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TVL Pre-Premiere Interviews - Full List

A compilation of all TVL cast & production team interviews from May 12 - June 6. (If I've missed anything here, please let me know 💙) Disclaimer: There are some TVL spoilers within these interviews.

May 12 - Entertainment Weekly - Rock god: Interview With the Vampire takes its 'biggest swing' yet with The Vampire Lestat - Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, Rolin Jones, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles, Assad Zaman and Jennifer Ehle

May 14 - TV Insider -How ‘The Vampire Lestat’ Maintains ‘Interview With the Vampire’s Gothic Drama - Rolin Jones

May 20 - SFX Magazine - SEX MACHINE: The Vampire Lestat showrunner Rolin Jones gets inside Lestat’s head in season three - Rolin Jones and Sam Reid- [Print or Digital Subscription]

May 25 - Polygon - The Vampire Lestat’s showrunner isn’t afraid of Anne Rice’s weirdest material - Rolin Jones

May 25 - Entertainment Weekly - The Vampire Lestat star Sam Reid fought to sing live on the show - Sam Reid

May 26 - Europa Press - Sam Reid (The Vampire Lestat) and the cult of disposable celebrities - Sam Reid

May 27 - Rotten Tomatoes - Talking Story, Sex, and Rock and Roll on the Set of The Vampire Lestat - Rolin Jones, Daniel Hart, Lex Woods, Andres Cubillan, Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson

May 29 - SDCC Unofficial Blog - Showrunner Rolin Jones Teased What’s Ahead for “The Vampire Lestat” at ATX TV Festival - Rolin Jones

May 31 - Happy Sad Confused - Sam Reid on INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, THE VAMPIRE LESTAT, singing, Jacob Anderson, & more! - Sam Reid

June 1 - Nerdist - Nerdist Character Profile: Assad Zaman on Armand From THE VAMPIRE LESTAT - Assad Zaman

June 1 - Rolling Stones - Music’s Most Dangerous Immortal - Lestat de Lioncourt ;)

June 1 - Rue Morgue - Rock God Vampire - Daniel Hart - [Print Only]

June 1 - Film Score Monthly - The Hart of Lestat - Daniel Hart - [Subscription Needed]

June 2 - Vulture - The Best (Gay Vampire) Show on TV - Rolin Jones, Hannah Moscovitch, Sam Reid, Daniel Hart - [Subscription Needed]

June 3 - IndieWire - Rock Sucks: Backstage at ‘The Vampire Lestat’ and Its Music-Infused New Season - Rolin Jones, Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson

June 3 - Entertainment Weekly - TVL Premiere Black Carpet - Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Jennifer Ehle, Delainey Hayles, Sheila Atim, Eric Bogosian and Daniel Hart

June 3 - TV Insider - TVL Premiere Black Carpet (Five Parts) - Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Assad Zaman, Jacob Anderson & Sheila Atim and Jennifer Ehle

June 3 - Decider - TVL Premiere Black Carpet - Sam Reid, Jennifer Ehle, Delainey Hayles, Sheila Atim, Eric Bogosian and Justin Kirk

June 3 - Kinotico - Entrevista a Sam Reid, actor principal de ‘El vampiro Lestat’ - Sam Reid

June 4 - GQ - The Vampire Lestat Turns It All the Way Up - Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, Rolin Jones, Eric Bogosian and Delainey Hayles

June 4 - GQ - Friendship Quiz - Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson

June 4 - NPR (1A) - Interview with the vampires - Rolin Jones, Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson

June 5 - The Quietus - Only Fangs: Daniel Hart on Writing the Music for The Vampire Lestat - Daniel Hart

June 5 - LA Weekly - How ‘Interview with the Vampire’ Costume Designer Lex Wood Turned ‘The Vampire Lestat’ into a Rock Star for Season Three - Lex Woods

June 5 - Big Gold Belt Media - TVL Premiere Black Carpet (Nine Parts) - Jacob Anderson, Daniel Hart, Assad Zaman, Hannah Moscovitch, Sam Reid, Justin Kirk, Jennifer Ehle, Sheila Atim and Delainey Hayles

June 6 - Kayla Soto - Interview Tidbit - Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson and Rolin Jones

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Interview with the Vampire - All 2025 Interviews - Recap

Below is the breakdown of all interviews in 2025 with the IWTV cast & production team - about IWTV or, at least, mentioning IWTV/TVL. This doesn't count the Comic Con panel events (SDCC or NYCC) as interviews, but it does count all the interviews with press around those events.

(Interviews about other projects, without an IWTV mention, are not be included.)

