So.. apparently.. Lestat covered Please Forgive Me and like.. it’s beautiful.
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Tom Cruise re: Lestat, 1
“I used the books as a reference for me and, y’know, you have to read them, especially Interview with the Vampire, because it’s from Louis’s point of view, you have to read it very carefully to find the clues to who Lestat is, and y’know… his loneliness, and his, his personal… struggle. He recognizes that Louis’ a unique… being, and if he wanted… y’know it’s that whole thing, and Lestat gives him the choice – very clearly – even in the book Lestat gives Louis the choice, uh, and that’s something I felt very strongly about… and when Lestat asks Louis, "Do you still want death? Or have you tasted it enough?” He’s really asking Louis:
“Do you still wanna die? I mean, now you know, you’ve come close to death, is this what you want?”
Brad Pitt re: Louis de Pointe du Lac:
“You have a guy here who has a… he’s s’posed to do this and he’s s’posed to do that, and it doesn’t feel right for him, but yet, ahh… that’s, that’s… those are his instincts now, so… therein lies the whole dilemma.”
30 Day Vampire Chronicles Challenge:
Day 14: The first characters you shipped?
Lestat/Louis
(I first joined the fandom from watching the movie before reading the book, and these two were the post painfully queer things I’d ever seen. Upon reading the book, I realized that still stood.
And really, after that scene before the concert in QoTD how can you not ship it?)
RDJ was AR’s pick for Lestat in 2010. Article here.
Knowing what I know now, I can totally see where she was going with that. Wrong for the part, yet also weirdly right…
Wow, is that ever the flip side of me celebrating that Cruise did _not_ get to play Tony Stark. Sheeeeez.
I… had never thought of it that way.
I didn’t know Cruise was even considered for Tony Stark! Apparently, yes. Dunno how reputable this source is, but PolicyMic offers an amusing reason why RDJ won out over TC (beware, triggering of TC fandom, tho!):
“…Tom Cruise was once slated to play Tony Stark in Iron Man… he demanded his face be entirely visible at all times, so the Iron Man armor would need a transparent visor. That was a little too much Diva-ness for the producers, so he got dumped. Instead, they went with this not-as-well-known actor called Robert Downey Jr. who wasn’t a sure bet because he was known to enjoy a little crack every now and then, but who nonetheless could act circles – and squares, triangles, and rhombuses – around Tom Cruise. Fortunately, that worked well for everyone, and now we have a Tony Stark for the ages, and Tom Cruise can live in a cave for all I care.
Mon dieu.
Cruise was ideal for Lestat. Ideal. Creating the impression that a terrifying well of real madness lurks just underneath the surface is where Cruise does his best work. He’s great in Magnolia. I love him in Top Gun. He would have made a good Bateman. And possibly a good Nolan-Batman as well (oxymoron though that phrase may be). And he made a stunning Lestat, even if he was about ten years too old.
He would have been terrible as Tony because Tony is a cocky, rich asshole (whose trajectory is towards learning to not be an asshole quite as much, I guess), and not a cocky, rich actual sociopath.
I will take this moment to tell everyone that my friends and I have actually speculated about what it would be like if Tony and Lestat hung out, and the answer is “terrible”. Despite the fact that they both love capitalism and cheesy metal, Lestat’s perma-21 European foppishness would drive Tony crazy, and Lestat would get intellectually insecure and have a Rice Out about it. The evening ends in either a) full-scale combat or b) each of them retiring to their respective lairs for extended snarking. Am taking bets.
United by a love of capitalism and cheesy metal! That’s AWESOME.
I had not heard that story about Cruise diva-ing himself out of playing Tony Stark. I _had_ heard that at some point Favreau was hearing from the studio “We want Tom Cruise, and under NO circumstances will you cast RDJ,” because at that point RDJ was only barely starting to be considered trustworthy to hire, again. (He went through a few years where productions couldn’t get insurance if they hired him.)
I now see how Cruise was perfect for Lestat, because I know more about his eccentricities now than I did when I was a high schooler. *sigh*
RE: QOTD movie – For Doctor Who fans: Paul McGann is David Talbot. (That’s about where my appreciation ended.)
I don’t watch Dr. Who but am sharing this for those who doooo 😛
Superficially though, I don’t know who I’d cast as mortal!David, but I love this guy that I’ve seen several vampire!David RPers use as their FC. This is a smile that surely would have seduced Lestat in more ways than one:
[agelessinatweedsuit for example]
askgothichunter said: This looks like Benedict is Lestate while Tom is Louis. I don’t know why, but that would be an interesting remake.
NO NO BEN IS LOUIS HIDS IS LESTAT B/C HE IS THE
SMARMYDEVILISHHUSBANDBIG BROTHER WHO IS ACTUALLY YOUNGER BUT IGNORE THAT AND BEN IS SO NAIVE AND LOOKS UP TO HIM AND HIS FASHION CHOICES jesus i’m such a creepy fan
bc of this by derlaine and reapersun go look! It’s beautiful!
I have been teasing Elsa, Reapersun and Leigh with some really quick manips of “What if Interview with the Vampire remade with Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston!!“ and Reaper actually caved and drew it haha so I colored over her awesome lineart :p
Edit: look at Reaper’s version!
Ps.LOOK AT THIS FANTASTIC THING
DAMN
DAMN
DERLAINE AND I DID THIS GROSS COLLAB FOR VAMPIRE!HIDDLEBATCH
because of these recent photos here and here and a long weird IM convo
I did the first inks and then derlaine fixed tom’s face and then we both did color versions and you should check hers out because SHIT IT’S SEXY MAN THEIR GOLDEN EYES AND HOT VAMPIRE OUTFITS SUGHGUHGGFJFGHGJF
I-want-my-IWTV 
