Lestat takes Quinn hunting where they kill two women. While Lestat views David as being very beautiful mentally, soulfully and physically, he also admits to making David into his strongest fledgling. Lestat de Lioncourt is a prominent vampire in The Vampire Chronicles, appearing in most of them as the lead or to a lesser extent, as a supporting role. In the dream, David is in a much younger version of his original body and he's being hunted by a very big tiger. He also mentions that seeing him was only one of the reasons of why he came. In Lestat's dream, little does young David know there's such a gigantic tiger that's hunting him. However, underneath this façade, he is a tortured soul scarred by the turmoil and betrayal of his past. After his transformation is complete, Lestat becomes very proud of his work on making David a real "Blood Drinker". Akasha takes Lestat to other cities and repeats the killings but Lestat doesn't join in this time. Here he discovers that Louis and Claudia are also in Paris. Lestat's life is going perfectly for him and he is utterly happy though he notices a mysterious white face in the audience that is continually watching him. Here Lestat is told the story of how Armand came to be what he is and after the story, Lestat becomes obsessed with the idea of Marius. Akasha takes Lestat to the temple that was created by another vampire (named Azim) to be worshipped by the humans that live there. Akasha tries to get these vampires (who include all the people Lestat loves) to side with her and help her in her in the massacre because it will supposedly make the world a better place. Before Enkil crushes Lestat to death, he is saved by Marius who begs Enkil for mercy and threatens to take Akasha away from him if he doesn't stop. She could forgive Louis for draining her because she understood that was what vampires needed to do. Initially, Anne Rice was displeased when she heard Lestat is capable of showing concern for the welfare of others, exhibiting a strong altruistic nature at several stages in the series, for instance, upon being made a vampire, he sent large gifts to his family and friends, purchased the theatre where he once worked and settled the debts of his old manager, Renaud. After reading Interview with the Vampire, Lestat took charge of a band and renamed it “The Vampire Lestat”. As Interview with the Vampire goes on, Louis and Claudia abandon Lestat—believing they killed him— and travel to Paris to live. Lestat is then being stalked by something that he can't see and eventually confronted by the Devil himself. Armand becomes devastated that Lestat has quickly destroyed the ideology he has governed his coven by for so long. He tells Gabrielle what has happened then he takes her and Nicki with him as he goes to talk to his solicitor, Roget. As they left the place, they were attacked by a group of vampires, but they ended up being burned by the same unseen force. After Quinn is done talking, Aunt Queen is murdered by the spirit Goblin who pushes her over, killing her. After this Lestat helps Armand in ridding New Orleans of the many vampires who came to see him by burning them with his mind. Lestat pulls Merrick out but she cannot be revived. Lestat watches all this in complete shock and confusion. To draw Lestat, let's first insert some basic construction guide line. Lestat remains this way and many vampires come to see him in this state including the vampires who care for him as well as many vampires who've never even met him. The two battle and Armand is startled by the strength of the newly made Lestat who defeats him when Armand himself is hundreds of years old. Tom Cruise as Lestat (in Interview with the Vampire). Prior to Screen Rant, she wrote for Pop Wrapped, 4 Your Excitement (4YE), and D20Crit, where she was also a regular guest at Netfreaks podcast. Even though he is a vampire, he is not able to feed on humans like Lestat. Lestat and the other vampires once more try and reason with her, telling her that this is impossible to do and also an insane thing to try. When Lestat was twenty he could only read and write his own name and a few prayers; at the age of twenty-one, the villagers come to him complaining about wolves in the area. https://vampirechronicles.fandom.com/wiki/Lestat_de_Lioncourt?oldid=8354. Lestat dismisses this and decides to go ahead as planned and takes Louis to San Francisco with him. Anne Rice’s 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire made the jump to the big screen in 1994, with Neil Jordan as director and Brad Pitt as Louis, a young man who after the death of his wife and unborn child, was turned into a vampire by Lestat (Tom Cruise). Maharet comes and gives Lestat a letter with his eye in from Memnoch thanking Lestat for his services. Lestat finds Louis and then takes him to the Talamasca offices in London, where they meet David Talbot and Lestat gives him his phone number. Gabrielle manages to convince Armand to join the other vampires at the theatre and Lestat