Total Interviews in 2025: 90

Top 3 Interviewees:

Sam Reid (51)

Jacob Anderson (41)

Eric Bogosian (34)

**Part One (January - June)** **Part Two (July - December)** Breakdown by Month: January: 3 February: 6 March: 3 April: 10 May: 11 June: 10 July: 24 August: 4 September: 3 October: 12 November: 2 December: 2

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Interview with the Vampire / The Vampire Lestat - All 2025 Interviews - Part Two

An archive of all IWTV/TVL interviews in 2025.

This is a compilation of interviews in 2025 with the IWTV cast & production team - about IWTV or, at least, mentioning IWTV.

(Interviews about other projects, without an IWTV mention, will not be included.)

If I miss anything, please let me know!

**Part One (January - June)** **Part Two (July - December) ⬇️**

July: 24 August: 4 September: 3 October: 12 November: 2 December: 2

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Do you think they’re changing the title of the show? Would that be in the best interest?

I don’t think they’re changing the show title…I think that would be too confusing for everyone… I think The Vampire Lestat on the poster is referring to the band name, not a show title.

Do you know if Carol is returning for costume?

I believe she is but I haven’t seen official confirmation!

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Interview with the Vampire - All 2025 Interviews - Part One

An archive of all IWTV interviews in 2025.

This is a compilation of interviews in 2025 with the IWTV cast & production team - about IWTV or, at least, mentioning IWTV.

(Interviews about other projects, without an IWTV mention, will not be included.)

If I miss anything, please let me know!

Interview Count:

January: 3 February: 6 March: 3 April: 10 May: 11 June: 10 First Half of 2025: 43 interviews

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Making this into at least two parts! Above is part one, with all IWTV interviews so far in 2025.

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IWTV S1 & S2 both started production after the writer’s room was finished.

I’ve heard before that s2 (I think) started production as episodes were being written?

They might have made some edits early on in S2 production, while filming, but nothing could be edited starting May 2023 because of the WGA strike. These are the production timeline dates:

The S2 writer’s room ran from like Aug 2022 - Jan 2023 (including some pre-work in “mini room” that’s no longer permitted by WGA regulations, before official greenlight at the end of Sept 2022). S2 production (filming) started April 2023.

The S1 writer’s room ran like Feb 2021 - Sept 2021. S1 production (filming) was Nov 2021 - April 2022.

Do you think they're really not filming in Prague for s3? That's so surprising to me

Well, Barrandov in Prague isn’t going to be their studio base, like it was in S2. They could still film some exteriors/location shoots there, like maybe if they need the Estates Theatre again... But that would probably be a really limited shoot, like the Paris or NOLA shoots for S2. Nothing confirmed yet for the S3 studio, but a lot of rumors. So TBD!

don’t think they start active production while the writer’s room is still convened.

It’s pretty common for shows to start filming episodes while the writers room is working on later episodes—that’s not unusual at all, it might be more common than for the room to be done before filming starts. I don’t know what they’ll do here, but the writers room going certainly doesn’t mean they can’t start filming.

I’m not sure for the industry in general, but IWTV S1 & S2 both started production after the writer’s room was finished. And they’re not in a position to start filming within like the next four weeks, so I don’t expect them to overlap for S3. But I guess it does depend on episode count - we’re kind assuming another 8 ep season, but if it’s 10 or more, maybe that would change things. We’ll see!

I could be wrong but I think they'll start a lot sooner than May. There's no reason the writers room has to be done working before they start filming--it's more common for writers to be writing while other episodes are filming. And Rolin said they wanted to avoid filming primarily in summer again.

I don’t think they start active production while the writer’s room is still convened. They only have 2-6 weeks left of contracted work, depending on how many eps in S3, from the WGA regulations of time per episode. And they’re not like on the verge of starting to film tomorrow, so I don’t they’ll overlap…

I think the earliest they could be ready for filming to begin is April, but I’m thinking more like May at this rate. We’ll see though! Either way, it seems unavoidable that they’ll be filming in the late spring/summer again…unless they wait until the fall to start, which I don’t think they will.

But as long they eventually start, I’m happy! I’d really rather they take their time & make something exceptional - rather than rush & produce something average!

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Hi! Any sense of when production may begin?

Nothing confirmed! But I think May now based on the writer’s room status (they’ll be working until least end of Feb/beginning Mar).

Interview with the Vampire - All 2025 Interviews - Part One

An archive of all IWTV interviews in 2025.

This is a compilation of interviews in 2025 with the IWTV cast & production team - about IWTV or, at least, mentioning IWTV.

(Interviews about other projects, without an IWTV mention, will not be included.)

