'Interview With the Vampire' showrunner Rolin Jones and star Sam Reid tease Lestat-focused season 3 after that emotional season 2 finale ending. Plus, see exclusive photos from the finale.
"We've just scratched the surface with Sam , who's an incredible actor," showrunner Rolin Jones says of the upcoming Lestat-focused season.Sydney Bucksbaum is a writer at Entertainment Weekly covering all things pop culture – but TV is her one true love. She currently lives in Los Angeles but grew up in Chicago so please don't make fun of her accent when it slips out.
"He's definitely not in a good place," Reid says. "He's in probably one of the worst places he's ever been, but at least he's got Louis back. They're not back together, but at least they're on talking terms. I know what he has been doing for that period of time. You can't always play it, so it's complex, but it's very well plotted out."
"Sam worked really hard for two years as a supporting actor, and I think Jacob is very excited to do the same thing for him, and put Sam front and center," Jones tellsThe showrunner knows it was "maddening" for Reid to constantly play other characters' perceptions of Lestat rather than the actual character, but that's finally come to an end. "We gave him one scene that is objective, the scene in New Orleans," Jones says.
"But we don't end with them together as a couple," Jones adds. "They had a reconciliation and that, in the novel, is quite bleak, them parting. We went the other way with it, which is we begin to set the journey about how they ultimately, maybe eight seasons down the road, end up together. We just wanted some catharsis. We wanted to earn that hug and earn those quiet words that none of us know. I don't even know what they said to each other.
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