Interview With the VampireOpens in a new tab is going on tour. The AMC show’s third season, renamed The Vampire LestatOpens in a new tab, will see the Brat Prince taking his talents on the road. And like every successful concert series, he’ll need plenty of help pulling it off. Now, after the network’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, we know some of the people who will help him do exactly that. AMC announced the series newest cast members. Both who is appearing and who is not appearing provide clues for what awaits in both season three and beyond.
Interview With the Vampire stars Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, and Eric Bogosian were on hand for AMC’s bloody good panel where we learned who will join them on the show. Delainey Hayles and Assad Zaman will both be back for more vampire fun as Claudia and Armand. The series will also feature a bunch of new faces. Jennifer Ehle (Lioness) is joining as Gabriella. Ella Ballentine (Black Conflux) is playing Baby Jenks. Jeanine Serralles (Apples Never Fall) has signed on to play Christine Claire. Christopher Heyerdahl (Under the Banner of Heaven) is playing Marius. And Damien Atkins (Slings & Arrows) will star as Magnus.
The return of Hayles might be an indication we’re getting ghost Claudia from Queen of the Damned. Or Claudia could appear as the manifestation of Lestat’s guilt from Tale of the Body Thief. Ballentine’s Baby Jenks also seems to be getting an earlier introduction to the story than she had in Rice’s books, where she appeared in the third novel.
This list of new and returning characters includes one notable absence. Akasha is not among the new cast members. It seems like Interview With the Vampire might be holding her back for the show’s fourth season. While fans are eager to see her, it makes sense the series would delay her introduction. If The Vampire Lestat rocks as hard as we hope the show will need one hell of an encore to follow.
