It’s never easy adapting a beloved book series, especially a classic like Anne Rice’sInterview With the Vampire.
It’s an undertaking, really."
The cast is definitely feeling the pressure too.
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“Massively,” Anderson says, while Reid adds, “Huge amounts of pressure.”
“But the scripts are so strong,” adds Bogosian.
“We really created this world in the essence of Anne Rice,” says Bass.
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“It’s very much in the spirit of Anne Rice,” he explains.
“There’s something achingly human in it.
It’s kind of like looking in a mirror.
You’re seeing things you almost wish people didn’t observe or know about you.
It’s how I felt reading these books.
These monsters are so us.”
Bogosian adds, “And then there’s sort of a sadness underneath it all.
The melancholy that’s part of Anne Rice.”
“It was literally like living a childhood dream.”
The cast also got to keep their fangs after filming wrapped on season 1.
“I adore them,” Reid says before joking, “I go to sleep in them.”
