The film "Interview with the Vampire": actors. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and others

Spectators who like scary stories about bloodsucking monsters must necessarily look at the mystical drama "Interview with a Vampire." The actors who play in this picture of the central characters are known to everyone: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst. In addition to participating in the filming of stars, the tape has other advantages. Among them: an interesting look at the origin and personality of the Ghouls, a thoughtful plot, a unique atmosphere. So, who and who played in this eerie but fascinating story?

"Interview with the Vampire": actors and the plot

Mystical drama, released in 1994 and managed to make a huge impression on the audience, was the adaptation of the famous work written by Anne Rice. The plot will surprise people who are accustomed to seeing in the ghouls only soulless monsters that feed on human blood. The creators of the picture after the writer tried to give their characters feelings.

Where does the "Interview with the Vampire" begin? Actors, who got the main roles, appear after Christian Slater, who perfectly played the journalist Daniel Mellow. A young reporter is ready to give the soul to the devil in exchange for the opportunity to publish another sensation. It is not surprising that he is delighted to be able to interview an actual vampire who is ready to tell about his life, which has been going on for more than 2 centuries. So the audience gets acquainted with the hero of Brad Pitt - Louis.

A lot of stars - one of the main advantages of the drama "Interview with a Vampire". The actors who will appear in Louis's memoirs are Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst. Tom got the role of the charming Lestat de Lyoncourt, who turned the hero Brad into a blood-sucking creature. Kirsten played the little girl Claudia, whom the enemy friends made a vampire, saving her from death. Appears in the film and Antonio Banderas, he got the image of a 400-year-old ghoul, leading a whole vampire clan.

Tom Cruise as Lestat

The creators of the painting paid maximum attention to the selection of the main actors, who were to flash in the drama "Interview with the Vampire". Actors were approved only after numerous trials, accompanied by doubts and throwings. This is especially true of the role of Lestat, which in the end took over Tom Cruise. The director dreamed of removing in this image Johnny Depp, the author of the novels insisted on the candidacy of Rutger Hauer or someone similar to him. But seeing the first footage with Cruz, everyone agreed that the role he corresponds perfectly.

The very "favorite of America" Tom does not hide that the image of de Lyoncourt was for him a chance to abandon his usual role of a good guy. This image managed to develop thanks to such famous paintings with his participation, as "The Man of the Rain", "The Color of Money". Cruz took a risk, having achieved the role of the charming scumbag Lestat, easily commit evil deeds throughout the drama "Interview with the Vampire." The film actors-colleagues, director, writer and, of course, the audience now simply can not imagine without Tom.

Who played Louis

Brad Pitt was not yet a star when he was offered the role of the vampire Louis, who was converted in the 18th century by Lestat. His hero was a rich landowner, who lost his beloved wife, tragically killed during childbirth. The character was ready to part with life when de Lioncourt appeared on his way with his unusual proposal.

Brad was not among the people who had to persuade for a long time to take part in the drama "Interview with the Vampire", the actors and roles of which even after many years continue to be hotly discussed by fans of vampire stories. He has already proved his ability to get used to different images, beginning with a hideous murderer ("California") and ending with a charming scoundrel ("Thelma and Louise"). His character became a "doubting" vampire, whom he constantly throws from good to evil.

Role of Kirsten Dunst

Perhaps the most difficult thing for the creators of the drama was to find a young actress, suitable for the role of Claudia. It is this image that first told the public about the existence of Kirsten Dunst, who in the future will become the friend of Spider-Man and play many other vivid roles.

In her 12 years, she perfectly coped with the role of an adult woman, the will of fate locked in the body of a teenage girl.

Interesting fact

About the mystical drama, viewers and journalists remember each time a new vampire horror film is released. About the attempts to look for similarities in this picture and the sensational series about the monsters of the town of Mystic Falls, the public is known thanks to the interview of the actors. "The Vampire Diaries" is absolutely different from the cinema, which appeared in the last decade, as the executors of the main roles of this TV project consider. Ian Somerhalder is particularly puzzled when his hero Damon is compared to Lestat.