Interview with the Vampire Revisited

Rewatched: Interview with the Vampire, which holds up amazingly well. I remember back in the day fretting endlessly before its release, since I had loved the first three of Anne Rice's Vampire novels, and defiinitely hadn't imagined either Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise as Louis and Lestat, respectively. Like many another fan (and Anne Rice herself), I was convinced by the actual film. (Say what you want about the late Anne Rice, but how many famous people, writers or otherwise, do you know who are prepared to admit they were wrong and pay a two page newspaper insert to do so?) But I haven't watched it for many years, if not decades - I'm actually not sure.

( Spoilers for both film and book just in case )