Vampire Chronicles: The Life Of Lestat de Lioncourt PART 1

Vampire Chronicles: My favourite character from the Chronicles has got to be Lestat De Lioncourt, whose fame began with arguably, Anne’s most popular book, Interview With The Vampire. This book really spearheaded vampires back on to the scene and to be honest, the genre hasn’t looked back since. LeStat is by far an incredibly written character. From his difficult beginnings with an abusive father to his ups and downs throughout his life as a vampire. How he embraced his vampiric nature and how he is a fantastic example of what happens when a vampire has had enough and says ‘screw the rules’. In today’s video I’m going to cover the life of Lestat with reference to his autobiography ‘The Vampire Lestat’ and ‘Interview With The Vampire’. I’ll cover his tales and experiences in the Queen of The Damned and The Body Thief in a second separate video as there’s just so much on Lestat to cover. Welcome to the Vampire Folklore, This is The Life Of LeStat De Lioncourt.
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[@VampireFolkloreVideos]

I had to re-upload this due to someone reporting it for having 'blood' in it... YT actually rejected my appeal. There's so much worse on YT so i was shocked. Anyway i made some changes and re-uploaded it. Hope you all support it like you did originally. Thank you so much!

[@jodisue741]

So sorry that happened! Sometimes YT doesn't make sense. Thanks for taking the time to re-upload.

[@terrashavon]

Wooow. Was looking for part 3 but thanks you tube for prolonging whilst being petty🙄

[@terrashavon]

Looking forward to your take on the last episode, by the way😘

[@ladyD2005]

Are you kidding me!!..of course there would be blood in a vampire video!! what the hell were these trolls expecting to see unicorns and rainbows reporting this to YT just proves someone out there has nothing better to do/makes no sense but anyway thanks for taking the time to share the re-upload Dean

[@ChaoticMoon1]

I'm glad you reuploaded it. I was looking for it yesterday and couldn't find it. I was binge watching your videos

[@jasonlibs]

You forgot to mention that Lestat’s ability to read minds helped him in his hunt. He only killed those he thought were evil. Like the scene with the prostitutes where he put one of them in a coffin. In Vampire Lestat it was revealed that the night before, those women had viciously robbed and killed a customer. He never told Louis but he was striving to be a “moral “ vampire too

[@shylapollard5165]

Damn. Lestat didn't deserve his fate man

[@asinomas619]

Quería que Louis fuera un vampiro como él sin protestas, por eso nos le decía nada, hasta que Louis conoció a Armand, él le dijo absolutamente todo lo que debía de saber, y por eso Louis se había enamorado de Armand, y se había olvidado del vampiro que le salvó en varias ocasiones, Lestat

[@Prof_Tickles92]

Or Lestat is lying. Or it’s the delusions that a narcissist tells himself.

[@HumungusO_o]

" There's still life in her yet, Louis!" * Dances with a corpse*

[@THR3NA]

lol

[@DreamGyrl360]

I've laughed at that scene ever since 1992

[@THR3NA]

@@DreamGyrl360 for sure!

[@ShiftingRealities-om5pd]

Same

[@pennyp6125]

Right. Legendary actor 😂

[@bloopsignal4480]

Yes. Lestat and Nicky were "friends." Friends who spoke passionately of the love they had for each other and slept in the same bed together with no clothes. Just two straight guys being buddies. 😂

[@tabby5228]

They were roommates.

[@bkimatab]

​@@tabby5228they were coffinmates. 😳

[@Akkatlah]

@democratslie8113 The writer and creator of the characters, Anne Rice was a heterosexual catholic woman but she had a son who's gay.

[@christinerobbins9376]

​@@Akkatlahand a daughter who died, very young. In the end she reverted back to Catholicism ... And I've grown up two blocks of her old mansion. I also grew up in Catholic school with devout Catholic grandparents. Anne's most interesting era (for me) is when she sheds her early religiosity and goes on a quest to understand the human need for Dieties. It is achingly beautiful and heartbreakingly tragic...at the same time it is a completely adrenaline fueled sense of Liberation. She remains an enigma...but her body of work is timeless ❤

[@christinerobbins9376]

Also, Lestat turned Gabrielle (ya, his mom 😂) ... And SHE is, by far, my fav character. "The Savage Garden" monologue is my absolute vote for "best speech" in the Chronicles❤

[@rachreid8746]

I wish you would have mentioned how Armand tortured Nicky. He went mad due to his time being held captive and this effected why he was turned into a vampire and why he was a terrible vampire. Armand is the worst

[@Akkatlah]

Nicholas was damaged goods way before being turned into a vampire by Lestat.

