[@Stardust_7273]

@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 That’s really creative. I wonder how they explained the more adult-themed lines or situations happening.

[@quidproquo82]

She made this movie. Her intensity is breathtaking and you completely believe her performance. On of the most talented child actors ever.

[@GreyGreenEyes]

I fail to understand - how could they not smell the rotting corpse in the very house they lived in with their superhuman senses?

[@chandlerrose4545]

Plot hole!

[@Fullmetal1890P]

It was stuffed under all those dolls? And maybe they don't spend a lot of time in there?

[@DianaWinchester-gn4my]

Chandler Redmond Another plot hole is when Claudia gets Lestat to feed on the dead boys. How come he didn't know they were dead? He should have heard that they don't have a pulse.

[@chandlerrose4545]

Totally fandom Mermaid Must be able to suck a golf ball through a hose.

[@DianaWinchester-gn4my]

Chandler Redmond What?

[@RaptorJesus.]

its crazy how good at acting she was

[@sparklesugarskittles]

The ultimate gay parents, and pissed off child. I feel bad every time I watch this, because that is what I think. God, I adore this movie.

[@JustinLodes]

Ha funny but they aren’t gay. They didn’t have a thing for eachother. It was just a love hate relationship as close friends. Just because lastat bit him doesn’t make him gay and just because they lived together doesn’t make them gay. They were the only vampires around and didn’t know any others so obviously they would form a pact

[@vi0let831]

John J. Rambo Actually they are gay, they kissed in one of the books in the Vampire Chronicles and it is quite explicitly portrayed that they are lovers. For the movie, there is just some sexual tension but it can be interpreted that they are lovers.

[@JustinLodes]

viole//n/t.dreams.of.dying even still, all the times I watched this movie I never got the vibe that they were gay because they weren’t. The were just the only 2 vampires they knew of and essentially formed a pact to survive over the centuries. they never kissed, or felt eachother up it did anything to imply they had a thing for eachother

[@JustinLodes]

viole//n/t.dreams.of.dying guess I repeated what I originally said but that’s just how the movie is portrayed

[@vi0let831]

John J. Rambo Yes, it may not be explicitly stated but the movie did follow closely to the book and the movie's free to interpretation in that aspect. It's however you want to perceive it to be honest. It's not confirmed whether they're gay or not in the movie so they can be gay if you want them to be or not. I just choose to perceive them as gay because it's canon in the book series and because of the subtle homoerotic undertones in the movie.

[@ewisdomteeth7155]

We all know that Lestat really loved Claudia.

[@rya7060]

Yes

[@thesocialgracesofanangrybe7446]

Lol no...

[@IvanTheDarkAngel]

Probably not

[@katerinaaqu]

@@IvanTheDarkAngel OH he did. In fact in the books he was in a way the reason Claudia was killed and when she was, Lestat was left in total shock stripped of all his certainty, heartbroken and clutching Claudia's dress to his chest. Louis found him a total broken mess in 1980s (probably after Lestat had awoken from his slumber) he couldn't even stand the sound of a passing siren and he was begging Louis to stay with him and even employing him to understand that he never expected they would kill her.

[@llys9947]

@@thesocialgracesofanangrybe7446 Lol, yes...

[@oldfashionedfanatic8879]

0:33 Louis tells Lestat to be quiet basically They are so perfect for each other :’)

[@goldenglove4663]

Kritsten Dunst is a Genius....She truly is one of my favorite actresses. She personified Claudia completely...I COULD NOT SEE ANYONE ELSE.

[@하임요-o6b]

PERFECT MOVIE. Everything was just simply perfect in this movie.

[@JustinLodes]

Yeah just a shame the title was altered by the Mandela effect. Interview with "A" vampire

[@cockroachcharlie5619]

Only one minor mistake I've noticed. Lestat serves Louis the dead blood of a rat at one point, which contradicts the don't drink of the dead thing. Although I don't recall that being a rule in the book.

