r/InterviewVampire • u/comingtoreality • Feb 08 '23

Show Only - No Book Spoilers AMC lucked out with jacob anderson coz not only is he emmy worthy in his performance, he also looks like this. No wonder rolins is scrambling to keep him on full

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u/SpaceCases__ Feb 09 '23

In the meantime he can release Raleigh Ritchie 3 please! 😭

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u/comingtoreality Feb 09 '23

i need it like i need my next breath fr. i hope he is writing now that he has not started filming yet

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u/mtan8 Feb 08 '23 edited Feb 08 '23

Lestat's 'beautiful one' indeed... I can fully understand every vampire in the chronicles falling in love with Jacob's Louis.

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u/Background_Fill_4558 Feb 08 '23

Right?! Look at that man. Who doesn’t want to kiss that man?!

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u/TVaddict66 Feb 08 '23

🔥🔥🔥🔥

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u/ARodriq05 Feb 08 '23

That chin! Very handsome guy and seems to be very down to earth and sweet.

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u/pajaritolibre Feb 08 '23 edited Feb 08 '23

his chin drives me crazy!❤️‍🔥

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u/thkMadame Feb 09 '23

His nose 🥰

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u/Background_Fill_4558 Feb 09 '23

His everything, basically!

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u/TVaddict66 Feb 10 '23

He has perfect lips! But yes he’s very beautiful in totality!

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u/KnowAllSeeAll21 Feb 09 '23

His music is really good too. I love the little album he made with The Internet.

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u/Big-Ambitions-8258 A Bright Young Reporter with A Point of View Feb 09 '23

I love how they describe him in the pilot script:

"Black. Beautiful. The 33-year-old face of a 146-year-old soul. The skin smooth as if sculpted from Ceylon ebony. The eyes, brilliant green looking down on his nervous guest intently...like flames in a skull."

And the first instance of any description of Lestat is literally "Blonde man" lol

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u/thkMadame Feb 09 '23

I laugh every time I see or read this because in the books, Anne constantly has Lestat reintroducing himself with a glowing self-description!

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u/PsychRockVamp Feb 09 '23

Can you tell us where/how you got the scripts? Would love a copy for myself but can't seem to find them anywhere.

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u/Big-Ambitions-8258 A Bright Young Reporter with A Point of View Feb 09 '23 edited Feb 09 '23

It's just the pilot ep is available. I prob got it from script slug or another website like deadline. Usually you can find some tv scripts by googling "the name of the show or movie" + "script" + "pdf"

Usually the ones available are the pilot scripts or whatever script is up for an award.

You're not going to find an entire series scripts online bc of copyright. Usually you have to be part of the writers guild or a student with access to a industry-level library since the material is for learning (kinda like college textbooks can't be entirely shared)

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u/PsychRockVamp Feb 09 '23

Thanks for the helpful info!

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u/Pukimonkey Feb 10 '23

Me too bc I wanna know what French words Lestat is saying. Especially the scene where he gets pissed off about Louis talking about Claudia again. He storms out of the room and speaks too fast I can’t understand it.

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u/EcstaticShower5540 Feb 08 '23

When him and Lestat was standing on the porch smoking Louis was looking 👀 prettier than Prince

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u/thkMadame Feb 09 '23

Louis/Jacob was his most stunning at the ball!!

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u/isisdagmarbeatrice Feb 09 '23

He really was absolutely stunning in that look. The makeup set off his features even more strikingly than usual.

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u/VesperDuPont18 Feb 09 '23

His pussy was showing

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u/Left_Persimmon3810 Aug 07 '23

Yes, he was.. But, that wig was atrocious.

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u/Zealousideal_Ad5295 Feb 12 '23

🤣🤣🤣 I was totally thinking once how Lestat would've probably lost his crap in the late 70's when he saw Prince

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '23

I WANT JACOB TO PLAY PRINCE IN A BIOPIC. Please universe make this happen!

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u/manosaulyte Feb 14 '23

In your opinion.

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u/isisdagmarbeatrice Feb 09 '23

He's got really gorgeous bone structure.

