His take on Lestat is remarkable playing the vampire killer with compassion, a hint of loneliness, and affection for those he cared for but with utter brutality that only a homicidal vampire could bring out when called upon. I really didn’t think anyone could possibly out-perform Tom Cruise as the vampire Lestat, but Sam Reid made the role his own and pulled it off nicely.
Playing Louis is Jacob Anderson who does a masterful job with portraying the tortured soul made a vampire against his will and is constantly conflicted with the advantages of his new life against the savagery of it. As mention above, there are many changes to his character like race, being in the 1910’s and being a business man as opposed to a wealthy plantation owner in the 1790’s. But Anderson does a wonderful job with the role change and fits the character to a tee. He plays the relationship with Lestat with equal parts disgust and love that gives Brad Pitt a run for his money in the role.
The series with only seven episodes which only covered the first half of the Ann Rice novel leaving it conclude with the death of Lestat with the rest of the book to be covered in season two set sometime in 2023. Yeah, this show was damn good and it actually had me looking forward to seeing the next episode. It really is worth seeing.