Comments on: Rice’s Vampire Chronicles Reboot with RDJ

By: Damnfool

Damnfool — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:39:25 +0000

How about Jason Lewis as Lestat. And Brandon Routh as Louis. Even Madonna or Michelle Pfieffer to portray as Gabriella, if they make sequels. I can see Angelina Jolie or Patricia Velasquez as Akasha. But I can’t imagine Robert Downey Jr as him. Maybe as Santino or Magnus.

By: murph

murph — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:40:42 +0000

depp’s upcoming THE TOURIST looks to return him to his more subdued roots.

By: Andrew James

Andrew James — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:47:07 +0000

Oh I like the Ben Foster idea. Also Jason Patric might be an interesting choice. He has experience in this realm!

By: Andrew James

Andrew James — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:45:50 +0000

Both pretty mediocre movies (at best). His roles are so over the top these days. Jack Sparrow, Sweeny Todd, Willy Wonka, Mad Hatter. The Libertine and Secret Window were atrocious. I liked Finding Neverland alright but he hasn't done a really good movie since Blow or Chocolat almost ten years ago. I'm not saying he's a bad actor (far from it!), but I'm saying he's not a draw for me anymore in which I will blindly go see anything he's in. I don't like the cartoon characters he chooses to play anymore. Though I do look forward to The Rum Diary later this year.

By: Kurt Halfyard

Kurt Halfyard — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:52:18 +0000

Some Lestat choices that might be cool: Matthew Goode, Mads Mikkelson, Patrick Wilson, Ben Foster, or the both popular and yet still unconventional choice, Christoph Waltz, heck, I bet his Inglourious co-star and fellow gestapo goon August Diehl would be pretty awesome as Lestat. Nah, fuck it, just cast Paul Bettany and get it over with, he is clearly the most obvious choice here. Choices for Louis - much tougher to cast, perhaps Cillian Murphy or Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jason Schwartzman or even Christian McKay. Actually, here is the best choice: Martin Compston. Still, if you wanted this to play as a strange form of awkwardness, how about Daniel Bruhl as Lestat and Michael Cera as Loius? Chloe Moretz as Claudia, naturally, as she will already have cut her fangs on the Let The Right One In remake.

By: Kurt Halfyard

Kurt Halfyard — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:41:06 +0000

Uh, Johnny Depp was pretty awesome in PUBLIC ENEMIES, he was great in his Dr. Parnassus cameo as well.

By: Andrew James

Andrew James — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:33:32 +0000

Johnny Depp is losing steam with me quickly. Enough with the Pirates and Tim Burton movies. Make something worthwhile please. Secret Garden was a disaster.

As Lestat? Maybe Clive Owen? Or they should go with someone sort of unconventional. Luke Wilson, Chris Evans – Sean Penn is a little old, but that might be cool too. I bet he would kick ass in a role like that.

By: dennis gitlin

dennis gitlin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:22:31 +0000

How about Johnny Depp as Lestat

By: Marina Antunes

Marina Antunes — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:40:21 +0000

Esmeralda – that is seriously inspired casting. Not sure he has the acting chops for it (haven’t seen him in anything besides GG where his role is rather limited) but damned if he doesn’t LOOK the part!

By: Esmeralda

Esmeralda — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:43:23 +0000

i really don’t see rdj as lestat.i see chace crawdord as lestat(that’s my choice of actor to play lestat)

By: Sammy

Sammy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:12:14 +0000

I agree Queen of the Damned killed future films of the books, they basically combined ‘the vampire Lestat’ & ‘Queen of the Damned’ cut 70% or more off the story line & characters (no twins) had Marius make Lestat (what ever happened to Magnus hmm) all they had to do was stick with the story line & it would have blown Interview of the water big time, how come both books are much longer than Interview but some how the film was shorter.. Anyway I hope they make them all into films & do them justice, simple read the books first.. Dont know about RDJ playing Lestat, I feel they should bring back as much of the cast from Interview as possible as they all havnt really aged.. Also Marius’s ‘Blood & Gold’ and ‘The Vampire Armand’ would also make fantastic films as long as they stick to the story lines. Anne goes into so much detail that it should be easy of any film maker worth there salt to make.. I could go on here for ages but I would really love to see ‘The Tale Of The Body Theif’ one of my favs..

By: Marina

Marina — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:54:46 +0000

She is the creator but I’m still not sure about RDJ. That said, the fact she even commented on it in a positive light comes as a bit of a surprise to me.

And I didn’t get the sense that they intend to remake the already made films but rather to reboot the series. They still have at least 2 good books to work with that feature Lestat prominently. Admittedly, I’d love to see them leave Lestat in the background and work on either Armand or Pandora’s stories but that’s wishful thinking on my part.

And the more I think about it, the more I agree with Michael – someone should really take on the Mayfair saga. Lots of good material in there.

By: Andrew James

Andrew James — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:53:44 +0000

From Anne Rice:

“I cannot confirm or deny the rumor. I have not received official word as to the truth of it yet,” she said. “But I can say without hesitation that I love Robert Downey Jr and I think he would make a fabulous Vampire Lestat.”

She continued: “He is a major actor, a powerhouse of talent and personality, and he evinces an irrepressible and seductive charm. He would bring great energy and skill to the role. I would love to see this happen. So I hope the rumors are true.”

“Some are saying he is too old to play the part. This is absolutely not true. He is quite youthful. Besides, Lestat is a man when he is made into a vampire. A twenty year old man in the 18th century is the equivalent of an older man today. Age just shouldn’t be an issue here, not with an actor of this scope and charisma. — I’m thrilled at the prospect that this rumor might be true.”

By: Andrew James

Andrew James — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:14:17 +0000

So are they going to redo all three stories? Remake Interview and Queen and then cap it off with Lestat? I'm not sure how I feel about this. A good vampire movie is a good vampire movie, and Queen was complete shit, but Interview is one of my favorite movies of all time (well, in my top 100 anyway). I don't want to see RDJ take over and remake that movie, I love the guy but Tom Cruise was awesome in the original. I don't know, I guess it's a waiting game at this point. Love to see a good version of the other two, but Interview is close to my heart - they shouldn't mess with it.

By: Marina Antunes

Marina Antunes — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:46:11 +0000

@ Michael – I don’t think rebooting this franchise is such a bad thing. Interview should have spawned a much better follow up than Queen of the Damned though that movie was so bad it killed any future. This is the perfect opportunity to start this back up.

What I can’t get around is RDJ. He’s just too old for Lestat.

And I agree on the Mayfair Witches. I think that series would make for a great miniseries.

By: Shannon the Movie Moxie

Shannon the Movie Moxie — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:16:00 +0000

RDJ as Lestat ? Wow – that I have to see. There has been tons of love for him since Iron Man, will be interesting to see what his fans think of it.

This sounds pretty awesome to me!

By: Michael W. May

Michael W. May — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:39:35 +0000

I await the submission of the court order by Anne to try to hold it up indefinitely and make it more trouble than it is worth. It sounds like something latter day Anne Rice would do.

I also cannot get to excited about this, both due to my general belief that reboots and remakes are evil until proven otherwise and the depth of the characters of each book will not translate well by anyone.

On the hand, DIE TWILIGHT DIE

I would rather see them tackle The Mayfair Witches. The first two books, at least, would make for good screen entertainment.