writes the first of his messages to Marius in stone, asking Marius to contact him in some way. After that, Lestat got involved in all types of trouble, such as Akasha’s plans of killing almost the entire male population, reunited with Louis a couple more times, and eventually began to feel lonely, to the point where he contemplated killing himself. In the film Queen of the Damned, Lestat was played by Stuart Townsend. Akasha then goes with Lestat to see the remaining vampires who have gathered with one of the red-haired twins (Maharet) who he has dreamt about. Louis chooses to become a vampire. Lestat goes to visit him one night. With Claudia, Lestat manages to keep Louis with him. Interview with the Vampire is a 1994 American gothic horror film directed by Neil Jordan, based on Anne Rice's 1976 novel of the same name, and starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. Lestat goes to the flat where Claudia and Louis still reside whereupon he is attacked again and left behind when the flat catches fire. Lestat absolutely adored the play and took on the part of Lelio and loved performing so much that he decided to leave with the actors when they took leave of his village. The reporter goes to track down Lestat in the hope that the vampire will fulfill his wish. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. Lestat then takes to resting on the chapel floor in a catatonic state. After talking about the dream again with David, Lestat reveals to David that he's returned to his more evil nature. Lestat’s views kept on clashing with those of Louis and Claudia, with the latter attempting to kill him. Lestat returned at the end of Interview with the Vampire, where he attacked reporter Daniel Molloy (Christian Slater) after his meeting with Louis and gave him “the choice that he never had”. The car is followed by vampires who are annoyed at Lestat causing the car to crash. Lestat also gets David to admit his true feelings for him as David grows weaker, weaker and weaker. Louis goes out after the death of his brother seeking death himself. Not only does he have the sequel to Interview named after him (The Vampire Lestat); he has also been portrayed in two movies by two Hollywood hunks: Tom Cruise and Stuart … Lestat : [Lestat follows a trail of bloody dead rats to a tunnel] All I … One day, Lestat, the vampire offers Louis the chance to either die or live forever as a vampire. Marius has to leave Lestat the next night and Lestat decides to go to Akasha and Enkil himself to try and wake them by playing the violin despite Marius' warning not to go into their sanctuary alone. Lestat sees Louis feeding on a young girl who Lestat later makes into a vampire, naming her Claudia. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. He succeeds in killing the eight wolves and as a consequence meets a young man named Nicolas de Lenfent, a violinist. INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE - "Lestat bites Rat" Test Special Creature Effects man, John Rosengrant, shows how Tom Cruise, as the Vampire Lestat, bites a rat on screen in INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE. The band was a big success, and he reunited with Louis before a concert in San Francisco. At first, Lestat is deeply worried for his friend and doesn't know why he dreamt such a thing, but later he comes to conclude that he himself is a very powerful predator and that the huge tiger symbolizes himself in the dream. Lestat remains this way until Armand returns alive from his suicide attempt. After a long time in isolation, Lestat finds himself with the desire to become the vampire he once was. When they awake the next night, they hear there are mortals in the church and use their vampiric abilities to frighten them all away in order to escape unnoticed, only to be attacked again by the same vampires when they reach Paris. She asks for Lestat's help in this task and although Lestat is very reluctant to do so, he eventually joins in with the massacre and finds that he enjoys it. When Lestat reached the age of sixteen, a band of travelling Italian actors came to the village performing a play which involved two lovers: Isabella and Lelio. American gothic horror drama film directed by Neil Jordan, based on Anne Rice's 1976 novel of the same name, and starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. Quinn is attacked by the invisible spirit again but this time Lestat burns him with his mind. THE INSURMOUNTABLE ADAPTATION. Lestat hunts the streets of Paris and the surrounding villages, learning as he goes, while occasionally sensing an unknown menacing "presence", which he chooses to ignore for the most part. He takes Armand back to the tower with the help of Gabrielle. These are Akasha and Enkil, the first vampires and rulers of their kind. Lestat returned at the end of Interview with the Vampire, where he attacked reporter Daniel Molloy (Christian Slater) after his meeting with Louis and gave him “the choice that he never had”. In Blackwood Farm, Lestat returns to his flat in New Orleans one night, to find a vampire, Quinn, feeding on a member of the Talamasca, Stirling Oliver. Lestat is kidnapped by the mysterious face, a vampire named Magnus, and is held prisoner until Magnus concludes Lestat is the one he will make into a vampire, as his one and only fledgling. 