On stage, lestat was portrayed by hugh panaro in the shortlived broadway show lestat. The vampire chronicles the film closely follows the book fairly closely the plot is centered on a vampire named lestat, who wakes up after slumbering for decades to the sound of a heavy metal rock band. In the queen of the damned, anne rice continues her extraordinary vampire chronicles in a feat of mesmeric storytelling, a chillingly hypnotic entertainment in which the oldest and most powerful forces of the night are unleashed on an unsuspecting world. The queen of the damned 1988 the third book in the vampire chronicles, queen of the damned, follows three parallel storylines. Akasha and enkil nearly drank the earth dry when they ruled over egypt. Interview with the vampire 1976 was made into a 1994 film starring tom cruise, brad pitt, antonio banderas, christian slater and kirsten dunst. Queen of the damned 2002 stuart townsend as lestat. Many of the captures from the film and trailer that we had to remove due to data transfer overload can once again be viewed on stuart s qotd photo album cast information, plot summary, and an interview with directer micheal ryhmer is on the qotd cast and plot information section. Interview with the vampire neil jordan vampire kiss, vampire love, vampire. Lestat stuart townsend queen of the damned, interview. Queen of the damned vampire fun for young irish actor stuart townsend, playing the rock n roll vampire lestat in queen of the damned was fun, a tongue in cheek fang in neck. The decision was made early to substantially rewrite the plot, and to base most of the movie on the third book. Stuart townsend lestat physically looks more like the lestat that i envisioned in my mind when i read the books, than tom cruise. Vampire chronicles, mayfair witches rights land at amc.
Watch interview with the vampire if you want a good movie true to the anne rice books and who lestat really is. The books covered in wednesdays deal between rice and amc include interview with the vampire, the vampire lestat, the queen of the damned. For such a prolific novelist with such a devoted following, anne rice has inspired few cinematic adaptations. Stuart townsend in queen of the damned home facebook. There could have been more character development on the main female character, jesse reeves. Lestat, or known among the vampire circle as the brat prince has made. Stuart townsend completely made me forget about tom cruises portrayel of. Queen of the damned 2001 stuart townsend interview youtube. Brad pitt, tom cruise, antonio banderas, kirsten dunst, aaliyah, stuart townsend, christian. The film was nominated for several awards and jump started dunsts career.
D this is the concert of the vampire lestat from the movie queen of the damned. Akasha, queen of the damned is a vampiress who breaks through the noise bringing a silence with her. Why did tom cruise not play lestat in queen of the damned. Queen of the damned, based on anne rices endless vampire chronicles, happily occupies this mode. In queen of the damned, director michael rymers upcoming movie based on two of anne rices vampire chronicles novels, irishborn actor stuart townsend takes a bite out of a role originated by tom cruise in the first rice adaptation, 1994s interview with the vampire.
Stuart townsend already has an accent, no need to fake it. Tmz notes that police officers separated the two, with. Stuart townsend born 15 december 1972 is an irish actor. For the full interview on george stroumboulopoulos tonight g. Propping up the cast is a script that underwent several major rewrites in trying to merge two anne rice books, the vampire lestat and the queen of the damned, into one coherent film.
Simply put, interview with the vampire was an a movie and queen of the damned is a b movie, and they both succeed in their respective territories. As a fan of the novels and the movie interview with a vampire, i spent a good half. The vampire, lestat, rises to become a pop icon but is in the thrall of akasha, queen of the damned. This time out, townsend transforms the character, formerly an omnisexual 18thcentury fop. In the movie interview with a vampire, lestat is played by tom cruise who is seriously sexy. Vampire chronicles anne rice, vampire chronicles all media types, interview with the vampire 1994, queen of the damned 2002 teen and up audiences choose not to use archive warnings. But ive grown up a bit since then, laughs actor stuart townsend. Queen of the damned is a 2002 horror film directed by michael rymer, loosely based on the. Interview is fine, lestats print is too small for me to read, and by the time you get to queen of the damned just forget it. There comes a time for every vampire when the idea of eternity becomes momentarily unbearable. Queen of the damnedginger snapsinterview with the vampire vhs. I love the three books as individuals but this was a let down. Queen of the damned movie trailer and videos tv guide. Tom cruise was like 40 by the time this rolled around.
There are worse movies, but other than watching aaliyah, i would put this one way down on your bucket list. Youd think id learn something from it, wouldnt you. Nov 20, 2014 lestat, the sexiest vampire see more ideas about stuart townsend, queen of the damned and the vampire chronicles. An eventual adaptation of interview with the vampire directed by neil jordan and produced. Anne rices vampire chronicles, lives of the mayfair. The book again jumps all over the place, has characters that have no.