[@Eve_Tan97]

+Cockroach Charlie Never drink from dead people. I don't think it applied to dead animals.

[@miserylovecompany7556]

Eve Tan well, no. The rat weren't dead when catch it. He bled it into the glass when it's still alive than throw it away

[@mohammedalqadeeri7156]

Her face and expression when she said you get rid of it, i still can’t believe an 11 years old child can act like this And the music takes this scene to another level

[@leighstone8043]

the poor girl. Sh was a beautiful young woman trapped in the body of a child

[@lettichaim7334]

She was, at this point of the movie, a 60 years old woman... Of course she would be so desperate

[@nighthawksview.2380]

@@lettichaim7334 actually Claudia was technically a 30 year old woman because before Lestat is about to come into the room to give her another doll Louis's narration voice said "30 years had passed yet her body remained that of an eternal child" that being Claudia was a 30 year old woman trapped in a child's body because Louis meant that 30 years had passed since Claudia became a vampire

[@Ntwadumela89]

I felt kinda bad for Tom's character he really didn't do anything wrong...and they betrayed him

[@Qabalist]

Louis chose that path.

[@Qabalist]

***** I know. Louis did not like Lestat. He wanted to be independent of him.

[@Senate300]

+Cesare Borjia For Louis mortal nature and reluctants to accept his Vampire lifestyle, Lestat bullied him and Claudia hated him for making her a vampire at such a young age. Both tried to kill Lestat yet he still forgave them.

[@zoroteats2254]

Yeah, I pity him honestly. Poor Claudia was a clever manipulative vampire and successfully persuaded the hesitant Louis. Lestat wasn't able to feed their thirst of knowledge for their kind and so voila, the betrayal happened

[@miserylovecompany7556]

Phantom Reviews well, no. Lestat also manipulate Louis through information withdrawal and isolation. He knows Louis want to know the origin of vampire. And he also knows he want to know if there are any other vampire out there. Lestat had the answers to both of those questions but won't tell Louis in fear that he would leave him. Louis in turn never open his heart to Lestat because he's frustrated with the lack of answers. Their relationship was bound to collapse, cause there are no trust with them, but lestat was desparate to keep it. He even turn claudia to keep Louis with him, cause he knows Louis ultimate weakness is guilt.

[@catpawprints1]

We know that Tom Cruise is above the Oscars, but I still feel he should've given much more recognition for his performance in this movie. He showed a literally flawless acting, there are no words for it.

[@broadwayboundguy]

This is still, today, one of Dunst's very best performances.

[@Convoluted-and-Exiled]

...Such a powerful scene. Her entire performance was awesome and even disturbing, I felt bad for this character. Kirsten Dunst is a phenomenal actress, this proves it.

[@giuliapicchiotti]

I can't believe how underrated of an actress Kirsten Dunst is !!! , she sooooo good !!!! .

[@Candyda_P]

0:53; She dumps the scissor, but in 1:13 she got her scissor back... Such a great breakthrough performance for a new comer Kirsten Dunst in here... She deserved to win an Oscar for Best New Comer category...She should had...

[@jbiebsaddick2706]

Beatrix957 it was a knife not a scissor if u look closely before she hits tom and see the way she was holding it

[@Xenthoid]

No. Do frame by frame.. she had only sharp as scissors ✂️

[@OtterThanMost]

I've read the series, the reason Lestat knew that her hair would grow back was because his mother did the same thing (He turned her into a vampire before she died.) there are no 'types' of vampires, the only reason that he was able to turn others into vampires was because of the blood he gained from different types, along with his age. He was turned into a vampire around the French revolution.

[@LusciousTwinkle]

That last line is just DEVASTATINGLY AMAZING...WHAT an actress!!!

[@crowviking]

That little girl kicking ass on the set was KIRSTEN DUNST. Now you have seen a gifted actress- go and sin no more!

