In a first look at the highly anticipated third season of Interview With the Vampire, the blood-soaked, queer love story finally puts Lestat front and center. Yes, the Brat Prince has the mic—and he’s not handing it back anytime soon.
Adapted from Anne Rice’s second Vampire Chronicles novel The Vampire Lestat (1985), Season 3 flips the script after two Louis-led seasons of longing, betrayal, and memory wars. The AMC series has always followed Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) as he recounts his (after)life with the seductive and chaotic Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid), but now? Lestat’s done being someone else’s villain edit. In an exclusive shared by Entertainment Weekly, Reid confirms Lestat will narrate his own story—louder, flashier, and set to a blast of rock ’n’ roll and bisexual energy, naturally. “I can’t really believe we’re doing it,” Reid said. “Sometimes I’m like, ‘What the hell?!’”
For Lestat, music isn’t a costume—it’s a weapon. “Lestat has an intention to express his views and his experience through music, music videos, and recordings, and all this kind of stuff,” Reid says. “And they are finding a wonderful, cool way to weave that through a lot of the denser parts.” Translation: expect storytelling through spectacle.
And no rock star vampire is complete without numbers. Lucky for us, Season 3 is riddled with them. Reid started working closely with composer Daniel Hart long before shooting began. “Trying to work out the character’s arcs through the songs has been an adventure in itself,” he adds.
We don’t have track names yet, but Reid promises the sound will be “pure rock,” honoring Rice’s original vision of Lestat as a vampire rock god. Expect swagger, synth, maybe some glam influence, and big emotional swings.