Actor stuart townsend has been arrested and faces felony charges for domestic abuse according to tmz. Neighbors contacted police who later arrived at the couples santa monica home and heard arguing from outside. Stuart townsend of queen of the damned, night stalker, and xiii the series. The queen of the damned star allegedly got physical with his wife and refused to let her leave during a heated argument. External links stuart townsend on wikipedia stuart townsend on the internet movie database. It is entirely to long and i was hesitant to read the queen of the damned because of this.
Queen of the damned music from and inspired by the motion. Brad pitt, stuart townsend, emily perkins, kirsten dunst, marguerite moreau. This novel is a continuation of the story that ends in a cliffhanger in the vampire lestat and explores the rich history and mythology of the origin of the. Interview with a vampire is the first in the series, then the vampire lestat and finally queen of the damned. With aaliyah, stuart townsend, marguerite moreau, vincent perez. If youve read the book id suggest you might be disappointed as the sensuality and graphic horror within the book is seriously lacking in the film hence its 15 rating but entertaining enough. The queen and i is a hilarious satire on modern britain and an exploration of what it really means to be human, by the bestselling author of the adrian mole series the monarchy has been dismantled when a republican party wins the general election, their first act in power is to strip the royal family of their assets and titles and send them to live on a. Apr 28, 2017 in 1994, brad pitt, tom cruise, and kirsten dunst starred in interview with the vampire a film adaption of the first novel. Stuart townsend, star of queen of the damned, talks about baring his fangsand his absas anne rices vampire lestat. On aallyah giving advice on music videos interview.
Rice said in a 2008 interview that her vampires were a metaphor for lost. Starring as lestat this time is stuart townsend about adam and simon magus, who ranks quite a bit lower on. Queen of the damned 2002 follows the legendary vampire lestat stuart townsend, who has reinvented himself as a rock star in the contemporary american music scene. I enjoyed it but its nothing special and not a patch on interview with the vampire. Paramount developing the vampire chronicles tv series. Interview with the vampire, neil jordans glossy 1994 version of the earlier rice novel, was more ambitious and anchoredeven sad. In the 2002 film adaptation of queen of the damned, he is played by stuart townsend. The vampire lestat becomes a rock star whose music wakes up the queen of all vampires. In the queen of the damned, anne rice continues her extraordinary vampire chronicles in a feat of mesmeric in 1976, a uniquely seductive world of vampires was unveiled in the nowclassic interview with the vampire. See more ideas about stuart townsend, queen of the damned and actor. Surely they didnt think they had made a film that was even remotely similar to the two books it was based on.
Fake accents run amok in theatre they are not a bad thing as long as the are convincing and cruises was convincing 2. Anne rice is a new york times bestselling author of over 30 novels. Queen of the damned by paul goldman, michael rymer. It follows interview with the vampire and the vampire lestat. Queen of the damned possesses none of the originality of interview with the vampire in interview death scenes were handled with taste and delicacy. They drank and drank until enkil lost his will to drink. Queen of the damned 2001 stuart townsend interview. Books similar to the queen of the damned the vampire. Stuart townsend in queen of the damned posts facebook. In neil jordans 1994 film adaptation of interview with the vampire, he is portrayed by tom cruise. Queen of the damned is a 2002 horror film directed by michael rymer, loosely based on the third novel of anne rices the vampire chronicles series, the queen of the damned 1988, although the film contains many plot elements from the novels predecessor the vampire lestat. I have not read any of the books in the vampire chronicles series so this is all based on the movie. Queen of the damned was then adapted into a film in 2002 starring stuart townsend and aaliyah.
In the movies, the character was played by different characters, tom cruise in interview with a vampire and stuart townshend in queen of the damned. The vampire who would have been a hero and a martyr finally for one moment of pure relevance. The mother of all vampires, literally has been asleep for nearly 6,000 years, give or take a thousand. Stuart townsend and aaliyah have awesome onscreen chemistry.
Heres a film that seems to have all the right ingredients but somehow, unlike some of the vampires, fails to catch light. Vampire is hit by sunlight, bursts into flame and dissolves into ash. Interview with the vampiresafely disguised as fiction, which is, perhaps, as it should be. Queen of the damned star stuart townsend explains why he was canned from lord of the rings.
