Summary

• Interview With The Vampire season 2 introduces new characters and a major change in the main cast.
• Delainey Hayles takes over the role of Claudia from Bailey Bass.
• The lead actors deliver nuanced performances, balancing sympathy and terror while modernizing Anne Rice's novels.

Season 2 of AMC's Interview With The Vampire introduces exciting new characters and brings about a major change in the main cast. The series premiered in 2022 and was met with critical acclaim from viewers and critics alike, holding an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score of 97%. Many reviews praised the lead actors for their nuanced performances, which toe the line between sympathetic and terrifying, often simultaneously. While the show is adapted from Anne Rice's classic novels, it also takes some creative liberties to modernize the source material and highlight the subtext of the books on screen.

The first season concluded with Louis and Claudia fleeing their home in New Orleans after orchestrating Lestat's death. Season 2 of Interview With the Vampire picks up with the pair in Europe as they search for a new community of vampires and are taken in by Armand's coven at the Théâtres des Vampires. However, Louis is still tormented by guilt and haunted by visions of Lestat's murder, which is exacerbated by Lestat's connections to the Théâtres. The story is anchored by Louis's modern-day interviews with reporter Daniel Molloy, with whom he and Armand also share a complicated past.

Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac

Date of Birth: June 18, 1990

• Active Since: 2003

Actor: Jacob Anderson is a London-born actor best known for his role as Grey Worm on Game of Thrones (2013-2019). He also had a recurring role in Doctor Who (2021-2022) as Vinder, and made appearances in Overlord (2018), The Mimic (2013-2014), Broadchurch (2013), Episodes (2012), and Skins (2012). He was recently awarded a Gotham Award for Outstanding Performance in a New Series for his role as Louis de Pointe du Lac in Interview with the Vampire.

Anderson is also a musician and performs under the name Raleigh Ritchie.

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Character: Anderson stars as Louis de Pointe du Lac, the series' titular vampire. Although in the original books Louis is depicted as a white plantation owner, the series reimagined the character as a wealthy Black business owner in turn of the century New Orleans, struggling with the rejection of a racist society and his own inability to accept his sexuality. As the narrator of the series, nearly all the events on screen are depicted from Louis' point of view, and his battle with his own unreliable memory makes for one of the show's most compelling conflicts.

Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt

Date of Birth: February 19, 1987

• Active Since: 2007

Actor: Sam Reid is an Australian actor who studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In 2022, he was awarded Australia's Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actor for his role as Dale Jennings in The Newsreader (2021-2023). He's also known for his performances in Lambs of God (2019), The Astronaut Wives Club (2015), The Riot Club (2014), and Belle (2013).

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Character: Reid plays Lestat de Lioncourt, Louis' lover and the man who turns him into a vampire. Lestat's abusive behavior leads to his death at the end of season one, but he returns in the second season as a personified vision of Louis' guilt, haunting him through his travels across Europe. As Louis and Claudia learn about the origins of the Théâtres des Vampires, more of Lestat's backstory is sure to be revealed.

Delainey Hayles as Claudia

Date of Birth: Unknown