Interview with the Vampire is getting an angsty rock ‘n’ roll makeover in its third season. It’s no longer (fully) the tale of Louis du Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson), the centuries-old vampire who narrated his life’s story across Interview’s first two seasons. The narrative has since been hijacked by his flamboyant, venomous French ex, Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid). After season after season of slander from Louis, Lestat will finally tell his side of the story — AMC is even rebranding the show’s title to reflect that.
The Vampire Lestat, as the acclaimed vampire series is now called, steps into a “sexy pilgrimage across space, time, and trauma” in Season 3, according to its synopsis. With Lestat claiming the spotlight from Louis and the Vampire Armand (Assad Zaman), it makes sense that the series would veer into new themes. But The Vampire Lestat will be a different beast entirely: the players are the same in front of and behind the camera, but showrunner Rolin Jones claims that tone-wise, The Vampire Lestat