[@bitnah3179]

These books are phenomenal. What always stood out to me was Lestat's deep rooted love for Claudia, which was barely addressed. He always stung her with words of her never growing, always remaining a child, but he saw the woman in her as well. It's strange to read, based on appreance alone, that he, a grown man, fell to his knees and kissed her, physically a child, but she was well over 50 I believe. His love yet frustration for her shows when she cuts his cheeks here in this scene. His heart practically breaks to know she hates him to the extent to cut him.

[@katerinaaqu]

Oh you are referring to the Queen of the Damned book right? Indeed Lestat was also probably feeling remorseful for what he did to her and even more that he testified against her to the vampire coven. Indeed it is a great thing that people dared to write such things in the books back then. Louis too used to embrace and kiss Claudia and Claudia called him "lover" among others. Another amazing detail was how love works for vampires, that they love each other in all the ways possible, like Lestat loved his mother, Gabrielle both as a mother and as a lover in the second book and they even had some really intimate moments together. I always love it when people are brave enough to present such themes in the book because obviously the love is different than the way humans see it but the same consensual.

[@Ciclopea2]

Kirsten was 12 when this movie came out, i was 15, i'm still astounded by her amazing performance as an adult vampire trapped in a child's body, so sophisticated, mature and resentful, a scene stealer from two Hollywood giants like Cruise and Pitt.

[@myevilalien]

This would be a very maddening experience. The mind of an adult forever trapped in a child's body. It would feel like living the rest of your life as a doll.

[@bakingthebiscuits7673]

damn that child can act

[@beelmomonch8913]

Tom cruise is a master of acting!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@yaneyane8017]

0:32 the way he makes him shut up cracked me up for some reason XD

[@mysticalcatnip221]

Lol he seems like he's tired of lestat dramatically reacting

[@richstarx]

Claudia was the most compelling character of the whole film. I was obsessed with her when i first saw this film. Great acting. I must read the book : interview with the vampire: claudias story

[@ShukitaShipper05]

Omg they are such CUTE dads! Lestat is like the dad that is more aggressive and sometimes doesn't know how to handle each situation, Louis is the more gentle dad who would rather calmly talk it out and stuff XD I REALLY wanted them to get together and get married bc they are the perfect vampire couple

[@lmo222]

Little Dunst is so talented!

[@mac_c]

I feel like Kirsten's performance should've been nominated for an Oscar

[@blacknbougie8021]

As a child, I was obsessed with this movie. I remember thinking how lucky she was to live such a luxurious life with 2 fathers that loved her, and being immortal.

[@StinkyGreenBud]

I hope now you realized why she was so anguished?

[@blacknbougie8021]

@@StinkyGreenBud I do.

[@leticiamv]

2 hot fathers...

[@raysomeusc]

And having perfect, curly hair that never needs to be styled or cut!

[@i_7274]

Brad Pitt being the only reasonable adult in the room

[@lindseym4698]

Claudia was reasonable in my opinion. She never asked for this kind of life, she was forced into it. She’ll never grow and have a normal life and they took that away from her. I understand she was dying from illness, but it should’ve been her choice.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@@lindseym4698 No, she was JUSTIFIED in her rage but not reasonable in expressing it (understandably so but still, keeping a corpse, going on murderous rampages etc. is objectively not reasonable).

[@pinckill]

Kristen Dunst did a greeeat job, she was only eleven.

[@uscman]

Bloody Carrion same, coming from someone who only knew her from the Spider-Man trilogy

[@T3XACAN0]

The31st User She was also in Jumanji with Robin Williams...yeah i knew her mainly in Spiderman with Tobey Maguire. But she also was a cheerleader in Bring It On. She is a gifted actress.

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

A little too tall to be playing a little girl. She was almost up to Brad Pitt's shoulder.