[@rachreid8746]

@@Akkatlah not true. He was not broken until Armand and the coven tortured him. Lestat and Nikky were happy living their best poor struggling artist life in Paris

[@Akkatlah]

@@rachreid8746 it was revealed by Nicky himself That he escaped to París with Lestat in hopes to see him fail miserably. But to his surprise Lestat overcame every obstacle and thrived. Lestat's mom knew it from the start and that's the reason she didn't want him to turn Nicky. Gabrielle should have being more Open with Lestat about what she saw in his mind. Back in Auvergne Nicky already gave signs of a dark troubled character

[@rachreid8746]

@@Akkatlah Being dark and a bit emo/depressed does not even come close to the Nicky that was driven to insanity due to the weeks of torture by Armand and the coven. Your words can even apply to Lestat when he was an emo kid being abused by his dad and only have his dogs for tenderness in his life.

[@Akkatlah]

@@rachreid8746 Lestat's father never abused him. Lestat as the younger one was neglected by the family with maybe the exception of his mother whom he was closer to. Lestat was a lot stronger than Nicky not only physically but also emotionally. I'm not saying Nicky was a bad person. Just that he wasn't srong enough to handle the vampire life. Hell, he couldn't even handle the normal people life. He went to Paris as part of a self destruction process unlike Lestat who went chasing a dream. The way I remember it Nicky spent only a couple of nights with Armand and his coven not weeks. Not that 2 nights of torture are any better.

[@luismaldonado9032]

Memnoch the devil is my all time fav book ever. Lover Anne rice. She answered my email once. Best moment ever

[@majikninja0073]

my favorite also

[@asmrmiscellaneous8200]

Awesomeew

[@moniquecanivet2263]

Once a time Russel Edinghton (True Blood, Denis O'Hare) liked one of my commentary on Instagram XD

[@studiojo280]

She answered mine as well, ages ago! So cool.

[@CarlDalach-px4cj]

Anne Rice's chronicles are absolutely my favorite vampire lore.

[@pennyp6125]

Lestat is a legend and I really though Tom not reprising the role was fatal to Queen of the Damned

[@_S.D._]

It would've been doomed either way. The writers really lost the plot. They leaned way too hard on the brat aspect. They also left the more compelling parts out. There's just too much story in Queen of the Damned for one movie. It should've been at least 2. One to focus on the origins of the vamps and one on when Akasha woke up.

[@PlayaP69]

@@_S.D._ Well, maybe if the actor playing the role of movie's name hadn't passed away. ..

[@benhamilton1156]

Finished watching the IWTV series on AMC+, n Sam Reid brought it hard in the role.

[@roseandstem8054]

Tom Cruise owned it.

[@Anuu-j4u]

I'd never heard this part of the story. I've always thought he was evil and remorseless. But after hearing this, he's just so misunderstood. He's someone who wanted to be kind hearted. And sometimes he was. He wasn't born evil, he was made so.

[@AamuAurora]

7:26 1 gorsz coins in the background while you talk about great riches made my day, hahaha.

[@koammudo43]

What we do in the shadows has a hilarious scene talking about how tom cruise , Rob Patterson,and somebody else didn't want to come back as vampires and put it behind them .they then ask if they were able to get anyone and Wesley snipes comes on a video call Skype 😂 and his wifi is bad so he's late to reply to everything there talking about it's so funny . They also have the vampire from blade one the white guy who's arm always gets cut off 😂

[@garlawrence5070]

Question have you read the blackwood farm's books they are a awesome extension of the other books

[@LurkerBae]

great video and great channel, very glad I found it!❤❤❤

[@2429Ryanspeer]

Thinking about I feel bad for lestat because he didn't get to choice whether he wanted to be a vampire or not

[@Akkatlah]

He basically said yes retroactively by killing those wolves all by himself 😂

[@flamboyante._]

so, Lestat's vampire life before Louis was 10 years? wow so much happened

[@Jonnynot1plate]

Hope you have some Vampire Hunter D stuff coming!

[@stvinney]

I was so looking forward to the new show then was disappointed To be the one bright spot was the actor that played Lestat. He looked the part and played it well A little more brutal than Id have liked but intriguing

[@nitikasheoran9861]

Did Tom cruise do his own stunts in this one too 😁

[@captbiddy160]

Would love another movie where Interview With the Vampire left off.

