Twilight is Making Anne Rice Relevant Again
And possibly leading to RDJ goodness
Gratuitous hotness
Robert Downey Jr. is currently in talks to play the vampire Lestat in the next installation of The Vampire Chronicles. He would join Tom Cruise and Stuart Townsend as the third actor whose casting as Lestat makes no sense. I mean, I’ve read the books, and none of these dudes even remotely fit Rice’s description of the character, which I have always interpretted as “a young Rutger Hauer and Legolas had a baby…a vampire baby.” OK, the Legolas part is a recent addition, but you get the point.
However, it’s RDJ and he could play most any character and manage to make it work, so I’m interested to see what becomes of this. What are your thoughts?