It all starts with a comment from EW interviewer Jeff Giles, covering Pitt’s career movie by movie, that the actor looks miserable in “Interview.”
“I /am/ miserable,” Pitt said. “Six months in the f—ing dark.”
“I’m telling you, one day it broke me. It was like, ‘Life’s too short for this quality of life.’ I called David Geffen, who was a good friend. He was a producer, and he’d just come to visit. I said, ‘David, I can’t do this anymore. I can’t do it. What will it cost me to get out?’ And he goes, very calmly, ‘Forty million dollars.’ And I go, ‘OK, thank you.’ It actually took the anxiety off of me. I was like, ‘I’ve got to man up and ride this through, and that’s what I’m going to do.’ ”
…Still, he says he doesn’t necessarily regret “Interview with a Vampire.”
“I don’t lament the failures,” he said. “The failures prepare you for the next one. It’s a step you needed to take, and I’m all for it.”
It’s so fun to see at least this shot from the other side of the door, lol…
I’ll transcribe it somewhat for y’all:
The narrator is all about the *~secrecy~* like of course Tom Cruise wanted to keep the secrecy of his costumes and makeup and whatever, so as not to spoil the surprise! We have closed sets all the time these days and back then. I don’t think that was just Tom, I think everyone involved in making the movie wanted that secrecy.
The narrator pronounces his name the way AR prefers, not the way it’s pronounced in the movie
I keep waiting for a gay vampire movie but then i remember Interview with a Vampire happened and literally it cannot get any more homoerotic camp than Brad Pitt being all “omfg I’m reborn as a denizen of hell” while Tom Cruise basically serenades him with the music of the night
`I cannot make her happy, I do not make
her happy; and her unhappiness increases every day.’ This was my
chant, which I repeated like a rosary, a charm to change the facts, her
inevitable disillusionment with our quest, which left us in this limbo
where I felt her drawing away from me, dwarfing me with her
enormous need.
– Louis de Pointe du Lac, Interview with the Vampire
You wonderful ppl sent me so many wonderful birthday wishes! I am so honored and flattered and pleased and speechless! ^,….,^ Will reply to all of them of course, asap, but can’t do more tonight as I was out later than expected and am falling asleep at the wheel.
For those who don’t want to get spammed w/ my birthday replies I’m tagging them #iwantmyiwtv attack the inbox. Sadly, I can’t tag them until I post them, that’s the way Internet-Explorer-tumblr works, which is UNFORTUNATELY the only browser we’re allowed to have at the office *fumes* but I do tag them right after I post.
im gonna liveblog interview with a vampire so get ready kids
brad pitt talking in monotone is the single weirdest and funniest thing i have ever seen
i think im developing a thing for 80s/90s christian slater
“how can i put you at ease?” idk maybe you shouldn’t have told him you’re a vampire
six minutes in and there’s a montage with dramatic music and a deadpan monologue voice over provided by brad pitt i love this movie already
aaaaannnnnnnddd………….now they’re flying
they’re in mid air, tom cruise in a blond wig is drinking brad pitt’s blood, brad pitt made a sex noise when tom cruise detached himself from brad pitt’s neck, and then tom cruise dramatically dropped him into a river. i really do love this movie
as in all period dramas, there is a scene where a rich person in lacy nightclothes lies coughing and gravely ill in their massive bed in a huge mansion. even when the period dramas have vampires, there’s always this scene
question: how many times is tom cruise gonna attach himself to brad pitt’s neck in this film
also: how many more dramatic speeches is tom cruise gonna have, and how many more sex noises is brad pitt gonna make
this movie is so dramatic i can’t
do you mean to tell me that these two guys can just sit in a public tavern and casually drink someone’s blood in the corner until they die and no-one notices??
tom cruise: [offers him rat blood]
brad pitt: [makes an “is this bitch for real?” face]
brad pitt:
brad pitt:
brad pitt: [drinks it anyway]
tom cruise: read her thoughts
brad pitt: [makes an “is this bitch for real?” face]
brad pitt:
brad pitt:
brad pitt: [tries it anyway]
brad pitt:
brad pitt: i can’t
the “NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA” then the high pitched squeak/laugh i’m losing my shit
in other news, this immortal vampire is also a grape-throwing eight-year-old
HE’S DANCING WITH THE FUCKING CORPSE
claudia: where’s mama??
lestat: [brief “oh shit what do i tell her without seeming like a homicidal maniac” moment]
lestat:
lestat:
lestat: she’s in heaven
they’re parents. its official. lestat and louis are an old married couple, complete with daughter. i can’t believe i don’t even have to make this up
“you’re mine and louis’ daughter now” gay vampire dads i cannot fucking believe this
claudia: eww dad when did u eat rats
louis: long time ago, before u were born
louis, silently in his head: and it was bc of fucking lestat so don’t blame that shit on me
can’t believe claudia is having a teenage rage while louis is like OH NO BBY CALM DOWN and lestat is yelling NOT IN THE FUCKING HOUSE
the only thing not making this a scene from a domestic family comedy/drama is the dead body
there’s door-slamming and everything amazing
claudia: oh btw they’re dead ¯_(ツ)_/¯
lestat:
lestat:
claudia: ¯_(ツ)_/¯
lestat:
lestat: fuck
lestat: LOUIS
THIS WAS WORTH ALL THE DIGITAL INK IT WAS PRINTED WITH
“question: how many times is tom cruise gonna attach himself to brad pitt’s neck in this film”
I-want-my-IWTV 