I believe Anne Rice lost her own daughter and the loss of Claudia in this novel was her processing that grief through writing about Louis's grief. One of the most devastating deaths in cinema history. Dunst should have won a best supporting actress oscar for this EPIC performance.

Hell yes!  The 90s really were all about “how can we make this movie the gayest thing possible without TECHNICALLY showing anything gay???” 😂

Tom was so good in this. Anne Rice initially thought he was a terrible choice for Lestat. But after seeing his performance, she admitted she was wrong and apologized.

Lestat really was that girl who thought that getting a child would fix the issues in the relationship 😆

Lestat really invented baby trapping lol. He truly is the perfect devil and relishes in every moment of it... especially when Louis says so.

Imagine your first ever movie role involves working with four big name leading men and people still coming up to you and applauding you for it after it premiered almost 30 years ago!!! Kirsten Dunst was 11-12 years old when they filmed this!!!! What's never more insane it that in the book Claudia is supposed to 5 or 6 year old in appearance!!!!!!!!

This is one of Tom Cruise’s best performances ever! So funny and such a great counter to Brad Pitt’s glum serious character.

Tbf, him not kissing Armand is actually a really cool way to showcase Louis teasing Armand with what he couldn't have and making him live with it as revenge

EATING RATS IS BEING IN THE VAMPIRE CLOSET, MY GOD.
thats perfect.

Begging some Patrons with Voting Power to get them going on the AMC Interview with The Vampire too 😩

Brad Pitt's hair was real. He was the only one not to wear a wig! You guys should try watching the new TV show based on The Vampire Chronicles.

Human Claudia would not have survived. She might've had the plague as well & no one would've taken her in. Orphanages at that time were mostly overcrowded & underfunded, usually preparing the children for work. There were also work-houses where you toiled until you died. Claudia actually had a luxurious life for many years, even though she could never age. But I also wish she could've at least been given Madeleine as a 'mother' & moved on.

I feel like everyone in this movie had sensual tension😭

Fun fact: For the actors who played vampires, especially Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and Antonio Banderas, they were hung upside down until the veins in their faces popped out, and then the makeup artists would go over the veins with a special marker/pen to draw the lines, then they'd add the pale foundation makeup on top to give it that effect. Actors typically spent upwards of half an hour upside down for this purpose every single time they did makeup until the artists mapped the veins and drew themselves a guide to speed the process up.

You guys HAVE to watch “Interview with a Vampire” the tv show…….. HOEMYGADDDDD it’s everything you wanted this to be & more 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Vampires become more powerful as they age, which is why Louis has more strength in the present than in the past. There is also a vampire code in which it is forbidden to kill vampires and also convert children, the elderly and the disabled. For this reason, Armand had to send Claudia to be killed, to "reestablish order."

Loved the reaction, as usual 🤙🤙🤙

I attended Anne Rice's Halloween party shortly after this opened, and she talked so much about how much she adored Cruise here. I agree -- this will forever be my favorite Tom Cruise performance. He's just so loose and sensual and having a blast, and I love the blonde hair and how it frees him. He's usually always so compact and uptight as an actor, so driven and boxy, but here he is this long languid elegant line. And Cruise did dye his hair for this (he made Jordan film test him with blonde hair and reports were that Nicole Kidman was so thrilled with his blonde look -- and then the extensions -- that the hallway echoed, bless her heart).

In case it helps, it is very clear in the books that Louis and Lestat are vampiric lovers (although, in her world, vamps can't have sex, but they experience it through the bite, etc.). Director Neil Jordan is also very gay-friendly and directed The Crying Game (highly recommended).

Claudia's loss is a real loss. As many noted, Rice lost her little daughter very young, then after grieving, wrote INTERVIEW in a month while drinking the entire time. The vampire "Swoon" is the "swoon" of intoxication. She recovered afterward but I think it's an important detail.

I personally love the ending and how the movie improves it over the book. I also loved how Jordan incorporated "The Vampire Lestat" elements (sequel) into this, like that vampires can fly, read minds, etc.

Omg you guys need to see the AMC series of Interview with the vampire. It’s sooo good!

If you liked this, you'll love the show!  This is such a fun comfort movie to me.

Believe it or not that's actually Brad's hair lol