Anne Rice’s novel ‘Interview With the Vampire’ has a rabid fan base, intensely protective of the story and any adaptations of it. Thankfully for Jacob Anderson, who plays Louis de Pointe du Lac in the AMC original series based on Rice’s novel, the fans seem to be on board. “I do get a sense that people feel like we did right by the characters.” Now in its second season, this version, not connected to the 1994 film version starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, looks deeper into the “mess” of Louis. “He’s this jumble of contradictions...Louis is way more responsible for the tragedy of his own life than he would ever admit.” For Anderson, he never once considered finding inspiration from the film. “I think that would have been the first step to ruin it. To try and compare or do anything in response to that, because that film is iconic in its way and what it represents and those two very powerful screen presences at that particular time.” He went on to say, “Rolin [Jones, series creator] used to say this is a third thing. There’s the book, the film and this is the third thing.” 

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