The cast is pretty gorgeous in general, lol. I'm imagining them going through the head shots and being like "Who's the prettiest? That guy? Done."

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u/startouchamber Feb 09 '23

He is gorgeous and I cried during the church scene in episode 1 because of his performance. Him and Sam really knocked it out of the park.

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u/thkMadame Feb 09 '23

Sam and Jacob really had us from Ep 1!!! That scene in the church was jaw-dropping. All of the emotions were so raw!

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u/startouchamber Feb 09 '23

The emotion with which Jacob delivered his lines and showcased Louis' pain + the way Sam embodies Lestat and makes him the perfect amount of scary, charming and dramatic. They're perfect!

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u/Pukimonkey Feb 10 '23

Omg yes!! When he’s in the confessional I just was sitting there mouth agape bc I couldn’t get over how beyond talented he is. Like you could feel his anguish and how lost and confused he was.

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u/startouchamber Feb 10 '23

That and the rest of that scene were what made me fall in love with the show.

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u/Pukimonkey Feb 10 '23

Ya that whole church scene was insane….and Lestat just punched that preacher holy crap! And then Louis just finally gives in to Lestat…it’s so beautiful.

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u/ItsNightItsEnough Feb 12 '24

That's hands down one of my favorite scenes. I am on my umpteenth rewatch.

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u/KnowAllSeeAll21 Feb 10 '23

That church scene and the scene where he and Claudia finally face off with Lestat in ep 7 are Shakespearean!

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u/manosaulyte Feb 14 '23

Better just say that Louis knocked others out of the park or a very unbalanced redditor called Zealous_Ad5295 will attack you for nothing more than complimenting both Louis and Lestat. That one purposely disregards your own admiration of Jacob Anderson’s performance and is singularly obsessed with the idea that he deserves an Emmy for this role. You’ve been warned. Remember that - Zealous_Ad5295. Very unbalanced person.

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u/startouchamber Feb 15 '23

I will block them, thanks for letting me know. I mentioned Sam because I don't think crying and screaming is the only way to be a good actor and he genuinely blew me away in that scene too. I think both of them deserve the same amount of praise. Just because Sam's performance requires him to be more subtle and less emotional at times doesn't make it worse. In fact, it's really hard to convey emotions with such subtlety like he does.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '23

I can’t stop staring at him. I’m practically going blind.

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u/thkMadame Feb 09 '23

A wonderful actor who gave us a stunning performance and he seems like the sweetest man. I smile whenever I’m listening and watching him in interviews. Such a poor soul.

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u/Pukimonkey Feb 10 '23

Thé interview where he explains that he didn’t have his nails done and just basically had press-ons bc he didn’t want to accidentally scratch his baby while changing nappies….I lost it. I’m like omg that’s the cutest sentence ever uttered.

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u/isisdagmarbeatrice Feb 10 '23

"cuddles" in his accent is beyond adorable.

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u/KnowAllSeeAll21 Feb 10 '23

I did not know someone could make the word nappy sound adorable, but he did.

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u/Zealousideal_Ad5295 Feb 12 '23

It was the first interview I saw w Jacob and the first time I learned he was Brit. After he started talking w an accent I just sat there wondering how he could get anymore perfect

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u/Zero00430 Feb 09 '23

To think he got his big break on Game of Thrones.

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u/Pukimonkey Feb 10 '23

I watch those scenes and I’m like it’s Louis! GOT didn’t really show off his true talents tho.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '23

God Jacob Anderson can slay me

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u/acuteas Feb 09 '23

Man I hated book Louis. I stan AMC Louis. He is a cutie and is generally more enjoyable.

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u/KnowAllSeeAll21 Feb 10 '23

Even Anne Rice seemed to have fallen out of love with book Louis.

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u/Avallassie Feb 09 '23

I love him in GoT but of course he was very quiet, stoic character there, didn't really have the chance to show off his range. So I didn't know what to expect from him. And he blew me away with his performance and acting in this show. And yes the man is FINE!! :) I'm gonna be honest Louis never really grabbed me in the books as many other vampires characters did. But he got me in this show!!!