If I miss anything, please let me know!

Interview Count:

January: 3 February: 6 March: 3 April: 10 May: 11 June: 10 First Half of 2025: 43 interviews

#interview with the vampire #amc interview with the vampire #amc iwtv #iwtv #iwtv s2 #iwtv s3

hey!! really love and appreciate ur iwtv s2 interview master list. it’s an amazing resource!! will you be making one for a1 ever / do you have recommendations on how to find the interviews? i wanted to read as much as I could but due to the name of the show its a bit hard to find things

Hi! Thank you! It’s funny actually — in the past couple weeks, a few people have asked me about making a S1 interview list… I’m not sure about trying to find things retroactively like that, but maybe! I know a couple other people have tried to make archives, but I’m not sure how far they got…

Do others here on Tumblr think a S1 interview cast/crew compilation would be helpful?

#interview with the vampire #iwtv #amc interview with the vampire #amc iwtv

sorry, question--someone on twitter (a fan of the show) was saying that iwtv flopped on netflix, and someone else was saying that they thought you had showed that the show did well in the netflix 10-20 for a while or has majorly boosted engagement or drove subscriptions to amc to watch season 2, something that showed that it did well even if it wasn't in the top 10 (which makes sense that there has to be other options in the space between "top 10 hit" and "flop"...being in the top 10 on netflix for three weeks can't be the difference between success and failure, and I certainly noticed way more engagement with iwtv on twitter when it started on netflix. And it's interesting that a number of these iwtv mentions and articles mention that the show has become a hit this year, however they're defining that). Anyway, I was wondering if you remember what you said about those numbers or if you could repost that post? I'd be very interested.

Hi! Oh, why won’t IWTVtwt die 😆 Every time I hear that people are talking about something I posted on twt it’s like a jumpscare! 🤣

But yes, I posted on Bluesky about some data from Netflix, from an analytics company called Ampere. It showed that IWTV is one of AMC’s most popular shows - even though it never made the Netflix Top Ten. Rather other significantly less popular shows that IWTV got a big spike from Netflix (why they showed up in the Top Ten). But IWTV was consistently one of the Top 5 most popular AMC shows from July (pre-Netflix run) through September 2024.

Full breakdown:

Who’s ready for some data analysis? 🧐📈 😄 An interesting breakdown of the AMC shows on Netflix—and maybe some insight as to why Interview wi

#interview with the vampire #amc interview with the vampire #iwtv

Hello! I was wondering if you'd seen or heard anything about filming locations for next season? I've seen some fans say Prague is out for s3? That seems so surprising to me given the filming incentives there and built-in logistical set up from s2...

Hi! There’s a few rumors floating around re: filming locations, but I’m not sure things are finalized yet. I think we’ll start to see more definitive signs of pre-production these next couple months. I’m thinking a filming start date in March or April at the moment 🤞 - but again, I don’t think things are locked in yet.

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Best of 2024 Lists - IWTV - Upating December 2024

A compilation of all the "Best of 2024" lists featuring Interview with the Vampire season 2.

I'm only including overall Best Shows, Best Episodes and Best Performances. Not including any other specific categories (like "Best Fantasy Show", etc).

Total Count (as of 12/30/24): 67

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The compilation of the "Best of 2024" lists is finished!! (But if I've missed something, please let me know!)

By my count, there 67 lists that featured Interview with the Vampire Season 2.

These lists include:

Best TV Show of 2024

Best TV Episode of 2024

Best TV Performance of 2024

Result breakdown:

#1 TV Show Rank - 4 lists

#2 TV Show Rank - 7 lists

Episode 2x7, "I Could Not Prevent It" - 6 lists

Jacob Anderson, Best Performance - 4 lists

Delainey Hayles, Best Performance - 1 list

There were some well-known mainstream publications where IWTV was absent, but overall, S2 had broad critical acclaim this year!! Let's just keeep this going into 2025! Thanks all for following along.

(Method Notes: I only included publications that I thought were Rotten Tomatoes critics or similiar. No bloggers, other content creators or regional publications.)

#interview with the vampire #amc iwtv #iwtv #iwtv s2 #amc interview with the vampire #best of 2024

Best of 2024 Lists - IWTV - Upating December 2024

A compilation of all the "Best of 2024" lists featuring Interview with the Vampire season 2.

I'm only including overall Best Shows, Best Episodes and Best Performances. Not including any other specific categories (like "Best Fantasy Show", etc).

Total Count (as of 12/30/24): 67

#interview with the vampire #amc interview with the vampire #amc iwtv #iwtv s2 #iwtv

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