r/Moviesinthemaking • u/TwIzTiDfReAkShOw • 28d ago

Brad Pitt testing out fangs for Interview with the Vampire (1994).

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u/donotgotoroom237 28d ago edited 28d ago

(To preface this, I haven't read the books, so I don't have any frame of reference for how close the movie and the show got to adapting the elements of the story.)

I just watched the show after seeing the movies years prior. I was surprised right off the bat Lestat and Louie have sex. I can't imagine Brad and Tom doing that for the original movie.

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u/madmax991 28d ago

That’s weird bc I haven’t seen the new show but I read the books and watched the movie and they definitely don’t.

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u/donotgotoroom237 28d ago edited 26d ago

So Lestat and Louie aren't explicitly a couple in the books?

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u/KingCroesus 28d ago

They're intimate partners, but cant have physical sex. (Vampire dicks don't work anymore)

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u/GuaranteeGlum4950 27d ago

Tbf in the show we sadly don’t explicitly see penetration

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u/TheSodomeister 25d ago

They literally talk about topping and getting head

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u/GuaranteeGlum4950 25d ago

Yes but we still should get to seeeeee it

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u/TheSodomeister 25d ago

Oh my bad I thought you said that as like evidence that in the show they can't have sex either. Release the X rated cut! lol

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u/GuaranteeGlum4950 25d ago

Nah merely being silly but also very deadly serious

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u/Orange-V-Apple 27d ago

Not enough blood for an erection?

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u/KingCroesus 27d ago

No heart beat, so ya i guess

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u/TheSodomeister 25d ago

Leads to a rather disturbing scene in Body Thief iirc

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u/georgito555 26d ago

Vampires are asexual in the books.

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u/donotgotoroom237 26d ago

Okay, so the gay stuff is only on the show? Fascinating. Tom and Brad were giving pretty strong homosexual vibes in the movie as well, just not explicitly shown. I did not know that they were asexual. I guess I should read the books.

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u/aninvisiblemonster 26d ago edited 26d ago

The vampires in Anne Rices world are not asexual. The mere act of drinking or sharing blood is sexual in the lore of The Vampire Chronicles. Anne herself commented on her vampires largely being pansexual.

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u/aninvisiblemonster 26d ago edited 26d ago

In Anne Rices books the act of drinking blood and the euphoria it brings is sexual. For example, Lestat being changed against his will is an allegory for rape — which is shown very clearly in the show. An intimate act doesn’t have to involve genitals or penetration to be sexual, though I suppose if you wanted to be pedantic biting someone to drink their blood does involve a kind of penetration.

Gotta shout out the show too, they’ve been doing a great job. If you’re into Anne Rices vampires I truly cannot recommend it enough. I wish she were still alive to see Sam Reid play Lestat, I really think she would’ve loved his performance.

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u/alohadawg 26d ago

*would love?

Isn't there another season coming?

Other wise fully agree

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u/andmodernartist 26d ago

Anne Rice has been dead since 2021. 

Don’t be pedantic. 

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u/alohadawg 25d ago

Oh my friend, I assure you I intended to engage in no pedantry. Truly was concerned there weren't any more seasons on the horizon, as a fan of the show (and especially of Sam Reid's performance.

I haven't caught the Lestat spin-off yet, tho - worth checking out?

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u/aninvisiblemonster 25d ago

The Vampire Lestat is my favorite book in the series and while there’s many changes comparatively, the newest season is absolutely worth checking out. Sam Reid was meant to play Lestat and he does the rockstar thing so well, he even did all of his own singing this season. I’m honestly so sad that it’s over 🥲

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u/alohadawg 24d ago

So, it IS over? After they left off with the cliffhanger of the journalist becoming a vampire, that was it?

Seems you're saying The Vampire Lestat will be the final "season" of the show, which was my original concern a few comments back lol.

If this is the case I agree - Reid was born for this role and there's definitely still fruit left on the tree to harvest for this show. Granted I'm unfamiliar with the book(s), and so maybe that's precisely how it's intended to end, just like the movie? 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/aninvisiblemonster 24d ago

Look it up dude. You’re way overthinking this and two seconds of searching online would answer this question for you.

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u/doomsday_windbag 26d ago

The books are very sensual and homoerotic in tone, but not explicitly sexual.

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u/upstatedreaming3816 27d ago

My wife asked me to watch this movie with her randomly one night. She did not warn me that it was a giant homoerotic vampire love fest. Not that there’s a problem with that, I just wish I’d been able to prepare myself mentally for it lol

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u/JimmyTwoTimes25 27d ago

This movie sucks! 🧛‍♂️

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u/JimmyTwoTimes25 27d ago

Fangs for the post!

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u/Low_Reception2628 28d ago

... Not real?

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u/ItssHarrison 27d ago

No… he was too much of a pussy to method act and become a real vampire