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Released at New York Comic Con, AMC dropped a brand-new extended look at season 3 of Interview With the Vampire — officially retitled The Vampire Lestat. Fans had previously gotten a look at glimpse of the upcoming third season, which will shift gears and take audiences into Lestat’s (Sam Reid) side of the story, earlier this year at San Diego Comic-Con, but this new look reveals just how contentious things are between Louis (Jacob Anderson) and Lestat, as well as gives us our best look yet at Lestat as, what else, a rock star.
The Vampire Lestat Expands Its Cast — Including the Addition of a Fan Favorite Character
Season three will also see some new faces join the Immortal Universe. It was previously announced that the series was adding some major figures from Lestat’s story, including Gabriella (Jennifer Ehle), Marius (Christopher Heyerdahl), Magnus (Damien Atkins), and Baby Jenks (Ella Ballentine), but announcement of perhaps one of the biggest characters in the entire Vampire Chronicles books from Anne Rice that the series is based around had not been announced until Friday. Sheila Atim was announced to be playing Akasha — aka the Queen of the Damned and the progenitor of all vampires. This is a big development for fans of Rice’s books as Akasha plays a key role in Lestat’s early life as a vampire and then again later on when she is awakened by his music and becomes a problem for all the vampires. It’s unclear how The series will put their own spin on Akasha’s story, but it’s sure to be high stakes and dramatic.
