I think Tom should be consulted on his opinion, and then when they do cast a Lestat, Tom should train him personally.
Had to put these together because just it’s too damn funny.
Even funnier is the fact that the actor who played Jonathan didn’t know that was going to happen. That was his real reaction.
ಥ∀ಥ omghahaha!
I don’t remember anything about how she felt about movie!IWTV’s ending, but yeah, there was a whole thing about the Cruise casting, and she certainly changed her tune.
AR’s actual words re: Tom here: http://www.angelfire.com/ri/cerat/AnneOnTom.html
She went from:
“The Tom Criuse casting is just so bizarre, it’s almost impossible to imagine how it’s going to work, and it’s really almost impossible to imagine how Neil, David and Tom could have come up with it. I have one question: Does Tom Criuse have any idea of what he’s getting into? I’m not sure he does. I’m not sure he’s read any of the books other than the first one, and his comments on TV that he wanted to do something scary and he loved “creature features” as a kid, well, that didn’t make me feel any better. I do think Tom Cruise is a fine actor. [But] you have to know what you can do and what you can’t do.“
– an interview with Martha Frankel, published in Movieline (Jan/Feb 1994)
To:
“ON TOM CRUISE: From the moment he appeared Tom was Lestat for me. He has the immense physical and moral presence; he was defiant and yet never without conscience; he was beautiful beyond description yet compelled to do cruel things. The sheer beauty of Tom was dazzling, but the polish of his acting, his flawless plunge into the Lestat persona, his ability to speak rather boldly poetic lines, and speak them with seeming ease and conviction were exhilarating and uplifting. The guy is great.
Had to put these together because just it’s too damn funny.
In short: YES.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
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.
Beef
Does anyone else ever run their tongue along their teeth and think “these should be sharper”
“She begged for her life… and for the life of the baby inside of her.”
I-want-my-IWTV 