[@erikacain6636]

Yes!!! I want the part 2!!!

[@leontrotskysGhost]

all of the books are on youtube in english. I sarted listening to the bampire lestat.

[@alisterp]

Long live the brat prince!!!!

[@janetdeloach8522]

Tom Cruise was amazing in the original interview with a vampire. So entertaining but not my favorite actor. He was a compelling character........

[@sifilore9462]

How come u had to re upload this Dean? R u gonna reload or update the pt. 2 of Lestat as a rock musician?

[@VampireFolkloreVideos]

it was flagged for having blood in it

[@KnowledgeSeeker78491]

@@VampireFolkloreVideos So no

[@vegetathe4th376]

Twilight vampires sucks

[@h4nn4h___]

​@@sharcon3891I think you're thinking of the vampire diaries bc the vampires in twilight never drank alcohol

[@Kellystella97]

Ues i want a lestad movie

[@tylersmith7005]

Marius...I'm confused...I didn't read books just film...that dude turned Lestat...

[@angelaholmes8888]

The people behind that movie decided to mash the vampire lestat book 2 and the third book together into one film which was a bad idea

[@commentforthealgorithm]

comment for the algorithm

[@beckyflower7297]

Armand looked totally wrong in the book

[@dyejohn1905]

Shouldn't it be the entire death of Lestat.

[@ericpanissidi6761]

Wolf killer

[@josephornelas7459]

You lost me on he is the most evil.

[@Akkatlah]

The thing with the movies is that they depict Lestat and most vampires as trully evil beings that would kill innocents on a whim. The books let you know that even though they might do it from time to time (in Lestat's case when he is caught up in one of his fatalistic emotional crisis) but usually their victims are despicable people. By instance the prostitutes Lestat terrorizes had the habit of druging/poisoning their clients in order to rob them and kill them.

[@loustat4037]

Sam Reid as Lestat is superior. I'm loving the new show remake

[@andrelinoge6096]

Shame on you. It's an attack on the SAG and nonunion workers. It has contributed to the animosity of NOLA locals against the film industry.

[@Moonewitch]

Absolutely!

[@lanasjoynt485]

He had Tom Cruise’s blueprint to build on 😉

[@KnowledgeSeeker78491]

@@andrelinoge6096 Well if it helps, I'm not paying to watch it

[@cristinacolagrossi56]

I agree with you, I respect Sam Reid, although Tom Cruise was the one who somehow helped make Lestat famous, I saw both vampire chronicles movies and I think that each Lestat Both Stuart Townsend, who played Lestat in Queen of the Damned, and Tom Cruise in the interview with the vampire, did wonderfully, giving us different nuances of the character,As he grows in his existence as a vampire, Sam Reid managed to unite the two Lestats from both movies into one, and show the different nuances and feelings of Lestat, although the only thing that bothered me was The thing about the series is that they made very drastic changes to some characters, Louis and his life, and I did appreciate that they chose an Armand who was quite similar to how the book describes him, I think that It is very acceptable that Antonio Banderas, although he did not do badly, did not fit with the look portrayed by Armand in the books.

[@ms.moreno8471]

Now it all make sense

[@BobHooker]

how can you be immortal when so many things kill you? Light, fire, not stakes but that is cold comfort for someone who will die if they get caught in the morning light

[@Murderbot2000]

I don’t care for Tom cruise’s movies. But he did really kill it, in his role as Lestat.

[@ashleyjuarez2913]

You literally took the words right out my mouth... 100% agree

[@mermaidmomma3696]

It would be a compliment to say he SUCKED. AMMIRIGHT?! ... I'll see myself out...

[@Shadow74soldier]

When the movie originally came out I was anti Tom as Lestat. I am not a TC fan. Then the first words spoken by Louie in the movie were contrary to the book, I was annoyed and did not care for the movie. Coming back to it all these years later I realized Tom was a perfect Lestat due to his arrogance.

[@leeqbui]

Well the story is told from Louis perspective and not really how Lestat is in all the rest of the books.

[@twistedelegance_]

Tbh the new series makes him and especially Brad Pitt look so corny.

[@crimsonxxspawn8613]

Cruise was creepy af and compelling as Lestat. Townsend was a pretty boy and was stagnant to watch. Reid is menacing and seductive.