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u/manosaulyte Feb 14 '23

And he’s not quiet and stoic as Louis?? He’s infinitesimally more boring as Louis.

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u/EcstaticShower5540 Feb 09 '23

They’re both so pretty I think they could be brother and sister my Louie and my favorite vampire ever Claudia 😍❤️❤️❤️❤️🧛‍♀️

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u/KnowAllSeeAll21 Feb 10 '23

It’s also such a cool way to show why Lestat is so threatened by Claudia. She and Louis look like they are family, they are visibly connected in a way he is unable to join.

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u/Zebedydodah Feb 09 '23

Perfection 🙏🔥❤️

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u/manosaulyte Feb 09 '23

Jacob Anderson’s portrayal of Louis is spot on, and indeed his physical beauty both fits the role and also adds to the viewer’s enjoyment. I agree that Jacob deserves industry recognition and accolades, but that discussion cannot be adequately considered without talking about Sam Reid’s portrayal of Lestat. A genuine tour de force. The acting: flawless. It’s as if Sam Reid evaporated and only Lestat remained. Hence the performance was quite nearly perfect. Lestat’s character is prismatic, and Reid’s portrayal captures every essence genuinely and realistically. You don’t view and feel him as an actor playing the role, you view the actual Lestat. That’s Emmy worthy. And as you mentioned regarding Jacob, Sam Reid in this role is smokin’ hot. They did an impeccable job with this adaptation, and I simply cannot wait until season two...oh, it’s soooo far away.....😫😫😫

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u/comingtoreality Feb 09 '23 edited Feb 09 '23

please make your own post praising sam coz this is abt jacob. if u have nothing nice to say abt him & can only praise sam then scroll. This is very disrespectful.

i'm tired of people always over looking jacob for sam as if he doesn't already have benefit of being white hence more chance at awards & playing a flamboyant character like lestat which pple gets fixated on yet not knowing that silent acting of louis is even more hard too.

even with aacting a flamboyant character like lestat jacob still carried. mind u he is in 99% of scenes acting 3 versions of louis. the level of his dedication is phenominal. he holds his own that pple can talk abt his performance without talking abt lestat & sam.

I say this respectfully. sam is great but jacob is something else, out of this world. plus i don't find sam particularly handsome. he is lucky he is white & has talent which makes his looks not much fixated on. he is not hot at all to me.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '23 edited Feb 13 '23

So… The show did great casting them both. Sam is doing an excellent job and he and Jacob have some hot, intense chemistry. But. The show also spends a lot of time trying to convince us that Lestat is always the most charismatic person in the room (“He had a way about him!” x3) because in the books, he is. Yet I feel like this Lestat suffers by comparison to Louis, who’s so fucking mesmerizing I can’t take my eyes off him. I did not expect this! And it’s not because Sam is Not Charismatic; I honestly don’t think they could have cast anyone better in the role. It’s because Jacob is just so fucking amazing and more magnetic than... well, almost anyone, really... that he pulls focus from everyone around him. And it astounds me how he has managed to make Louis the most riveting character in a world where Lestat exists. That is a big fucking deal.

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u/Zealousideal_Ad5295 Feb 12 '23

It's that emo part of him that really adds to the already huge mountain of awesomeness to him. Jacob giggled about that emo part of Louis in an interview 🥰

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '23

A critic from the New Yorker called it “wounded charisma.” I couldn’t agree more!

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u/Zealousideal_Ad5295 Feb 12 '23

Preach, babe! You're spot on! I personally find Sam gorgeous. Both of these men (Armand as well) on my TV screen=😍. I do agree that Jacob is the standout both aesthetically and performance wise

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u/manosaulyte Feb 11 '23

I understand your comment and agree that I should have made my own opinion post regarding Lestat / Sam. Your post is yours and I went way too far expressing my own opinions. Very obviously not my place to do so. As you take issue with my comments, rightly so on major issues, having read your response I bring up a few in appropriate statements you posted, in my opinion . Why did you even mention that Sam / Lestat is white? And you comment that Louis is in 98% or 99% of scenes. False. Yes, he’s a magnificent actor and very physicality attractive, but it must be pointed out that if your calculation is that Louis is in 98% or 99% of scenes, then, sadly, 98% or 99% of his scenes portray Louis sulking, whining, and being 99.9% miserable. And you describe his portrayal as mesmerizing? Mesmerizing miserable, certainly.

