
Season 3 premieres June 7
Ehh, I guess you can look at it like that, but it's because they following the source material and Ann did it this way(has nothing to do with race)breh got pushed out of his own show?
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Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid) is, of course, the main character in The Vampire Lestat. Would you expect anything less from the Brat Prince? But don't worry, Interview With the Vampire fans — there's still going to be plenty of Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) in season 3 as well.
In fact, The Vampire Lestat showrunner Rolin Jones tells Entertainment Weekly that the series has actually expanded Louis' arc from what's in Anne Rice's second novel of the same name, simply because they wanted to give Anderson more to do onscreen. But be careful what you wish for, because Louis' new story is going to be "very, very heartbreaking."
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Why did you change the name of the show from Interview With the Vampire to The Vampire Lestat?
ROLIN JONES: I don't think it's huge, to me. All we're doing is following Anne's lead. That book was called this, this book is called that. It really focuses in on what this season is about. Hopefully with more and more seasons, you're going to see it's all a collective, The more we follow Anne's pathway, and the more honorable we are being to the source material. What are we going to call it? Interview With the Vampire: The Vampire Lestat? You can't get that out. To me, [renaming the show] is a no brainer, but it's also probably bold. Nobody who watched the show, that really loved the show, is going to be confused about what the show is. I wanted to do it from the beginning, so I'm glad that marketing came around to it.