What's the Difference between Interview with the Vampire the Book and Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Louis de Pointe du Lac
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Louis de Pointe du Lac
Portrayed by: Brad Pitt
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Lestat de Lioncourt
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Lestat de Lioncourt
Portrayed by: Tom Cruise
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Claudia
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Claudia
Portrayed by: Kirsten Dunst
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Armand
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Armand
Portrayed by: Antonio Banderas
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Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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After Claudia and Madeleine are destroyed, Louis encounters Lestat at the Théâtre des Vampires, where he has testified to Armand that Claudia had tried to kill him. |
Lestat never appears in Paris after Louis sets him on fire in New Orleans. |
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Louis and Claudia find a race of mindless vampires in Transylvania. |
They don't come across any vampires until they reach Paris.
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Lestat cares for his aging father and brings him to Louis' plantation when Louis first turns. |
Lestat is alone and never mentions his past. |
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Armand uses mind control to influence Louis decision to make Madeline into a vampire to care for Claudia so Armand and Louis can be together. |
Louis does it of his own accord.
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Lestat cannot fly. |
When Lestat first drinks from Louis he flies with him up into the air and then lets him fall into the water. |