Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Interview with the Vampire season 2, episode 7!
Interview with the Vampire star Sam Reid has opened up about season 2, episode 7’s big Claudia twist, explaining its importance for Lestat as the scene plays out. The episode focuses on Louis, Claudia, and Madeleine being put on trial for the attempted murder of Lestat, the vampire returning to reveal his side of the story. During the trial in Interview with the Vampire season 2, Claudia is burned to death by the sun, all while Lestat looks on at what his testimony at the trial has now caused.
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Reid opened up about Interview with the Vampire season 2, episode 7’s big Claudia twist, explaining the importance of her death to Lestat through the way he presented himself onstage. The actor explained how perspective was an important part of the performance, especially finally seeing the past from his point of view. Check out what Reid had to say about the episode below:
It’s one thing to say, ‘I’m always going to play this character’s point of view.’ But that can be confusing for an audience. So sometimes I’ve got to show some part of how it really went, so that when you see that, you think, ‘Why did he do it like that?’ Or, ‘Why is he speaking in that way?’ So that it does feel justified when you fully understand what happened. Why might he be looking like he’s going to fall over, or why does he look like he’s struggling here when he shouldn’t be?
He’s trying to get the audience eating out of his hand so he can manipulate them. He needs to be constantly going out, touching them, being near them, getting them to laugh, getting them to be totally eating out of his hand. But it’s very hard to do that when you’ve got Louis there, you’ve got Claudia there. It is very hard to control because he’s just like a ball of emotion. He’s a tempest of his feelings. He’s not very good at controlling himself. He’s also not a planner; he just kind of feels it out and wings it. So it’s all messy and chaotic. And this is the last place he wants to be. It’s a lot of bad feelings, a lot of bad history, a lot bad blood there.
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Source: EW
