What to Expect From ‘Interview with the Vampire’ Season 3 Based on the Book

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• Interview with the vampire
  Season 2 concludes with a bittersweet ending, setting up a season 3 based on the book
  The vampire Lestat
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• The vampire Lestat
  focuses on Lestat's journey, exploring his past, present and perspective on events.
• Season 3 will introduce new characters and review past events from Lestat's point of view, promising a chaotic, dark and entertaining new installment.

Interview with the vampire Season 2 has finally concluded, albeit on a bittersweet note, but not without offering some last-minute twists. In Paris, Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) makes a satisfying killing spree in the name of avenging Claudia (Delainey Hayles), while discovering that Lestat (Sam Reid) had been ultimately responsible for saving him from death, more so than Armand (Assad Zaman). While several questions have now been answered, certain events from the mind-blowing finale have introduced a whole new set of quirks and issues, and will surely be addressed in the recently confirmed Season 3.

Next season, although its release date has not yet been confirmed, yes will be based on both “Queen of the Damned” and “The Vampire Lestat.” With that, things will probably move differently now in terms of tone and focus on specific characters. But before Season 3 drops and sends audiences on another roller coaster ride, let's explore these books, especially the latest one, and see what people can expect from the hit show going forward.

'The Vampire Lestat' follows a new main character

The vampire Lestat is the author's second novel Anne Rice's The Vampire Chroniclesand its events unfold afterwards Interview with the vampire. According to the title, the book focuses mainly on Lestat de Lioncourt, with readers finally seeing things from their perspective. The century-old vampire takes a wild ride here, both in the past and the present. A significant part of the book deals with Lestat's up and down past, which he explains through his autobiography, which he writes in response to that of Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) published a book where Louis explains his life as a vampire. Through Lestat's own words, he shares his experiences at different stages of his life, both before and after.

At the beginning, Lestat talks about his education in France and his upbringing in poverty. As the years pass, he yearns to learn more about the world, and his desire leads him to initially try to join a monastery. However, after his family denies him the opportunity, Lestat goes on to do other jobs that are expected of him. Finally, through Gabrielle, his mother, Lestat meets a young local named Nicolas de Lenfent (played by Joseph Potter on the AMC series), and the two men quickly become friends over their love of art and music, eventually running away together to Paris. While Nicki is determined to become a violinist, Lestat charms the audience on stage, which ends up attracting the vampire Magnus. One night, Magnus, desperate to pass on his old powers, kidnaps and tortures Lestat, later forcibly turning him into a vampire before jumping into the fire, killing himself right in front of Lestat.

Now a vampire, Lestat must face being forced to withdraw from his family and learn to control his temptation, as Louis' journey to Interview with the vampire. At first, he kills people he considers morally evil, but eventually, he proceeds to kill innocents as well. Along the way, he turns Gabrielle into a vampire as her mother is on her deathbed thanks to a long illness, as well as Nicki, who doesn't seem to be doing well. Lestat also shares his first encounter with Armand and his coven before joining forces to establish the Théâtre des Vampires, where Louis and Claudia discover each other Interview with the vampire Season 2. Years later, when he's separated from Gabrielle and Nicki, he gets lost and decides to go to sleep for decades before being awakened by Marius, Armand's powerful creator. Lestat even meets Enkil and Akasha, who are considered the first vampires.

In the present day, Lestat is part of a successful rock band, with Louis following him after an emotional reunion. They even play a concert in San Francisco. Suddenly, other vampires try to attack them but are later saved by Akasha. Aside from his interesting musical journey, Lestat also shares his side of the story on a couple of events mentioned by Louis in Interview with the vampireso different accounts are now being established, leaving readers with the choice of what to believe.

How Season 2's “Interview with the Vampire” Sets Up Season 3

Some elements of history The vampire Lestat have already entered a Interview with the vampire Season 2. Through flashbacks, though told from Armand's perspective, Lestat and Nicki are introduced as lovers in the show before Armand makes his and the coven's presence known. The Théâtre des Vampires is also a big focus during the season: Lestat even returns, albeit reluctantly, to the stage for the trial of Louis and Claudia. Magnus, on the other hand, has yet to be seen, but has been briefly mentioned, first by Lestat in Season 1 when he told the story of his return to Louis and Claudia, as well as in Season 2 when Louis and Armand finds him in Magnus' lair. As for the mysterious Marius, he is mentioned by Armand, who tells Louis about their first meeting and the story of his own change. Akasha is also named as an Easter egg of sorts, though this character plays an even bigger role in Rice's book. Queen of the damned. During the season 2 finale, when Louis reunites with Lestat in an old, abandoned building in New Orleans near his original home, he is seen playing a fake wooden piano. Lestat tells Louis that he is training for his next tourwhich alludes to the band he joins The vampire Lestat.

Aside from the return of familiar vampires (which now includes Daniel) in season 3, the official synopsis also mentions new faces, like Marius, Magnus, Gabrielle and Akasha, finally debuting in the growing Immortal Universe. Also, since Season 3 will likely be told from Lestat's point of view, audiences will likely return to certain events from previous seasons that were narrated by Louis and Armand and discover their side of the story, adding even more fire to the show's unreliable narrator conceit. with this many new vampires entering the mix, as well as the confirmation of Rockstar Lestat, season 3 is sure to be incredibly chaotic, dark and entertaining.

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