I hear you. Ann Rice always said she envisioned a young Rutgar Hauer as Lestat. Today, I would go with Brad Pitt in all his Achilles' glory (in fact, Pitt should have been Lestat in the original movie).
~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "C.W. Badie" <astromancer2...@...> wrote: > > Downey as LeStat?? Aw heck, I was wrong about Cruz... > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Tracey de Morsella <tdli...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 1:04:48 AM > Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Robert Downey Jr. To Bring Lestat Back To The > Big Screen > >  > Normally I would feel the same way, butâ¦. The casting of Downey > Jrâ¦â¦..and my love of vampire storiesâ¦â¦Â Iâm there >  > From:scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On > Behalf Of Martin Baxter > Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 4:37 AM > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > Cc: ggs...@yahoo. com; 'Cinque'; 'Sincere' > Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Robert Downey Jr. To Bring Lestat Back To The Big > Screen >  > > > > (throwing hands in air, walking away) > > > > > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- > Subject : [scifinoir2] Robert Downey Jr. To Bring Lestat Back To The Big > Screen > Date : Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:07:58 -0700 > From : "Tracey de Morsella" <tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com> > To : <scifino...@yahoogro ups.com>, <ggs...@yahoo. com>, "'Cinque'" > <cinque3...@verizon. net>, "'Sincere'" <sincere1906@ gmail.com> > > We've been scrambling all week to confirm the following report, especially > since it came from a very reliable source and is insanely logical > considering the popularity of vampires these days. I guess something good > has come from the success of Twilight as Bloody Disgusting has learned > exclusively that Universal Pictures is looking to restart Anne Rice's The > Vampire Chronicles , which > tells the tale of the vampire Lestat Du Lioncort (through his narration), a > nobleman-turned- vampire in the late 18th century. No word yet on how they > plan on unrolling this franchise, but we did find out who they are talking > with to replace Tom Cruise and Stuart Townsend. Read on for the skinny. > > We have confirmed this afternoon that ROBERT DOWNEY JR. is in close talks to > play the vampire Lestat in Universal Pictures' The Vampire Chronicles, a > newly rebooted franchise based on Anne Rice's popular novels. > > Lestat appears as a major character in both motion picture adaptations of > The Vampire Chronicles novels. In Neil Jordan's 1994 film adaptation of > Interview with the Vampire, he is portrayed by Tom Cruise. In the 2002 film > adaptation of Queen of the Damned, he is played by Stuart Townsend. > > The Vampire Chronicles is a series of novels by Anne Rice that revolves > around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman made > into a vampire in the 18th century. > > From Wiki: The Vampire Chronicles > > Interview with the Vampire (1976) > The Vampire Lestat (1985) > The Queen of the Damned (1988) > The Tale of the Body Thief (1992) > Memnoch the Devil (1995) > The Vampire Armand (1998) > Merrick (2000) > Blood and Gold (2001) > Blackwood Farm (2002) > Blood Canticle (2003) > > http://www.bloody- disgusting. com/news/ 17082 > > > > > > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds >
