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IWTV premiere, Savoy Cinema in Dublin, January 1995. 

“What attracted you to the vampire movie?”

“It was a very exotic story and uniquely told, and, to have the opportunity to work with Neil Jordan, I was very excited about that… wonderful actors to work with, with… there’s a… obviously it’s something I’d never done before!”

Posting under Fair Use for educational purposes. 

I take such issue w/ interviewer Colm Connolly’s second question more like a statement, “There were all kinds of stories that there were bad feelings on the set while you were making it…(?)” 

Tom had even given him an easy starter for a different line of questioning, when the guy said, “Welcome to Ireland!” Tom said, “Thank you, it’s good to be back.” That was an opportunity to ask him, “Oh, when were you here last? Was it when you were filming Far and Away?

Like, Colm, c’mon, you really think Tom’s going to say, “Yeah I was an incredible diva and I upset everyone around me with my insane demands and jealousy over Brad’s intense hawtness bc he is going to replace me in Hollywood and I am so worried about getting older omgz- ??! At the PREMIERE for his movie? ON CAMERA? Just bc you ASKED?

No. 

Don’t stir up drama. 

Especially Don’t stir up drama at the premiere for his movie. 

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DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? (singing starts at 1:38)

Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso/You won’t go any more, amorous butterfly

Notte e giorno d’intorno girando/Fluttering around inside night and day

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…Lestat knows this entire song. 

Tom does our beloved Lestat so much justice here. That he can be so joyous at such a bizarre moment, to the point of dancing w/ a corpse (especially considering how vampires have little tolerance for even being NEAR dead bodies), really shows how much sunshine he really does have bursting inside him. He’s elated that Louis is FINALLY GETTING IT.

Also, re: *~Butterflies~*

Those 2 dogs Louis kills instead of the gorgeous older lady? 

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They’re papillons. French for “butterfly.”

That lady even says that and translates for us: “My papillons, my butterflies, you killed them! Ohhh noooo…!” Butterflies go through metamorphosis; so does everyone who gets turned into a vampire in this movie.

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BLEU DE CHANEL: Interview with Gaspard Ulliel

ah yes this is where I have laid my affections. Watch this interview bc he could almost be talking about Lestat here. 

This is the guy I would most want as Lestat. No he doesn’t look like Rutger Hauer or Tom Cruise. Did Tom Cruise perfectly *match the physical descriptions from the books* physically? No, but he did a fabulous job bc PROFESSIONAL ACTING. I think Ulliel’s charm as young Hannibal proved he doesn’t need to match those descriptions either. Consider:

  • Speaks French fluently. Obviously. 
  • Great figure
  • Blue eyes
  • Great smile
  • A smile that can look mischievous, cruel, playful, etc.
  • He can do dream sequences
  • He looks like he could be 20 or 21.