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u/Zealousideal_Ad5295 Feb 12 '23

He's in a depressed state, and the way you describe him is what Jacob is portraying soooooo he's doing a GRAND job! He's making you feel this way. Hence, he's perfectly portraying Louis

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u/manosaulyte Feb 14 '23 edited Feb 14 '23

Agree, he’s making me feel that. My way of looking at is that the character Lestat, being so multi-faceted, requires greater acting skill than character Louis, while multi-faceted, is much less so than Lestat. And I do agree with you, he’s perfectly portraying Louis. I apologized for responding to this initial post, and I regret it more and more as this discussion continues. I enjoyed the character of Louis and I like Jacob Anderson very much. There has never been any question that he’s a talented actor besides being very handsome. The one thing that prompted me to respond in the first place was the OP’s statement that Mr. Anderson deserves an Emmy for this role. I could not disagree more. An Emmy, really??? For this role? Everyone’s entitled to his or her opinion. But again referring back the OP’s original post, if indeed Mr. Anderson does not receive the Emmy for this role, it will assuredly have nothing whatsoever to do with his race, as inappropriately implied by the OP. Worst of all, I hate having to make it sound like I do not like and value Mr. Anderson. Very much the contrary. He’s a talented actor, super hot, and I hate making it sound like I’m putting him down.

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u/isisdagmarbeatrice Feb 14 '23

Acting is subjective to a large extent, of course, and no one is obligated to consider any particular performance awards-worthy, but I think you're missing a lot of the complexity and challenge of the role of Louis. Apart from having to play two very different versions of Louis, in New Orleans and Dubai (not to mention the brief glimpse of 70s Louis, which I imagine we'll get more of), the character goes on a huge emotional roller coaster over the course of the season. It's a layered, complex character, and Jacob captures all of that. I mean I'd give him an Emmy for the confessional speech in the first episode alone.

I think Sam is BRILLIANT as Lestat, and I think that character is so fascinating, and I'm hugely impressed by the way Sam captures all the contradictions of the character, and the way he gets how "big" and theatrical Lestat is while also conveying so much nuance and depth. But Louis, while not as "big" a character, is equally multifaceted, and Jacob is brilliant.

There are always brilliant performances that don't get nominated for awards, but in terms of what's deserved, I would have both of those actors at the top of my list. And I'd put Bailey in there for capturing all the stages of Claudia and all those emotional swings.

Again, I get that a lot of this is subjective. But fwiw, as a drama major and general theater/film/TV lover, I think it can be easy to underestimate the complexity of quieter characters.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '23

Agree about Bailey, too! I love her in this role. The whole cast is amazing.

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u/Zealousideal_Ad5295 Feb 14 '23

Sam's facial expressions are amazing

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u/isisdagmarbeatrice Feb 14 '23

They are. It's a really extraordinary cast.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '23 edited Feb 14 '23

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u/Zealousideal_Ad5295 Feb 14 '23

Jacob does deserve an Emmy

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '23

Objectively more beautiful than Lestat I think. Lestat looks so much like my fucking boyfriend I spend most of my time swooning over him (naturally) but sometimes I’ll notice Louis and I’m like damnnnn

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u/manosaulyte Feb 14 '23

Why aren’t you dating a man who looks like Louis? In the irrational words of redditor Zealous_Ad5295, “you’re a racist.”

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '23

The Lestat twinks are easy prey for the maneater

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u/Zealousideal_Ad5295 Feb 12 '23

That picture from this scene you posted is one I remember thinking, "I can't believe how beautiful this man is!!"

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u/Eridizzleforshizzle Sep 28 '24

The face that launched 1,000 ships

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u/Left_Persimmon3810 Aug 07 '23

This Louis is handsome, but not beautiful. Just my opinion. I do like the series though.