Why Tom Cruise Shouldn't Be Lestat
In what it dubs an exclusive, Bloody Disgusting is reporting that Tom Cruise may reprise his role as Anne Rice's favorite vampire, Lestat. Says BD, "I received what could be one of the best (unconfirmed) scoops ever from a B-D reader who'd like to be called 'King of Kong', 'I work at --- and have it on good authority that United Artists is in talks to nab the rights to Anne Rice's The Tale of the Body Thief'.
There's speculation on my behalf, but UA = Tom Cruise, right? Might we
be seeing Tom Cruise back as the Vampire Lestat? That would be pretty
good stuff.' I think his speculation fits my immediate thoughts,
how cool would this be? What do you guys think, are we ready for
another Lestat movie?"
No, no, a thousand times no. First off, I hope it's not going to happen. The Tale of the Body Thief isn't the best of Rice's works, not by far. I can't imagine it becoming a dynamic movie. Secondly, there was strife through some the filming of Interview With The Vampire, including the much ballyhoo-ed vituperation between Anne Rice and David Geffen because Rice hated the idea that Tom Cruise would play her beloved Lestat. Cruise, just after his latest movie is seeing poor box office, shouldn't have to stomach more controversy from Rice. Folks, this is a rumor that's dead in the water. The movie may be made, but Tom Cruise is going to run from it like a vampire runs from garlic.
hi harold,
look 4 posts down.
hi, jason. saw that. this is a different post, though.
Didn't Rice end up liking Cruise's performance after she actually saw it?
I don't know. I'm not a Tom Cruise fan at all. As you said his last movie isn't doing well at the box office, but he always seems to recover and reinvent himself, though. If he were to do this, it might be a huge hit.
Meh. I couldn't care either way.
Hell, I couldn't get into "Queen of the Damned" and that had the hotter than hell Stuart Townsend as Lestat...
You make a point worthy of discussion, Joanna. Do horror fans still care passionately about Rice, especially now that she's writing about what's good as opposed to what's evil?
Goldberg I'm gonna go with no for me. I feel like she kind of sold out. She writes all of these books for years and years, that are erotic, entertaining and dark with great characters and even some theological questioning...Yummy, I loves me some Memnoch the Devil (or how ever the hell you spell that)...and then she leaves us to write about what else...Christian Fiction. I have no problem with all that, as most people can gather from my posts, I'm not a christian, but it just reeks to me. I just don't hold her in the regard that I used to, and I really pay no attention to what she is doing any more. Conversly I've found a new author to fill her shoes who is a lot of fun to read and writes in the same style. Her name is Jemiah Jefferson, and if you enjoy vampire fiction you should check her out. Heres a link http://www.jemiah.com/
Sorry to upset, but rice loved Tom's performance as Lestat. Take a peek at the DVD of interveiw with the vampire's special feature's where Rice herself sit's down and rave's about how Tom captured Lestat perfectly, boldness, humor, all of it, he nailed it perfectly. So sorry to dissagree, but look up the fact's before you spray what you say, and no, garlic dosen't work, trust me.
armand, that was said long after she was pressured by david geffen -- for the good of the movie and the team who made it, and for her own career, which never quite reached the peak it did with the first three books -- until she began writing about the good Jesus as opposed to the bad vampires.