This interview… I’m sharing it bc I feel so much second-hand embarrassment for Tom whenever I watch it which is not often but I found it again today so I’m posting it here for… reasons. He shares this story, without hardly being prompted, about cutting off the oxygen of one of his passengers while in flight (starts at 2:32). Watching it, I just keep feeling, “Tom, no, stahp plz, oh gawds… begging you… FIRST OF ALL WHY WOULD U DO THAT?? Second of all, WHY WOULD U OFFER THAT STORY UP – I can’t even with you sometimes… You are in serious need of non-sexual corporal punishment.”
But the story is a very Lestat thing to do and it’s a very Lestatuesque way to tell it, as he’s cracking up, with what can only be described as manic laughter. He keeps hiding his face probably bc he knows he’s dug himself in too deep with this story, but he has to keep going, even though he probably knows he can only make it worse.
“Looking for a way to create the character of Patrick Bateman, Christian Bale stumbled onto a Tom Cruise appearance on David Letterman.
According to director Mary Harron, Bale saw in Cruise “this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes” and Bale subsequently based the character of Bateman on that.“
It reminds me of Russia in the way it’s totally the
kind of stories you can hear after the opening of a cheap bottle of vodka (it
sounds cliché but I swear I’ve seen that during the few months I stayed there) ;
“lolz we almost died/killed him it was so much fun”… EXCEPT TOM DOESN’T HAVE
THE EXCUSE OF BEING DRUNK OR RUSSIAN GODDAMMIT. I guess we can say the co-pilot
was a jerk too (since they apparently figured it too together… but also meaning
it wasn’t that dangerous?? Er, it’s still a dumb idea though). Concerning the
laugh, it is certainly… well, impressive (I’m being polite here). And to be honest,
I think he was kinda scary/manic at this time (if, as I think, the interview is
from late 90’s – mid 2000’s), even if I’m too young to remember that properly (but
you know, I did my homework).
I definitely agree with you on the lestatique attitude, the more I
think about it the more he looks like a brat for me ; sometimes charming, sometimes totally out of control,
and not thinking much about the consequences… Pretty much like Lestat, in fact.
*sigh* Why almost all my faves are
problematic as hell?? 😥
I actually really hope that he was drunk when he did this interview! It was 2004, and i know that bc he mentions his kid’s ages so I did the math based on that so we can’t say it was part of the CRAZYINLOVE that was Dating Katie Era (started in April of ‘05).
Yeah the co-pilot should get some blame too! But still. Not a good interview story, bb.
Yes my fave is problematic as hell, too, join the club, TakeMe ;A;
As I said, I don’t think he ever fully let go of Lestat. For better or worse 😛
“Looking at that from another direction, isn’t that… Attempted Manslaughter?”
Permission to post this artwork was given by the lovely author, thanks!
Please support them by rating and bookmarking the original work.
~~~ Translation ~~~
— Tom Cruise X Brad Pitt —
Interview with the Vampire A world of too beautiful vampires
Whatever people may say, Tom and Brad’s vampire looks are breathtakingly gorgeous. The scene where they drink the blood of a beautiful woman charms you before you realise it. But aesthetics is ephemeral, and the vampire’s world is cruel. It’s a worth seeing masterpiece with a splendid cast in full force. [drawing’s little comments] Lestat the vampire (Tom) – Former human Louis ; Blond Tom is also beautiful… The period clothings are charming as well ❤
I “met” Lestat for the first time during my third year of high school and there was the twilight-hype everywhere so all my classmates where like: “read twilight read twilight!) xD I had never thought of reading something vampires-related because I’ve never been an horror fan (better, I can’t read horror because I am afraid of almost everything…especially clowns, but this is another story~) and I had always associated vampires with this genre. Buut I was veeery curious to find out more about these fantasy creatures (I love fantasy! ♡), but Twilight was not at all my cup of tea! so I started browsing in my usual bookshoop and then I found…it: “interview with the vampire”! I remember that I thought: “this title is cool!”, although I expected something like an essay about vampires in literature in the form of an interview (I expected to receive answers on vampires mythology by Louis…now it seems a bit hilarious since he’s always whining about not having a clue xD), but I was not disappointed at all by the actual book *-* and then…it was a marathon of the whole series in a summer and I also saw the movie (and I also made my friends watch it, but not all of them appreciated it …ppst: the Italian dubbing is very good for this one!).
My favourite character at first was Louis (aah the charm of the good and tormented guy!), but then I fell in love with Lestat when I read “the vampire lestat” (“Scelti dalle tenebre”/“Chosen by darkness” in Italian)…very traditional story I guess xD! I love his endless love for life :3 (and I ship him hard with nicki and louis of course u.u). Moreover, I felt really near him in because of some similar thoughts I had in that period of my life, and the part of human-lestat always moves me ;__;
I also like Louis, Gabrielle and David Talbot 🙂 but in general I like them all (well…except Dora *hem hem*).
I’ve also read the mummy and angel time (here only “angel”) but not all anne rice books are published here or some of them are not easy to find (cry to heaven for example) so I think I’ll read them in English! 🙂
I hope my answer was entertaining and my English not too awkward XD
Nah, nothing wrong with it, I just haven’t tried reading it *shrugs*
This is highly subjective, but for me, my love is for the VC characters/stories first, the vampiring is secondary, but crucial in developing those characters. So much vampire media seems like “all one needs is a pair of fangs,” and I suspect BV falls into that category, but like I said, I haven’t given it a chance yet. I don’t see a BV fandom presence here or on AO3, soooooo… that says something about it, oui?
That is true, I suppose. The rest of your time is spent fawning over nude photographs of your mother, of which I loathe finding around the house.
Lestat interrupts his bedtime story with an interlude of self-adoration hoping that Louis will pet him or kiss him to shut him up! #Tactical immaturity
The reasons people give for disliking Tom Cruise are getting fucking ridiculous now; it’s as though they just wanna join the train and for some reason think it’s “cool“ to hate him.
I know, right?! You should ALL read this article by Amy Nicholson. It’s not nearly enough, but it provides a compelling argument for "How YouTube and the Internet Killed Tom Cruise, America’s Last Movie Star” ;n;
I-want-my-IWTV 