7 years ago. When Stirling leaves, Lestat turns his attention to Quinn, a young vampire who in fact broke into his home. Lestat also tells the story to Dora, the daughter of Roger. They all agree although this doesn't last long because before long Lestat is back in New Orleans on his own. Lestat and Louis have to run to escape the crowd at the concert. Still, the two ended up living and traveling together, more so after Louis fed on a dying girl, Claudia (Kirsten Dunst), who Lestat ultimately turned into a vampire as well. Its a mix between Moonlight Sonata and a Hayden piece. Lestat goes with Quinn to Blackwood Manor where Quinn lives. Lestat leaves the island reluctantly and heads for New Orleans to join his dying father. Lestat is the lead character in most novels in the main series, including The Queen of the Damned (1988), The Tale of the Body Thief (1992), Memnoch the Devil (1995), The Vampire Armand (1998), and Blood Cant… Most vampires then leave so that only Lestat, Louis and David remain in New Orleans. Lestat Tall, Light, and Deadly. Lestat promises David that he'll never let him die thus meaning either by an immense loss of blood or by any other type of a mortal's life limits, especially by sickness and old age. David asks Lestat why he did it and Lestat says that he doesn't know, but then David reveals that he believes that he did it because Letsat's adventure with The Body Thief didn't go the way he wanted it and as a result was jealous and angry that David got the younger body instead. Lestat is a creature capable of love, being first portrayed in the series as a bisexual who is attracted to whoever interests him. In other words, Lestat believes that David is his Magnum Opus, his greatest work. Lestat drinks David's blood only to find that it isn't David at all, but Raglan James in David's body. In the book, Louis has great love for Armand. Lestat then goes with Quinn to his room where Quinn tells him his life story. She was frustrated because she would never grow up into a woman. To begin with, vampires are pretty much all bisexual. Lestat manages to get out of the swamp and after this, it is assumed that he made a vampire of a young man and all that is known of this man is that he was a musician and Lestat had befriended him sometime before Claudia tried to kill him. Lestat tells them exactly who he is and is stunned to find they've already heard of him through a novel called Interview with the Vampire. Lestat still falls into his unconscious state for most of the time, while sometimes Louis reads to him, or with music playing. Lestat is now slightly tanned from the ordeal, but not really hurt anymore. Louis de Pointe du Lac is a fictional character in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles series. Lestat finds tremendously gigantic amounts of happiness in drinking David's blood and sees what a beautiful mind and soul David has. Lestat eventually is awakened properly to heal Louis who tried to kill himself. Nicki begins playing the violin and soon the other vampires who Lestat gave the theatre to arrive and begin singing and dancing as Nicki plays the violin and it is Nicki who gives it the name "Theatre of the Vampires". Interview with the Vampire is…well it’s gay.Like, really gay. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles When it was announced that Tom Cruise would play the vampire Lestat in this adaptation of Anne Rice's bestselling novel, even Rice chimed in with a highly publicized objection. The Vampire Lestat is Lestat's autobiography, following his exploits from his youth as a mortal in France, to his early years as a vampire fledgling. Lestat eventually leaves the island to find Louis who has returned to New Orleans. Soon after when Lestat is out one night he sees Armand who acts as though he would be friends with Lestat but when Lestat gets close enough, Armand tries to drink his blood and Lestat in a fury starts beating Armand and only stops when he realizes how helpless and alone Armand is at this moment in time. Since then, Lestat has appeared in most novels of the series, of which some have explored his life after the events of the first book and thus the movie, in a way. Lestat eventually finds the real David in the human body he had previously possessed. Nicki tells Lestat that he hates him and then Lestat agrees to leave Nicki and the other vampires at the theatre and let them do what they want with it. Lestat then goes with the rest of the vampires to an island bought by Armand the "Night Island" near Miami. The concert goes pretty well until the end where vampires start being killed off by an unseen force. 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