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ON BRAD PITT:
Brad Pitt immediately infused the despairing Louis with understandable feeling. He played it passive and quiet, and for me and for lots of viewers (they call me and tell me) he got what guilt was all about, a guilt sometimes that is unattached to any one death or loss. He captured the despair of some one who has fallen from grace, lost his faith, seen what he cannot abide. Brad's eyes, his manner, his soft voice throughout the film were magical.
Ironically, the Louis whom Brad played on the screen is more passive than the Louis of the novel or of my first draft screenplay (which was of course rewritten and changed and edited and enlarged by Neil Jordan). But Brad Pitt made this passive suffering character totally appealing and sympathetic. His seemed to combine youth and patience, acceptance and conscience.
Favorite Brad Pitt moments for me:
Brad's soft voice saying the single syllable "No" when Lestat prepares to give the Dark Gift to Claudia.
Brad's last real scene with Claudia, their discussion on the balcony outside the hotel room -- another contribution from Jordan which was never in my original script.
Brad's face when he finds the ashes in the airwell, and when he turns to confront those who have hurt him so deeply. Absolutely masterly acting. One of the most painful and exquisite moments in film that I have ever watched. Brad did it without a word. Magnificent.
Brad's soft conversation with Armand, especially the last conversation, which was not written by me, but represented, I thought, a wonderful dramatization of the parting of these two characters. The intimacy of this scene, its delicacy, the restraint and the love -- were all glorious to behold.
Brad's anger with Christian Slater in their final moments. Excellent.
There were many other such moments with Brad Pitt.
I respect
and am amused by Brad's recent redneck persona. I've been tempted to write
a satire INTERVIEW WITH THE REDNECK VAMPIRE just for him and probably will.
(I loved Brad in Kalifornia. I've got the story all worked out and I think
the Constitution protects satire. Who knows? Maybe Saturday Night Live
will want it. One of my dreams for years has been to write for Saturday
Night Live.) The readers calling me really want Brad in the future Vampire
Chronicle films. Well, Brad? Is a burrito really better than immortality?
All jokes aside, you were a delicate and heartbreaking Louis; whatever
you felt, you swept people off their feet.
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