[@_S.D._]

Townsend was a bad Lestat, but I think that's on the writing. They really leaned into the brat part of The Brat Prince.

[@yorgivon-schmourgeussborgi]

Townsend's lestat was also when Lestat was at the height of his immortal depression, and he welcomes his inevitable death. A passionate portrayal would have been wrong

[@GrannySkeksis]

Tom killed it as Lestat. He must have read the books. He even had lestats mannerisms down. I wish he had been in queen of the damned too

[@Rachel_Nyx]

I agree that he totally had it down. I hate that people take any excuse to hate on his version just because it is Tom Cruise and they may not like him as a person. I couldn’t care less, he took Rice’s art and put it on the screen with exactly the right attitude he should have & for that I’m happy. I do wish we got more of his Lestat, he was very interesting to watch.

[@raydavison4288]

When I first read "Interview with the Vampire" many, many moons ago, I found myself to be fascinated by Lestat more than any other character.

[@justdiane5]

But if course! That's how Anne Rice intended it

[@christinerobbins9376]

Except....his mother 😂❤ Sry, Gabrielle is even more intriguing. Imagine being a mother but also non binary ... Gabrielle is a STAR ✨⭐✨

[@mukbangCompilation]

does anyone else think Damon Salvatore is very inspired by Lestat ?

[@Schelbig]

I could see that their similar in a way

[@Comentflix]

Klaus from The originals too.

[@ShiftingRealities-om5pd]

OMG is what I thought when I saw him😭❤️

[@mde3370]

No

[@Craig_Narramoore]

I always loved how Lestat made weak male vampires and uber strong female vampires.

[@glendadcosta9103]

Tom Cruise really did a magnificent portrayal of Lestat de Lioncourt. Why hasn't he received an Oscar yet?

[@_Pauper_]

Because he’s too creepy for Hollywood. Somehow…

[@taidee]

Tom Cruise is Lestat, he was playing as himself 🤣

[@n.y.174]

Because now all he does is play the same character over and over again. He gave up on real acting long ago

[@johntrickey7182]

I have to admit, ater TopGun, Days of Thunder, Born on the fourth of July, TC. jumping in fully to a supernatural charecter was very suprising, he was very good. It would have been interesting to see River Phonixe as the interviewer, aa it was him originally cast.

[@angelaholmes8888]

River would had been excellent as Daniel it's sad he passed away

[@vbmorris81]

Blood? It's a vampire video....what did they think was going to be in it?

[@terrashavon]

Right?!

[@GamingMumma]

“It’s your coffin my love, enjoy it…. Most of us never get to know what it feels like!” - he is such a charismatic, twisted and funny character. I have always loved Lestat ❤️ I had a massive crush on him at high school after first seeing this movie 🤣

[@matthewdavies2057]

I've had to listen to that for centuries.

[@rachreid8746]

Louis is such an unreliable narrator. He says Lestat was just using him for his money and Lestat was rich af the entire time

[@matthewbailey4768]

My favorite thing about lestat by far is that in the very start of the second book, while he's retorting lewis' interpretation of him. It's like reading interview you really feel for lewis and hate lestat. then in like the first page or so of the vampire lestat, lestat straight roasts lewis harder than sunlight would. He pretty much says "I was never a bad guy, lewis' is just the whiniest,most self absorbed drama queen and you can give him, everything he ever asked for. an escape from his miserable life, ultimate power, immortality, love, family and he's just so miserable he can't help but to literally burn everything down around him." (totally paraphrasing that) and just like that you go from hating lestats guts to thinking "those are all really valid points. this dude's hilarious and cool" and then agreeing with his side. I mean the concept of vampire rockstar is so fanfictiony that it was gonna be a hard sell for me. but anne rice truly did nail it.

[@jmahan2828]

your description of magnus is way off. he was an old man and alchemist when he captured and stole the blood from another old vampire. other than that WELL DONE.

[@glittermethis]

Agreed! It’s important to get Magnus correct because it adds to why Lestat is so powerful even as a fledgling.

[@Frances643]

Yes but even in the books -don’t recall which one or who says it-but sometimes it’s the person you infect. Sometimes they become a titan and sometimes they can’t feed or do anything and need to be killed But yes Lestat was a wolf killer and the blood of Magnus magnified his natural gifts. .IMO.

