‘Game of Thrones’ star Jacob Anderson to steer AMC’s ‘Interview With the Vampire’

By PTI

LOS ANGELES: Actor Jacob Anderson, who performed the Unsullied chief on “Game of Thrones”, has landed a number one function within the collection adaptation of “Interview With the Vampire”. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the present is predicated on Anne Rice’s Gothic vampire novel and is anticipated to air on AMC in 2022.

Anderson will play Louis, a younger man who’s seduced into the world of the undead by the amoral vampire Lestat, performed by Sam Reid. Rolin Jones will function creator, showrunner and govt producer of “Interview With the Vampire”.

The present reunites Anderson with “Game of Thrones” director Alan Taylor, who’s helming the primary two episodes. It is being eyed as a launchpad for a franchise universe based mostly on Rice’s novels.

Anderson, whose credit additionally embody the acclaimed crime drama “Broadchurch”, will subsequent seem in a recurring function within the upcoming season of cult sci-fi collection “Doctor Who”. A 1994 characteristic adaptation of “Interview With the Vampire” starred Brad Pitt as Louis and Tom Cruise as Lestat.