Last year, AMC acquired the rights to Rice’s bestselling “Vampire Chronicles” and “Lives of the Mayfair Witches” book series, giving the network access to develop film and television projects from any of the 18 titles under both best-selling series. Sam Reid will play the vampire Lestat in AMC’s “ Interview With the Vampire,” which is based on Ann Rice’s popular novels. Should Reid end up reprising the role in addition projects for AMC, he would be the first to play Lestat multiple times.ĪMC's Interview With the Vampire Series Casts Lestat With Sam Reid He was famously played by Tom Cruise in 1994's Interview with the Vampire before Stuart Townsend later took on another incarnation of the character for 2002's Queen of the Damned. This casting makes Reid the third actor to portray the vampire Lestat in a live-action movie on the big screen. It's said that this casting could represent a long-term investment in Reid, as AMC has also secured the rights to all of Rice's The Vampire Chronicles books, many of which also feature Lestat. The British actor has reportedly signed on to star in the lead role as Lestat on the upcoming series based on the popular Anne Rice novel of the same name. AMC's Interview with the Vampire series has officially found its Lestat the vampire in Sam Reid.
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