Book TVL Lestat: Doesn't murder his entire family. In fact, after becoming a vampire, he supports them financially and cares for his father until his death, despite his resentment toward them.
AMC TVL Lestat: Murders his entire family alongside his mother.
Book TVL Lestat: Stays with Nicki through thick and thin. He doesn't cheat on him with Armand while Nicki is at his lowest.
AMC TVL Lestat: Cheats on Nicki with Armand while Nicki is at his lowest, then mercy-kills him with Armand's help.
Book TVL Lestat: Arrives in Paris in a weakened state after Louis and Claudia attempt to kill him. He seeks Armand's blood so he can fully heal, only to be manipulated into testifying at the trial, where his admission that Claudia tried to kill him seals her fate.
AMC TVL Lestat: Arrives in Paris relatively fine and intent on revenge against Louis and Claudia. He rehearses his lines beforehand and, although he changes his mind during the trial and "saves" Louis, he still lets Claudia die. He remains an active participant in her death.
Book TVL Lestat: After the trial, Armand tells Lestat that he has killed Louis before pushing him off the tower.
AMC TVL Lestat: Meets Louis and Armand at the tower, withholds the truth from Louis, and allows him to leave with the very man who orchestrated Claudia's death as a form of punishment, so that Louis can remain miserable.
Book TVL Lestat: Mourns Claudia deeply and is haunted by her memory. He accepts responsibility for turning her into a vampire and for shaping her into what she became. As he says, "Claudia was my dark child, my love, evil of my evil. Claudia broke my heart." Although he blames Armand for her death, he recognizes that Claudia's tragedy began with him.
AMC TVL Lestat: Claims to mourn Claudia, but she does not appear to haunt him in the way she haunts his book counterpart. Sure, he writes her a song. Yet he seems irritated by the insinuation that he killed her, despite the fact that he played an active role in her death.
Book TVL Lestat: Understands why Louis and Claudia felt compelled to kill him. He acknowledges and admits to the harm he inflicted on them.
AMC TVL Lestat: Frequently centers his own victimhood, using it to deflect accountability for the abuse and suffering he caused Louis and Claudia.
Book TVL Lestat: Although angry about the book, he becomes a rock star in part to redirect the attention of enraged vampires away from Louis. Ultimately, his decision is motivated by a desire to protect him. He calls Louis whiny and accuses him of dishonesty, but his insults never become truly degrading.
AMC TVL Lestat: Is furious about the book and becomes a rock star to "set the record straight." In the process, he insults Louis, calling him degrading names, trivializes the abuse he inflicted on him through his songs, and even slut-shames him.
Book TVL Lestat to himself: "Oh Lestat, you deserved everything that's ever happened to you. You better not die. You might actually go to hell." A moment of self-awareness and self-criticism. He recognizes his own role in the tragedies that befall him.
AMC TVL Lestat to himself: "Thank you for loving him (Louis), for loving him the way he needs to be loved." Displays a profound lack of self-awareness, coupled with delusion and narcissism. He convinces himself that he loved Louis the way Louis needed to be loved despite all the harm he inflicted on him.
Book TVL Lestat: Aware of the suffering he has caused and self-aware enough to believe that hell might be his final destination.
AMC TVL Lestat: Seems convinced that he is going to heaven.
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