[@glittermethis]

@@Frances643 Good point! The vampire that Magus trapped was one of Akasha’s direct fledgling’s, and he’d never made a fledgling. So, Magnus got all that vampire’s power on top of whatever gifts he gained himself as a vampire, and I’m sure him being a old powerful alchemist helped amplify those gifts too. Now, here’s our Wolf Killer receiving all that power from Magnus. Lestat probably didn’t even realize how powerful he was as a fledgling. He had to learn things on his own the hard way through trail & error.

[@Frances643]

@@glittermethis Been awhile since my last reading. Forgot Magnus was made from an old one. Need to go back and reread-

[@darkpharaoh542]

Great job. I've read these books and you summarized well. Thanks for the great video. Looking forward to the next.

[@erieperry8241]

The Brat Prince is the greatest vampire in fiction! Plus he's a great source of inspiration for people!

[@bluequeentv]

To the crazy person that made a claim against this video because it had blood in it it's a video about a vampire!!!!!!

[@TheErikBallew]

What do you think about Sam Reid's Lestat? I think he's the best yet! He pulls off that Lestat arrogance like no other!

[@PROTHAMASENGUPTA]

Tom Cruz looks so handsome as a Lestar ❤

[@kristywinkelmann8048]

Lestat was not evil , a narrsacist yes a brat yes entitled yes manipulative yes but not evil

[@sociocomm724]

Ah my favorite literature based YTer returns with a video on my favorite toxic, red flag sprouting vampire. Today is a good day! Edit: I've only just realized, you're using MTG art. Lestat I presume to be an Edgar Markov Photoshop as well lol Well done

[@angelavining356]

Why a brown eyed brunette for this version? It was specifically mentioned that “ blue eyed blond” was required by Magnus

[@JoleeSO]

The year was 1985 and I got off work late. I was a teenager with a lot of energy and I wasn’t ready to go home and go to bed. I went for a drive and saw that Albertsons was still open. I went to the makeup department first, picked up some Vanilla Fields and red lip gloss. Not ready to go home I wandered over to the books. There it was, my first Anne Rice book 📕 The Vampire Lestat ❤️. I was ready to go home! I curled up and read it from cover to cover.

[@rossigrace5031]

I cannot stomach Tom Cruise in anything EXCEPT Interview. He absolutely killed the oaart and I was mever more impressed eith his acting. Townsend...um. Yeah. He did...ok? Just soo much slurring and very little of the Aristocratic air that Lestat carried as a character. IMO, anyway.

[@USSOBRIEN]

I see that you love vampire movies. Bram Stoker's Dracula with Keanu Reeves & Anthony Hopkins was my favorite, although The Lost Boys is a close second.

[@--Burn--]

Can someone tell me why some people when turned into vampires become younger versions of themselves (like Gabriella) and others are really old, like Magnus? If you remain the way you are, it doesn't explain Lestats' mother or Magnus(I doubt someone turned an old old man into a vampire)...most others seem to remain the same after turning. My theory is that you turn into the last healthy version of yourself. Still can't think of why Magnus would look so old, but the 6000yo vampires from later in the series looked younger. Ps: don't get me wrong, it's still my favorite book series of all time regardless of genre.

[@jessjess23brooks89]

Magnus was an old, old man when he turned. The coven leader of the vampires in France at the time refused to give Magnus the gift, so the cooky old alchemist dug up a sleeping vampire and essentially stole his blood. Other than his increased age, Magnus was also kind or crazy and lived in squalor by the time Lestat met him, so I think that also affected his appearance. 🤷‍♀️ guess even vampires have to take care or themselves.

[@Akkatlah]

​@@jessjess23brooks89he wasn't just old. He was also a hungeback. That's the reason Roshamandes?? Refused to give him the dark gift for he only turned beautiful people.

[@Akkatlah]

Those vampiresa who look younger have the habit of exposing themselves to sun light. They are strong enough to survive the sun light and it Burns away the parts of them That makes them look less human. Lestat's mother was a very beautiful and relatively young woman when Lestat turned her so when the dark gift worked its mystical alchemy she became the beautiful strong willed woman she was all along.

