i-want-my-iwtv IM SORRY I HAD TO TAG YOU THIS IS TOO PERFECT 😂😂😂😂😂💖💖💖💖
Awww thanx, I did already see this and comment on it but I was being silly and hyperbolic when I added the “NO CAPES” gifs bc in truth I think it’s totally adorable, he’s totally adorable, and I want to buy a cape made by this man as soon as possible. I would wear it with an enormous amount of pride btw I will take mine with a white or pastel silk lining like these yes good.
There are all kinds of reasons why a movie has chosen to go in a different direction than the book, the director has chosen to work on the film bc they want to put their spin on the story, so if you don’t like elements they’ve changed, consider them AU to your headcanon.
It’s so good to promote such peaceable ppl as the captain ❤
y’know, as much as some ppl didn’t like him as Armand (and I will defend Antonio 5ever!), I could see him as Santino. Maybe part of the reason they cast him as Armand is that they really wanted Santino. Let’s pretend it’s Santino passing as Armand.
Apparently, Universal has acquired the rights to the Vampire Chronicles books, and possible plans include remaking IWTV and QOTD
I think I need a drink…
This is your chance to cast! I don’t know how to feel about this news.
Oh gosh, if only! I’d kill for the chance to do that…
And same here – I have a feeling that this is either going to be really good or absolutely horrible
Just have to cross my fingers and hope that they don’t make another Antonio-Banderas-as-Armand kind of mistake again. We deserve so much more.
OH GOD
I still watch IWTV and sit there like O.o every time he appears – I just want to know what possessed them to cast him?? I picture them reading his description in TVL and just going “lololol no fuck that”
But on the other hand, will the new Claudia be as good as Kirsten Dunst’s Claudia, because she was pretty much perfect. That’s going to be a tough act to follow…
I just want an actually slavic redheaded teenager looking boy for Armand for once. Also for them to not whitewash David pls
Let’s talk about the horrendous casting in QotD before we rip on Banderas!Armand omfg… this fanart by permanentglitter is amusing tho. [higher res]
Ok… I used to be completely on board with the Banderas!Armand haters but I’ve grown pretty nostalgic about that casting, and actually figured out why they did that.
If they had cast a cherubic teenage redhead it might have been confusing to people who hadn’t read the books, and might have taken the sympathy away from Louis (who was supposed to remain the focus, it’s HIS story, after all). That would have been compromised by omg cute little redhead bby we want to snuggles you!
In the interest of that story, and keeping it accessible to an audience who had not read the book(s), Armand was to be the teacher/father figure Louis didn’t get from Lestat. They had to cast someone:
who would appear older than Louis
who would appear to be a teacher/father figure to Louis
who was a bigger star than Brad Pitt (or at least older than BP)
and have some European or other ethnicity, because these Parisian vampires were supposed to be darker, scarier, more like Real Vampires of the Old Ways than the softer Americanized Vampires. Their vampire makeup (aside from their TdV costuming) shows them to almost be a different, more vicious species from Louis (who has to still maintain his “most human”-looking vampire status).
So that’s my little defense of Banderas!Antonio. I’ve left the bandwagon of hating on him, he did a magnificent job with Armand, if you think about what I wrote.
… I will admit that the wig was pretty silly, but maybe he was meant to be slightly like those Asian senpais of old, with all that long hair. Maybe it was a nod to Marius, who had long hair bc he wasn’t allowed to cut it for like 7 months before he was turned. Who knows…
Nostalgia has partially unfailed this casting for me, after all, I think they needed someone who would be more of a paternal/father figure (as compared to Lestat) for Louis, and a 17 yr old Botticelli angel might not have had that gravitas for viewers who hadn’t read the book.
Interview with the vampire, 1994, Christian Slater & Tom Cruise & Antonio Banderas & Brad Pitt & Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten’s not the only one that’s young and adorable. Is Tom wearing a matching midnight blue blazer and pants suit in velvet/velour?! What a diva, still in character.
Antonio is also in a some kind of luxe velvet/velour… Kirsten, too.. maybe they were told to aim for being in character, and Brad’s like, No Fuck that LEATHER AND KHAKIS IS TEH SEXAY. Plus he ran out and bleached his hair and laid out in the sun for like a month to make up for lost time.
Christian’s like I AM STILL A PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST CHARACTER, DE RIGEUER IN ALL BLACK.
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