I know me too! It’s surreal.

Further surrealness, she did say this about it (meaning that Marius might be in it, but be careful what you wish for): 

“It’s all about Lestat and all about the vampires and what they’re doing right now, how they’re coming to terms with everything that’s happened to them and how Lestat is dealing with demands from all sides that he step forward and become the leader of the tribe,” Rice said on the podcast.

(quoted from here.)