[@sonnenschein553]

​@@Akkatlah😊

[@link_182]

i remember you from awhile back on a HP channel. didn't realize you even had a vampire channel also thats awesome. strangely i found anne rice ages ago from Jonathan frid who at the time was thanking her for saying something on the lines of she was inspired by his character of Barnabas Collins in the ABC show dark shadows from the 1960's and it helped shape her own vampires. its amazing that my favorite show dark shadows helped to inspire anne rice because she took vampires to a whole new level. so to Jonathan frid and anne rice i raise a glass of blood. 🍷

[@greg61377]

The Irony of Lousi and Nikki they agree to become a vamprie and then resent him for giving them what they asked for

[@kezziahvalentino2450]

Not labelling Nicki as “his friend” lol they’re lovers

[@Frances643]

No proof of that. Just insinuation. There is a clue when Lestat hears Magnus at the window pane and Nicholas puts his arm out to Lestat and says “come to bed’ Can be innocent as I’m tired and it’s late or an intimate gesture- open to interpretation. Prefer to believe friendship. Hate that same sex friendship has to always be sexual.

[@TheKrabbyPattiez]

If nicki didn’t go mad I think they would have explored further into a lover relationship. Yes they had a friendship, but I think there was more there that mortality and the time was stopping them from furthering a romantic relationship

[@MsMestrella]

I hope it gets over 100K views--- keep up the great work!

[@majikninja0073]

absolute great job with these uploads. I have always been a big fan of the Lestat series. would love to see some on the later half of the series.

[@kanna231]

I feel bad for him since his father and brother are branch of jerks and awful people and that his father is too controlling.

[@Wiszvnheimer]

Claudia was really 5???!!!!!

[@billyhenson2906]

Yes She was based off Anne race's daughter (who her and her husband nicknamed claudia). Her daughter died of leukemia at 5 or right before her 5th birthday.

[@Etymon-jt3zw]

Magnus did give Lestat a choice he offered him all of his gold if he would agree to sell his soul to the devil. The Lestat refused and he offered to give him all of his gold and to make immortal if he agreed to sell his soul to the devil. Again Lestat refused and attacked him. He was easily thrown off as if he was a small child. If had he accepted and agreed he would have ended up in the cage with all the others and that would have been the end of his story. Magnus wasn't looking for heir to his fortune or a prodigy he was looking for revenge he knew that the others that worship the devil would find him and he knew that Lastat would destroy them that's why he turned the Wolf killer. Because Magnus knew that Lastat would do what he could not. Not because Magnus wasn't strong enough too but because they were his family.

[@mattblackburn31]

Marius … worst casting ever!!

[@serahbay8864]

i find it INSANE to see all the comments saying Sam's Lestat is better than Cruise's. must be a bunch of zoomers who prefer anything that's newer/modern, bc i cannot otherwise fathom how anyone could even think they were in the same ballpark.

[@memoryisamonster]

Sam captured his charming yet manipulative/toxic personality perfectly Plus his bisexuality was maintained in the show

[@serahbay8864]

@@memoryisamonster again, Tom did it first and did it far better, i don't see how you could disagree unless you haven't watched the movie. secondly, what is it with this new generation and being unable to detect nuanced romance/tension. it was beyond obvious in the movie. its like yall don't think characters can be romantically involved unless the film/show beats you over the head with explicit sex scenes to make sure you get it.

[@morighani]

both are great? sam’s lestat is so refined and emotionally complex. i’m sure tom would’ve done an equally superb job if he was the one cast in the new show because the writing and cinematography contribute a lot. you’re the one sounding like a boomer lol. sam’s lestat is amazing and I cannot imagine anyone else playing the role, even though i love cruise’s too!!

[@nansorella]

I love Tom's Cruise Lestat, the new version is alright

[@urbangalahad]

​@@memoryisamonsterThe film is certainly far superior to the series, Tom Cruz's performance is great but personally I prefer Sam's. I think he really got the essence of the Vampire Lestat.

[@camiba6773]

Love himor hate him. Tom Cruise was really good at playing lestat

[@richie7201]

Thank you for the rundown. I read the books so long ago and forgot many of the details.

[@cedrichunter9759]

Tom Cruise gave life to Lestat in such a way, that every other actor to attempts the role, pales in comparison.