[@AylaNoelleLee]

@@jasminnemcdonald94A She was 11 playing a 12 year old (aged up from 5) at the time of filming so she was a little girl just not as little as she was in the book

[@The-bi5ry]

I'm normally not a fan of Tom Cruise, but I absolutely LOVED him in this movie, perhaps even more than Brad Pitt. He plays grey characters fantastically!

[@daniquerh]

She was 11 here??? Insane!

[@AylaNoelleLee]

Yup

[@ReimondoCortexalotl]

0:21 Lestat: Claudia! What have you done?! Claudia: What you told me to do! Louis: Leave a corpse here to rot? Claudia: I wanted her! I wanted to be her! Lestat: She's mad! *SHE POLLUTES THE VERY HOUSE WE LIVE IN!* 1:06 Also that look Louis gave 😂💀

[@davidhinojos9565]

Mike from my point of view you can make them reels for years to come, I don't laugh out loud but i do inside and laughter on the inside heals me too

[@sexyiiboi19]

She should have got an Oscar for this role.

[@lukelance540]

this is the true adaptation of anne rice's novel.

[@Cali_Girl1]

This is one of the BEST scenes of all time. Kirstin Dunst is just AMAZING in this role! What an incredible Child Actress!! 👍❤😀

[@Caio0_057]

Wow!!!!! The Music! And the direction!!! And Kirsten Dunst, OMG give that kid an Oscar! I don't care that this was years ago and she's an adult now just give her one!

[@miccimiccimicci]

I literally cannot get over her acting in this scene.... it was so good oml

[@Angel-xd9lt]

The new Interview With A Vampire AMC is really good. This 1994 Interview With A Vampire was good b/c of Kirsten Dunst as Claudia and she really did a great job playing her. She was only 12 yrs old. She was very talented and she has the Hollywood Walk Of Fame now and she really needs an oscar she made this movie**

[@ldylkr]

My absolute favorite scene in the entire movie. She delivered those lines like an anguished adult.

[@leannaarenas6166]

brad Pitt the mom tom cruse the dad and there child

[@superbuneary8819]

Such a perfect gay couple

[@bandawhat33]

i think tom cruise is the mom and brad pitt is the dad.

[@iloveppoppies]

Tom is the mom, the type who controls her family, even her husband. But then her teenage daughter rebels...

[@Ntwadumela89]

Super Buneary I don't think they were gay because Tom seduced women.... Plus there was no sexual interaction between pit and cruise

[@bandawhat33]

PressRecordVideos They seduced women but not for sex... it was to suck their blood

[@alexblake92]

im just so glad this movie exist

[@edu.master391]

Claudia (interview with the vampire) crushes the character Bella (Twilight). Original and consistent with the reality that a human face caught in that condition. Bella, stupid, ridiculous, dramatic, masochistic ... Claudia, purposeful, smart, shrewd ...performance even surpasses it.

[@whutzat]

I read both books and Claudia bored me to death. I'll take Bella Swan.

[@ashikana21]

Edu. master Anne Rice as a writer is so complex because she herself is so curious, insightful, and has battled her own demons. The blood is a metaphor for her family's alcoholism- such as needing to drink to live. Stephanie Meyer couldn't have dreamed the heaven and hell Anne Rice accepted as her reality and chose to incorporate her imagination into to share with us.

[@kaizermengele6669]

dont know what happened but blocking someone is so freaking,gay, pusshead

[@largol33t1]

Um, Claudia is 70 years old and Bella is a teenager. Claudia had plenty of time to mature in ways Bella couldn't.

[@LightLife4]

Kristen Dunst absolutely nailed this part. The growing woman forever trapped a child

[@Ali_Ahmed_Yousuf]

The acting in that movie was phenomenal!!! All three legends Ethan hunt, Marry jane watson (MJ), and Mr smith killed it. Hard to believe it was 18 years ago🔥❤️

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Bravo to Kirsten Dunst. Her characterization of Claudia is the best character in the entire film. She’s genuinely the most sympathetic because her human life was taken from her.