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Vampires have no such safety nets, and Lestat, of all the players, could use one.
He has the Cloud Gift, which means he can levitate.
When he dropped Louis from a great height, it took grueling rehabilitation to restore the younger vampire.
Lestats fall is much further.
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I admit, I am biased.
I dont believe the vampire inDraculawarrants the lethal punishment Van Helsing metes out.
The mighty apes death inKing Kongmortified me.
I root for the monsters, mobsters, creatures from black lagoons, the shark inJaws.
Lestats jealousy, concealments, and tyrannical rule are certainly criteria for a coup, but an execution?
Lestats crimes pale in comparison, from the vantage point of the bloodsucking minority.
Most do, and many will applaud Lestats sentencing in family court.
I really hope the audience feels that he should have died.
I mean, God, what other choice do these people have, but to kill him?
But this is the actor speaking, his character is the vampire with the most seniority in the house.
He was the one who got played.
The player says Lestat is perceptive to group needs.
I think he knows that too, Reid says.
And I need to die.
Bailey Bass, who plays Claudia, who instigated, planned and executed the plot, agrees whole-non-beating-heartedly.
Claudia is definitely, like: Yes, he should have died.
The eternally young immortal knows more than anyone how misfires can happen.
When Im watching it as a fan, I see why people dont want Lestat to die.
But then I also played Claudia, and I know how her brain works.
And of course, he deserved to die.
No, I think Louisdoesntnecessarily feel like he wants him to die, Anderson tells us.
Theyre trapped in his house, and Claudia and Louis are essentially prisoners.
He needs to go and sit in the naughty coffin and think about what hes done.
But, as always, the story is more nuanced.
Its like theyre on a break, essentially, Jacobson says.
Eviction notices are always brutal reminders of the savagery of life, family breakups are far more difficult.
Tough love is always a rough solution, especially in the harsh world of supernaturally gifted natural reborn killers.
Hes got a lot of issues that he doesnt really deal with.
Sometimes the nicest thing a monster partner can do is kill you to instigate a bit of personal change.
Anderson likens it to any relationship.
Sometimes you just have to have the big argument that completely changes how you perceive your relationship.
Without that, how can you move on, and establish something new?
Reid agrees, saying Hopefully, this is the first step in a character arc for Lestat.
