Stuart townsend interview queen of the damned book

The most important book totv adaptations coming in 2020. Whereas the underworld series shows a weaker vampire, queen of the damned has vampires that are far more godlike. In queen of the damned, director michael rymers upcoming movie based on. His music also awakens the queen of the damned, akasha the first vampire, who decides to make lestat her king. There are worse movies, but other than watching aaliyah, i would put this one way down on your bucket list. The second and third novels in author anne rices popular book. They drank and drank until enkil lost his will to drink. Stuart townsend and vincent perez deliver very good renditions of the two main vampire characters in this film, lestat and marius. In neil jordans 1994 film adaptation of interview with the vampire, he is portrayed by tom cruise. Stuart townsend peter townsend vampire love vampire queen imhotep the mummy werewolf hunter victorian vampire queen of the damned the vampire chronicles tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. Queen of the damned is a 2002 horror film directed by michael rymer, loosely based on the third novel of anne rices the vampire chronicles series, the queen. Although i have read interview with a vampire, i am not a huge fan of the anne rice novels. Stuart townsend also did a fine job with lestat, and the scenes.

In the movie interview with a vampire, lestat is played by tom cruise who is seriously sexy. The second and third novels in author anne rices popular book series the vampire. Aaliyah is iconic in queen of the damned but the sequel isnt. In 2002, queen of the damned premiered, starring stuart townsend and aaliyah. It stars aaliyah in the title role as the vampire queen akasha and stuart townsend as the vampire lestat.

This baby is basically a quickie interpretation of the queen of the damned book, with a dash of the vampire lestat tossed in there for good measure. If you want to see a vampire struggling to survive immortality, and screwing it up. Before working on this post i had only seen queen of the damned once in my life. The movie was good, aaliyah really made the queen role hers. Queen of the damned 78 movie clip you kill me, you. Queen of the damned is a 2002 horror film directed by michael rymer, loosely based on the third novel of anne rices the vampire chronicles series, the queen of the damned 1988, although the film contains many plot elements from the novels predecessor the vampire lestat. Stuart townsend, how did you feel about the opportunity to do this and. That scene with lestat and the corpse came straight from the book interview with the vampire.

Lestat stuart townsend shows jesse marguerite moreau what its really like to be a vampire. As bad an adaption as interview with the vampire is, it is a fact, universally. On stage, lestat was portrayed by hugh panaro in the shortlived broadway show lestat. Queen of the damned 2001 stuart townsend interview. I like how the movie intertwined the history of vampires with that of mortals heritage. Building character queen of the damned, interview with the. Stuart townsend or tom cruise queen of the damned 2002. Nov 23, 20 before working on this post i had only seen queen of the damned once in my life. The musical composed by elton john and bernie taupin. There comes a time for every vampire when the idea of eternity becomes momentarily unbearable. Stuart townsend portrays lestat, the undead antihero previously seen in the movie version of anne rices interview with the vampire. Michael rymer, stuart townsend, aaliyah, marguerite moreau, vincent perez, lena olin, matthew newton, su armstrong. Thats because directorcowriter michael rymer, free from the.

Especially that hack version of lestat stuart townsend played. Stuart townsend in queen of the damned home facebook. Queen of the damned 38 movie clip so you want to be a. Queen of the damned vampire fun for young irish actor stuart townsend, playing the rock n roll vampire lestat in queen of the damned was fun, a tongue in cheek fang in neck. Stuart townsendqueen of the damnedthe vampire chroniclesinterview with the vampirevampire love vampires. This is aaliyahs final film completed before her death on august 25, 2001. Lestat stuart townsend turns on akasha aaliyah and gives the other vampires a chance to attack her. Anne rice describes ideal actor to play lestat in vampire chronicles tv series. Jul 29, 2016 lestat stuart townsend turns on akasha aaliyah and gives the other vampires a chance to attack her. That was until i decided to compare the film and the book for you dear readers. Taking up as the leader of an undead band, lestat gains fame but exposes vampires, drawing the attention of vampire enthusiast jesse.

He turned down the role, which was instead given to stuart townsend. Tom cruise was kind of like a loon in interview with a vampire when he was dancing with claudias mothers corpse. Queen of the damned movie trailer and videos tv guide. Queen of the damned 78 movie clip you kill me, you kill. Stuart townsend stuart townsend, interview with the vampire. Immortality seems like a good idea, until you realize youre going to spend it alone. Infernal desires queen of the damned book 3 by kel carpenter. In the 2002 film adaptation of queen of the damned, he is played by stuart townsend. Building character queen of the damned, interview with. Like many vampire stories, this one takes liberty with the vampire myth.

