In Interview with the Vampire, Louis de Pointe du Lac took the helm as our vampiric narrator, and we learned of his many convoluted relationships with the Vampires Lestat, Claudia, and Armand. Now, in The Vampire Lestat, Lestat de Lioncourt will take over the telling of the tale. And he brings with him a whole new cast of characters. Without getting too spoilery, for us, having watched the first six episodes of the season, one of the most interesting aspects of the show this time around was looking at Lestat and his two main (current) vampiric companions, Louis and his mother/lover/fledgling Gabriella. But how does Lestat’s relationship with each of these important beings in his life manifest? And how do they impact him? The Vampire Lestat‘s Sam Reid gave us some incredibly insightful answers about the complicated swirl of relationships that exists between Louis, Lestat, and Gabriella.
Reid shared the following about the relationships that live between Lestat and his two immortal companions, Louis and Gabriella:
How does Lestat’s relationship with Louis and Gabriella define him and bring out different… I mean, yeah, it’s very different, but I think you get the sense that the relationship with Louis is actually … They’re on a level ground. They accept each other for who they are. They go through hell and fight each other, but they come back to each other. They keep recircling each other and there’s a lot of the performative nature, particularly of Lestat is kind of stripped away with Louis because he can’t really hold it up. Whereas Gabriella, it’s different. She’s been there in very formative years and so she has helped build him and kind of build the foundations and the structure that is Lestat. And Lestat has spent his entire life performing and building these characters and these archetypes that are built around the situations that he finds himself in.
And sometimes the suit that Gabriella puts in him in does… He sort of outgrows and doesn’t really fit anymore and Lestat keeps returning to it, because that is unfortunately a very safe space for him, because he’s looking for that maternal acceptance and love. So actually the actor, the rockstar, the Brat Prince, the leader, all of these things, that is the kind of vicarious life that Gabriella’s built for him so she can kind of use that as a conduit to experience it himself. Whereas Louis is different.
They call each other out on their bullshit more often than not and also really hurt each other and the hurt is reciprocated. I think Lestat finds it very hard to hurt Gabriella. He wants to hurt her and also he wants to hate her and she won’t let him. She won’t let him go whereas Louis will let him go and Lestat will let Louis go and they’ll have years where they’re not together and they’ll be like, “Whoa, I lost that one.” And then they come back, he’s like, “No, okay, you grew a little bit. I grew a little bit. Who are we now? We’re still the same people.” Whereas Gabriella won’t ever let Lestat out of her orbit. And just when he thinks, “Okay, I’ve got some time,” she comes right back in. She knows. She’s very clever, but that’s how he learns the great art of manipulation.
In the words of Jacob Anderson, “Come on. He said it all.” And indeed, he did. Reid’s words here really poignantly capture the beauty of the relationship between Louis and Lestat. And why, at base, although they can clash and end up in bitter fights at times, their relationship is never truly over. The fact that they can honestly offer their feelings, even their hurts, to one another, then withdraw to allow each other the time and distance to grow and heal, is superbly beautiful. And we can definitely see it manifest this season in full.
Conversely, in opposition to Lestat and Louis, we can also see what Reid means when he talks about Gabriella never letting Lestat truly loose from her clutches. And how she has these goals and aims that she strives for in The Vampire Lestat, but often tries to enact them through Lestat, by the mechanism of using and manipulating him, rather than building toward them with him.
The stark differences between the two relationships truly come to vivid life in The Vampire Lestat this season. And the result is some of the most riveting dynamics we’ve ever seen on our screens. Everyone is at the top of their game. And we’re definitely curious to see how the relationships between Lestat, Louis, and Gabriella continue to unfurl as the story unfolds.
The Vampire Lestat airs at 9 pm ET/PT on AMC and AMC+. You can also read The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice today as you wait for the next episode of the series to air.
Rotem Rusak is Editor-in-Chief of Nerdist. She is in awe of the beautiful season of TV that is The Vampire Lestat.
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