Interview with the Vampire

Dubai, 2022. Louis calls journalist Daniel Molloy in to redo the interview he gave him in 1973. In 1910, Louis runs a brothel in Storyville, New Orleans, when he meets Lestat. After his brother Paul dies, he agrees to be turned. Louis tries to hunt only bad people and even feeds on animals. He kills a racist alderman, the city burns, and Louis pulls 14-year-old Claudia from a fire. Lestat turns her. Years later Claudia leaves, comes back to take Louis away, and Lestat beats Louis badly. The two decide to kill Lestat: at a Mardi Gras ball he drinks from a poisoned man, and Louis cuts his throat. In the present, Louis reveals that his servant Rashid is Armand.

1. Behind the scenesWhy Claudia is 14

   In the novel, Claudia is turned at five. The show raised her age to 14 to get around Louisiana's child labor law, where the season was shot.

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2. ReferenceFrom 1791 to 1910

   In the novel, Louis is a white planter in the late 1700s. The show makes him a Creole brothel owner in Storyville, New Orleans, in 1910, and moves the present-day interview to Dubai.

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3. Behind the scenesA whole Storyville built

   The crew put up about 40 period facades at The Ranch Studios in Chalmette. Gallier House in New Orleans was the model for Lestat's townhouse.

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4. SetupKeep an eye on Rashid

   The quiet assistant who serves Louis in Dubai looks like set dressing. Watch every time he walks into the room.

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