And those words have always spoken to so many. He is the sum of words on the page, calling to all readers who’ve ever felt cast aside, left out, at war with their own desires, uncertain of who and what they are. If it wasn’t plain enough in the series premiere, it certainly is in Interview with the Vampire 1×02: Louis is Rice’s depiction of the vampire as the outsider. And yet, he can’t even stop himself from wanting - desperately - to feed on his sister’s infant son. ![]() Inside, Anderson shows us, the pain is even worse.Īnd then, there’s that awful fight against his own nature as Louis tries to maintain his human connections to his family. The physical agony of the sun’s rays is just another layer for him. ![]() And the outright refusal to get in the coffin, which causes him to nearly burn up in the sun. There’s that terror written all over him as his mortal body dies. The most difficult moments for Louis, which wind up being some of the most powerful from Anderson, though, certainly take place in the past. A certain moment of reflection within Louis’ tale. But even that comes with a certain purpose. As we mentioned above, there’s certainly plenty to be said for his unapologetic feeding during the interview. There is not a moment, whether in flashback or even more subtly during the modern-day scenes, where Jacob Anderson does not make all of Louis’ inner conflicts about who, and what, he is clear. In just an hour of television, Interview with the Vampire 1×02 packs an extremely vivid portrait of the story we’ve always known, that new element, and everything that’s yet to come. This is, of course, where the series tells its own, new tale. Has Louis suffered so much, he’s lost those “phantoms” after all? He certainly wants Molloy, and us, to think so.Īll of this, and we haven’t even discussed how Louis’ race - and America’s racism, specifically in the early 1900s but really just…overall - plays into his story. The stark contrast between the lavish setup at his home - the way he unapologetically gluts himself on both animal and human blood alike in front of Daniel Molloy - and the vampire he once was speaks of a sort of growth, from a vampire’s perspective.Īnd yet, from a human perspective, it’s a loss. There was no one else to teach him about who, and what, he was.Īnd as Louis is retelling his story, of his struggles with killing humans back then, we see how he feeds now. All while his mentor and maker was both horribly lacking and someone with an immense power over him. Viewers see how, as Louis puts it three times in this episode, “he had a way about him.”įor Louis’ part, as this is his story - even with Anne Rice’s Brat Prince as such a central figure - we see a definitive portrait of the vampire who grappled with good and evil, the harms of taking a human life, and wanting to know so much more about who, and what, he was. Similarly, instead of a myopic view of Lestat de Lioncourt as a purely uncaring devil, we also see touches of more. It’s a better understanding of a difficult, complicated, and oftentimes contradictory relationship. It’s fitting that a retelling, 50 years later, as set up by the series, would look back with more perspective. Interview with the Vampire 1×02 “After The Phantoms Of Your Former Self” continues, and strengthens, the impression that this series is handling two of Anne Rice’s most well-known characters with the care - with the depth - they deserve.
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