Thank u! YEP, it’s all of those reasons! But it’s also actually an homage to MTV’s old slogan, “I want my MTV.“
BTW: This is probably the meme that inspired all my madness:
The first ones of these I saw made me laugh so hard that I knew I had to make some of my own. So pleased that other blogs like textsfromthevampire and vampiredevelopment are doing them, too! :]
However, Townsend’s fail is not all his fault. He was doing what the director told him to do, he was made up the way the director wanted, and he was working from a terrible script. Unfortunately it was a trainwreck of a movie.
IWTV had Anne Rice on the script, working closely with the director to keep her vision as close to the book as possible.
Also, Tom Cruise did his homework. He read IWTV, TVL, (and presumably QOTD and TOBT bc at one point he was trying to star in and get TOBT made). He’s been at this longer, he’s a more practiced actor, he just *got* Lestat better.
DESPITE all those ppl who still complain that he was too short, bc honestly, to judge an actor by his height, something entirely outside of his control (he did wear boots w/ some vertical assistance) is so narrow-minded and other related complaints so don’t even get me started.
I don’t know what the deal was with QOTD, but they clearly didn’t care for canon. That was the real source of its failure, not just it’s terrible Lestat.
I approve too! Being majestic as fuck: checked, rocking blonde hair: checked, looking down at everybody: checked! Perfect cast. 😉 I also admit that I’ve used him as a reference for Marius fanart at least twice 😉
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