The AMC adaptation of Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire is a wealthy gothic romance that takes the supply materials and updates it in methods which can be each fascinating and, at time, much more specific than the books ever have been. While homosexual intercourse was deftly skirted round, the deed was all however mentioned within the novels. In the brand new sequence, it’s simply one other a part of the present. What’s the purpose of being coy in 2023?
Jacob Anderson (Louis de Pointe du Lac), who’s filming the second season in Prague, and reportedly solely “weeks away” from wrapping up, sat down with Digital Spy for a fast interview. AMC has signed an interim settlement with SAG-AFTRA, permitting Interview With the Vampire to proceed filming and promotion. Anderson mentioned to Digital Spy that he was “worried” about how the variation would land, particularly as a result of the inclusion of a Black storyline, however has mentioned the enthusiastic response from followers has been a “relief.”
But Louis and his immortal lover, Lestat (Sam Reid) aren’t your typical romance. This is a gothic romance “around a really toxic couple in a really toxic relationship,” Anderson mentioned. “Something that can get misunderstood about representation is that all representation has to be good representation. It’s important actually that we don’t show a queer couple as a monolith or a Black character as a monolithic thing. I love that the show is willing to explore the multitudes of that relationship.”
He went on later within the interview to elucidate that even when the steamier scenes occur on display screen, it’s a relatively technical manufacturing. “There’s this rig, for instance, for the little drink scene, there’s this thing that we’re sitting on, butt naked sitting on bicycle seat that gets seesawed up and down. There was a grip on the other side just trying not to look at us,” Anderson defined.
“There’s a scene in episode six, where Louis and Lestat are having sex and Louis is speaking to Claudia, but there’s this hydraulic thing that’s lifting underneath me,” Anderson mentioned. It’s hilarious to think about all these sensible results taking place within the background to assist the digital camera seize the spicier moments. Nothing’s a boner killer fairly like a hydraulic raise. But it does look nice on display screen.
Interview With the Vampire season one is at the moment obtainable to stream on AMC and on Max.
This piece was written through the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors at the moment on strike, the present being lined right here wouldn’t exist.
Want extra io9 information? Check out when to anticipate the most recent Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s subsequent for the DC Universe on movie and TV, and every little thing it is advisable to learn about the way forward for Doctor Who.
#Interview #Vampire #Gay #Rights #Gay #Wrongs
https://gizmodo.com/interview-with-the-vampire-jacob-anderson-representatio-1850951129