History Series / InterviewWithTheVampire2022

* OneDropRule: Louis mentions that his family is mixed race, and in former times were somewhat more privileged as free people of color. With Jim Crow, however, racist state laws apply no matter what, even when only one of his grandparents was entirely black. Louis just calls himself "Negro," the term used then, and the laws would have classified him as such.

* KissOfTheVampire: Louis finds Lestat biting him pleasing. However, this only applies to the "little drink", as Lestat calls it, where he doesn't drain the person completely and heals it afterward.

* MixedAncestryIsAttractive: Lampshaded by Lestat (who is a wealthy Frenchman in an era when France was still an active colonial power, which includes colonies in Africa) when he mentions that he finds what he calls cinnamon skin tone -- a mix of African and European descent -- attractive while [[EatingTheEyeCandy gazing seductively]] at Louis, who is biracial and fits in the "cinnamon" category. Louis becomes even more desirable in Lestat's eyes when the latter learns that the former has French ancestry (Lestat is delighted that Louis speaks French and has a French name), so Louis' "exotic" quality is more "accessible" to Lestat. Lestat frequently compliments Louis' looks (e.g. "beautiful face," "[[PrettyBoy pretty head]]"), and this also includes the biracial Lily because Lestat refers to both her and Louis as "misfit beauties." Lestat is madly (even obsessively) in love with Louis, seduces him, and then turns him into a vampire so that they can be companions for eternity.

* OneDropRule: Louis mentions that his family is mixed race, and in former times were somewhat more privileged as free people of color. With Jim Crow, however, racist state laws apply no matter what, even when only one of his grandparents was entirely black. Louis just calls himself "Negro", the term used then, which the laws would have classify him too.
* PrettyBoy: Louis is a slim, very handsome man with fine features and sports a small goatee, dressing in [[SharpDressedMan very fine clothes]]. This results in LoveAtFirstSight from Lestat, as he's smitten by Louis' good looks, complimenting Louis about them at length (and being biracial [[MixedAncestryIsAttractive only attracts him more]]).

* SuicideIsShameful: Louis' family is Catholic, and when Paul kills himself in front of him his mother says he must be in Hell now (per Catholic belief at the time) while their priest tries to pass his fall off as accidental instead so they can avoid thinking this.

* OneDropRule: Louis mentions that his family is mixed race, and in former times were somewhat more privileged as free people of color. With Jim Crow, however, racist state laws apply no matter what, even when only one of his grandparents was entirely black.

''Interview with the Vampire'' is a series airing on Creator/{{AMC}} starring Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, and Creator/EricBogosian. It is an adaptation of ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles'' by Creator/AnneRice.

In the summer of 2022, dying journalist Daniel Molloy is summoned to a hotel in Dubai, where he is reunited with Louis de Pointe du Lac, an immortal vampire that he tried to interview 49 years earlier, with limited success. Now Louis is offering him another interview, recounting the full story of how he was turned by the French vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, and of their complicated relationship.

* MrFanservice: Louis and Lestat are portrayed by good-looking actors who are fit, and both characters have nude scenes.

* MixedAncestryIsAttractive: Lampshaded by Lestat (who is a wealthy Frenchman in an era when France was still an active colonial power, which includes colonies in Africa) when he mentions that he finds what he calls cinnamon skin tone -- a mix of African and European descent -- attractive while gazing seductively at Louis, who is biracial and fits in the "cinnamon" category. Louis becomes even more desirable in Lestat's eyes when the latter learns that the former has French ancestry (Lestat is delighted that Louis speaks French and has a French name), so Louis' "exotic" quality is more "accessible" to Lestat. Lestat frequently compliments Louis' looks (e.g. "beautiful face," "[[PrettyBoy pretty head]]"), and this also includes the biracial Lily because Lestat refers to both her and Louis as "misfit beauties." Lestat is madly (even obsessively) in love with Louis, seduces him, and then turns him into a vampire so that they can be companions for eternity.

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* HollywoodAtheist: After having been educated by monks, Lestat had lost all faith in God when his father and brothers kidnapped him from the monastery as he'd wanted to join the clergy, which they beat and starved him for, saying Jesus never coming to his aid caused this (although becoming a vampire probably didn't help later). He is shown as contemptuous of Christianity when he's asked.

* LoveAtFirstSight: Lestat is utterly entranced when he first sees Louis, intensely staring at him.

* AdaptationalDiversity: In the original books, Louis was white and born in France in 1766. In this version, he is a black man born in New Orleans in the late 1800s. This version also makes him explicitly gay, whereas [[Film/InterviewWithTheVampire the movie]] was less explicit about it.

* HollywoodAtheist: Lestat had lost all faith in God after having been educated by monks when his father and brothers kidnapped him from the monastery as he'd wanted to join the clergy, which they beat him for, saying Jesus never coming to his aid caused this (though becoming a vampire probably didn't help later). He is shown as contemptuous of Christianity when he's asked.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: In the original novel, the journalist Louis talks to is only called "the boy", only getting a proper name in later books. In this version, he's introduced as Daniel Molloy from the beginning.

* SettingUpdate: The book begins in 1791, but the series starts in 1910.

In the summer of 2022, dying journalist Daniel Molloy is summoned to a hotel in Dubai, where he is reunited with Louis de Pointe du Lac, an immortal vampire that he tried to interview years earlier, with limited success. Now Louis is offering him another interview, recounting the full story of how he was turned by the French vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, and of their complicated relationship.

* StraightGay: Louis shown no stereotypical sign of the fact he's gay before it's revealed, nor afterward.

* DisposableSexWorker: Before meeting Lestat, Louis has been carrying on an affair with a prostitute named Lilly. Lestat kills Lilly as part of his effort to draw Louis towards him.

* ArmoredClosetGay: Before meeting Lestat, Louis tries to maintain his straight credentials by seeing a prostitute named Lilly.

* TwoferTokenMinority: In this version, Louis is both gay AND black.

* NamedInTheAdaptation: In the original novel, the journalist Louis talks to is only called "the boy", only getting a proper name in later books. In this version, he's introduced as Daniel Molloy from the beginning.

''Interview with the Vampire'' is a series airing on Creator/{{AMC}} starring Creator/JacobAnderson, Sam Reid, and Creator/EricBogosian. It is an adaptation of ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles'' by Creator/AnneRice.

* AdaptationDiversity: In the original books, Louis was white and born in France in 1766. In this version, he is a black man born in New Orleans in the late 1800s. This version also makes him explicitly gay, whereas [[Film/InterviewWithTheVampire the movie]] was less explicit about it.