Aug 28, 2012 queen of the damned official trailer 2002 deutsch aaliyah, stuart townsend. Queen of the damned 2001 stuart townsend interview duration. I hope someone takes the time to make a movie based on the vampire lestat and the queen of the damned that actual makes sense and sticks to the source material. Now irish newcomer stuart townsend is tapping the same vein, playing lestat in warner bros. The vampire lestat played by actor stuart townsend anne rice books, anne rice vampire. The three books have been smashed into one large book but each books print becomes smaller and smaller. Film of the damned the tragedy behind queen of the damned. The grownup actors next gay rite of passage is his star role as lestat in the film version of anne rices hugely popular novel queen of the damned, picking up the fake fangs originally worn by tom cruise in interview with the vampire. How old was stuart townsend when he played lestat in qotd. On he hopes aaliyah fans will take away from the film interview queen of the damned, thestuart townsend. I like how the movie intertwined the history of vampires with that of mortals heritage. Jun 20, 2014 sign in to like videos, comment, and subscribe. Australian born michael rymer, famous for the battlestar galactica tv series, took on the role.
Queen of the damned stuart townsend and aaliyah as lestat and the queen. Apr 11, 2002 despite having a best selling book to work with hence a readymade audience and the presence of lookers townsend and the late aaliyah, queen of the damned is neither sexy nor scary and ranks as. Jul 26, 2018 this pin was discovered by yamilett rincon. Dark shadows revenge is better served cold,and kisu ravenscorff is going to make everyone pay for her family deaths,anyone who stands on her way will suffer her wrath and a painful dead.
This may have been worse than the dark tower movie. Stuart townsend stuart townsend, interview with the. Apparently, wes bentley when he was set to be lestat mentioned in an interview that he would have liked to have had cate blanchett appear in the movie with him. Especially that hack version of lestat stuart townsend played. Stuart townsend and marguerite moreau are also highly watchable but there is so little sense in the plot of the movie the whole thing is basically a beautiful music video and not much else. Stuart townsend was born in 1972 in howth, county dublin, ireland, to lorna hogan, an irish model, and peter townsend, an english professional golfer. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Im not sure of his reason, or if she was ever approached shed make a perfect gabrielle. Having read and enjoyed the book i thought id give it a go. The rock star vampire lestat prepares for a concert in san francisco, unaware that hundreds of vampires will be among the fans that night and that they are committed to destroying him for risking exposing them all. The queen of the damned 1988 is a horror novel by american writer anne rice, the third in her the vampire chronicles series. Watch queen of the damned online full movie from 2002 yidio. I do not own any of the characters in interview with the vampire.
A surreal piece of silliness that seems designed primarily to inspire future generations of drag queens, queen of the damned illustrates why the dearth of ricerelated films might be good for the author and audiences alike. Before audiences were caught up in the world of twilight or the vampire diaries, they were enthralled by anne rices 1976 novel interview with the vampire, which was later turned into a. Hd wallpaper and background photos of lestat for fans of the vampire chronicles images. Akasha, queen of the damned and former queen of the nile in ancient egypt has woken from her slumber mysteriously after hearing the music from another vampire singing in a rock group calling themselves the vampire lestat. You do not need any foreknowledge of the characters, books, or prequel movie in. Stuart townsend rocks lestat in michael rymers queen of the. Stuart townsend opens up about his childhood youtube. It was followed up with queen of the damned which combined elements from both the second and third books in the series. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. A book of the names and address of people living in a city.
Neil jordan, the director of interview with the vampire, did not go on to direct queen of the damned. Although interview with the vampire is one of anne rices most compelling novels and queen of the damned one of her most scattershot, this film adaptation of the latter still manages to be more entertaining by a factor of ten than neil jordans hit version of the earlier book. The queen of the damned was a film adaptation from anne rices vampire novel. However, cate has conflicting film obligations during the production of queen of the damned. The musical composed by elton john and bernie taupin. Stuart townsend the vampire chronicles wiki fandom. In queen of the damned every death scene is the same. I am such a sucker for a good vampire and a good bad guy lol stuart townsend as lestat in queen of the damned the vampire lestat townsend a way superior lestat than cruise could ever wish to be. Many scenes on the cutting room floor, and many of the credited cast also. He does okay but he couldve gone further with the part. Shrine to the vampire chronicles this one is for all the ladies out there weather your a fan of townsend or lestat. In the movie queen of the damned, lestat is played by stuart townsend. Queen of the damned 2002 stuart townsend as lestat imdb.