[@sketch_heaven]

I think Sam Reid and Tom Cruise both did well, though I do prefer Tom's version, they just embraced different parts of the lestat in the book. I think Sam Reid just struggled to portray the multiple elements of lestat's character all at once the way that Tom Cruise did. When Sam acts in the show he flips sharply between being charming and violent, while Tom Cruise embodies both simultaneously and flawlessly all the way through, making his character feel twice as alluring and devious. On the flip side, Tom Cruise's lestat also feels more likable than Sam's, though I can't really pinpoint why, he's just got the x factor

[@zammy.d3064]

I do wonder when part three is coming

[@g.prince6265]

Magnus would've kicked mariuss ass.hes a nutball🤘

[@ratswagger]

The next book should be called, How Rock n Roll saved a Vampire's Depression

[@ilonapugmire6312]

Well made Video.... but l saw Queen of the dammed when Lestat was made Vampire by Marius and now its was 8nly revived...........the year was 1788.... and later after seing Lestat again i the 20 century Marius tells Lestat l ve made you l ve always known where you were......and now its Armand....? I really liked Stuart Townsend as Lestat

[@mattm402]

We need a The Vampire LeStat movie. And no some cut to 90 minute monstrousity like queen of the damned.

[@angelaholmes8888]

I heard the tv series interview with the vampire will be doing the vampire lestat in the third season

[@mattm402]

@@angelaholmes8888 where is that on? I'm sorry but for my money outside of Pandora (which had no lestat) The vampire lestat was the best of the books. IT was also the closest to an orgin story and I love those.

[@angelaholmes8888]

@@mattm402 season 3 won't air till next year it just got renewed the show airs on amc but in a few months be on Netflix

[@mattm402]

@@angelaholmes8888 hmmm I think I can get a amc add on with my hulu.

[@Suzy24]

This is so interesting. I just finished watching the tv show and I had questions about Lestat so thanks for answering them 😊

[@NadiaNadeau]

He really tried and success to be a good man before his father and brother ruined his life...

[@Vampireresurrection]

I wish you made a blade video 🙄😒

[@Schelbig]

Me2

[@LurkerBae]

of course the first vampires look afrkcan. bill Nye told us those are our origins😂

[@eclark3849]

And she bled egypt red They educated us fed on us made these bodies we consciounesness energy that lives for ever Did they trap us or did they make everything or is there one GOD?

[@valentinogal781]

WHAT A MINIUTE!!!! Lestat was born on November 7th?!?!?!. NOOOOOOO.... That is my birthday!!! Now I know why I have a fascination with character. ❤❤❤❤ I aways felt like I knew Lestat in a weird way.

[@SatchPersaud-sm1gc]

Damn I forgot Magnus made him, I thought maruis made him

[@twistedelegance_]

Um.. i can't with the "friends" comment. The denial 😂

[@Jaake-my2rq]

Can we please never use Tom Cruise, Stewart Townsend, or that AMC abortion as a visual for Lestat ever again through all of eternity? Because that would be great. There's a series of posterized art that was released at some point in the late 80's or early 90's that was given Anne's blessing and it's easily the most accurate depiction of Lestat in that format that has ever been created. It shows several images pulled from the books including Lestat and Akasha in a midair embrace. There's also a fairly large and prominent image of Lestat sporting a modern black suit and a short fade haircut. I assume this was created to show with great clarity all of the features and angles of his face and eyes. It's completely boss and the only visual in existence that takes into account Lestat's mortal AGE when he was turned. Not even the Paul Crees dolls have that.

[@Jaake-my2rq]

Talk about serendipity; I was listening to the audio book for TVL when my first "like" for this post came in. Thank you "like"-person! 🥰😃😁

[@TititoDeBologay]

Low ke, to me Sam Reid tops Tom Cruise performance. Mind you, a movie and series are not the same in term of timeline and performance Having watched both Performances, Sam Reid really gives Lestat life and He had fun playing It, it shows.

[@NoOne-fo1di]

He was burning the other vampires alive? Lol sorry I couldn't help it. He was burning those dead vampires alive

[@BigNick504]

Found what I was looking for and didn’t know it

[@leeqbui]

My favorite fictional character of all time. His adventures are better than any comic book superhero.

[@missblairwritingstories]

I love Lestat since my pre- teenager time, now I am going to listen his biography.

[@tinagolomb9203]

I share his birthday!! Lol just different yr😂

[@Desireesorenson]

Agreed 👍 I don’t care for Tom Cruise mainly due to how horrid of a person he is from his Nut job religion to how awful he is to his fans and fellow celebrities! But his role as Les Stat was absolutely sensational and beautiful ❤ I had no idea how well he could truly ACT!! Not saying I don’t like a few of his other movies, but Interview with a Vampire was written for him the one in Queen of the damned just didn’t suit the character nor did it suit my taste..

[@KiyBlackmoon]

Lestat had a point in the beginning….😂

[@alexanderarkum4793]

He was only evil in interview after that he was the hero