News Interview with the Vampire The Vampire Lestat Trailer Shows How Sam Reid Will “Hijack” Interview With The Vampire It’s all fun and rock star games until you have lawyers in the room. By Molly Templeton | Published on October 14, 2025 Screenshot: AMC Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: AMC Vampire stories have given us many things over the centuries, but the vampire divorce scenario in the upcoming season of The Vampire Lestat—the show previously known as Interview with the Vampire—might be new. And listen: I know it may seem confusing that the best part of a new teaser for the show is a scene in which Louis (Jacob Anderson) and Lestat (Sam Reid) bicker pettily while facing each other across a conference room table. The teaser also includes lots of blood and screaming and drama. But the bickering! The bickering is top-tier. Louis bitterly keeping his cool while Lestat yells? Sam Reid doing his very best drama queen? It’s gorgeous. And so is the rest of this teaser, which is a little bit of everything. On the one hand, divorcing vampires. On the other: rock god chaos. The show’s third season moves on to Anne Rice’s second book, in which Lestat has his say—and becomes very, very famous. Showrunner Rolin Jones told The Wrap that this season, it “will feel like Lestat just hijacked the show,” and his team has managed to create a teaser that gives exactly that impression. But what’s up with Louis while Lestat is in the spotlight? Apparently he’s going through some stuff. Writer Hannah Moscovitch said at NYCC: “But his daughter’s still dead. And his relationship of 77 years ended. And he has to figure out a whole pile of shit.” The new season includes a lot of returning faces—including Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy and Assad Zaman as Armand, who have their own complex relationship—and quite a few new folks as well. Sheila Atim (The Woman King) has been cast in the key role of Akasha, and Jennifer Ehle (Saint Maud) joins as Gabrielle de Lioncourt, Lestat’s mother. Reportedly, this season doesn’t just pull from the novel The Vampire Lestat but also from The Queen of the Damned and Merrick. Moscovitch said, “In terms of how we chose which pieces of The Vampire Lestat to use this season, because we’re running through the subjectivity of Lestat it has to do with what he wants to remember, what he’s willing to remember and then what memories are going to come for him, whether he likes it or not.” The Vampire Lestat begins his rock god era in 2026.[end-mark] The post <i>The Vampire Lestat</i> Trailer Shows How Sam Reid Will “Hijack” <i>Interview With The Vampire</i> appeared first on Reactor.