But understand that the film makers have taken great artistic license and this movie would be better named the vampire lestat meets the queen of the damned since most of the movie is actually taken from anne rices second novel, the vampire lestat, and very little from her third one, queen of the damned. Queen of the damned 2002 stuart townsend as lestat. This time, lestat finds acceptance in a tattooed and pierced world. If youve read the book by anne rice, and preferably the trilogyinterview with a. The grownup actors next gay rite of passage is his star role as lestat in the film version of anne rices hugely popular novel queen of the damned, picking up the. Anne rice is adapting her book series, the vampire chronicles, for tv. Interview with the vampire 1976 the vampire lestat 1985 the queen of the damned 1988 the tale of the body thief 1992 memnoch the devil 1995 the vampire armand 1998 merrick 2000 blood and gold 2001 blackwood farm 2002 blood canticle 2003 prince lestat 2014 prince lestat and the realms of atlantis 2016. See more ideas about stuart townsend, queen of the damned and interview with the vampire. Queen of the damned 2001 stuart townsend interview duration. Stuart townsend and marguerite moreau are also highly watchable but there is so little sense in the plot of the movie the whole thing is basically a beautiful music video and not much else. Queen of the damned 28 movie clip you should be more. Movies and series movies and tv shows book series stuart townsend peter townsend lestat and louis queen of the damned the vampire chronicles interview with the vampire. Stuart townsendqueen of the damnedthe vampire chroniclesinterview with the vampirevampire lovevampires.

Lestat is introduced in rices 1976 novel interview with the vampire, the first book of what would become the vampire chronicles. Anne rice may have wrote the book and hated this movie, but its amazing. The first book in the series, interview with the vampire, was made into a 1994 film, starring tom cruise, brad pitt, antonio banderas, christian slater, and kirsten dunst. Stuart townsend completely made me forget about tom cruises portrayel of lestat. The vampire lestat is an extremely episodic novel, which will make a.

Vampire lovevampire artreal vampires vampires and werewolvesbest horror movieshorror filmsanne rice books lestat and. Akasha and enkil nearly drank the earth dry when they ruled over egypt. Stuart townsend was born in 1972 in howth, county dublin, ireland, to lorna hogan, an irish model, and peter townsend, an english professional golfer. Aaliyah is iconic in queen of the damned but the sequel. In the movie queen of the damned, lestat is played by stuart townsend. But understand that the film makers have taken great artistic license and this movie would be better named the vampire lestat meets the queen of the damned since most of the movie is actually taken from anne rices second novel, the vampire lestat, and very. Akasha, queen of the damned is a vampiress who breaks through the noise bringing a silence with her. Vampire love vampire queen stuart townsend werewolf hunter queen of the damned fantasy star real vampires really hot guys the vampire chronicles.

Queen of the damned has very similar issues, there are also a number of. However, it appears that the present day interests him enough to awake and forge a career as a rock star. Stuart townsend was born in 1972 in howth, county dublin, ireland, to lorna hogan, an irish model, and. The queen of the damned dvd, 2002, full frame for sale. Although interview with the vampire is one of anne rices most compelling novels and queen of the damned one of her most scattershot, this film adaptation of the latter still manages to be more entertaining by a factor of ten than neil jordans hit version of the earlier book. Watch interview with the vampire if you want a good movie true to the anne rice books and who lestat really is. Queen of the damned by paul goldman, michael rymer. Queen of the damned 2002 stuart townsend as lestat imdb. Singer aaliyah gave an iconic performance in queen of the damned, but sadly, the rest of the movie wasnt up to her level. On his character relationship with aaliyah video on video detective. Im a big anne rice fan, so i had read the book already. A secondary character in interview, lestat stuart townsend is summoned from a deathlike slumber by the siren call of rock and roll.

As an anne rice fan i vowed never to watch this dung pile of a film ever again. Queen of the damned is the forgettable sequel to anne rices interview. Stuart townsend born 15 december 1972 is an irish actor. The second and third novels in author anne rices popular book series the. Jul 29, 2016 lestat stuart townsend shows jesse marguerite moreau what its really like to be a vampire. Stuart townsend rocks lestat in michael rymers queen of the.

The book was published in 1976 and finds a vampire recounting his life story to a reporter. Living in the shadows, feeding in the darkness with only your own company to keep, rots into a solitary, hollow existence. There could have been more character development on the main female character, jesse reeves. Queen of the damned is a 2002 horror film directed by michael rymer, loosely based on the third novel of anne rices the vampire chronicles series, the queen of the damned, although the film contains many plot elements from the novels predecessor the vampire lestat. Stuart townsend in queen of the damned posts facebook. Stuart townsend and aaliyah have awesome onscreen chemistry yes but cruise may have as well we will never know 4. Queen of the damned official trailer 2002 deutsch aaliyah,stuart townsend. Queen of the damned 2001 stuart townsend interview youtube. Vampire lovevampire artreal vampiresvampires and werewolvesbest horror movieshorror filmsanne rice bookslestat and. Townsend is referring to the fact that he and i had an onscreen interview of sorts in queen of the damned, during a london press conference, where lestat meets. Queen of the damned is the sequel to 1994s interview with the vampire, based on the novel by author anne rice. In 2002, queen of the damned premiered, starring stuart townsend and. Aug 28, 2012 queen of the damned official trailer 2002 deutsch aaliyah, stuart townsend.