'Interview with the Vampire' stars tease new chapter for Louis and Lestat

"They're going to end up in a very different place to where they started," Jacob Anderson said

The Vampire Lestat stars Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid have teased that the third season will leave Louis and Lestat's complicated relationship in a very different place by the finale, promising fresh developments for the fan-favourite vampire duo.

Speaking exclusively to Radio Times, Anderson revealed that viewers can expect significant changes in the central relationship as the series shifts its focus to Lestat's perspective after two seasons largely told through Louis' eyes.

"They're going to end up in a very different place to where they started. I can definitely guarantee that," Anderson said.

He added that Louis and Lestat "end up in a new sort of zone with each other," explaining that new developments in their relationship will "open up more possibilities" for the future.

Season 3, now officially titled The Vampire Lestat, adapts Anne Rice's second Vampire Chronicles novel and follows Lestat de Lioncourt during his flamboyant transformation into an international rock star in the 1980s. The change in perspective marks a major departure for the AMC series, which previously centred on Louis' retelling of their shared history.

Sam Reid said preserving the emotional bond between the two characters remained a priority, even as the series embraced Lestat's larger-than-life rock persona.

"You're gonna go through a process of rooting for them, not rooting for them, rooting for them again – and they do the same," Reid said.

He added that "nothing comes easy" for the pair, arguing that audiences need to experience the same longing and uncertainty that defines the vampires' centuries-long relationship.

According to Reid, the expanded role for Louis differs from Anne Rice's original novel because the television adaptation views their romance as one of the show's defining relationships.

The third season follows the dramatic events of Interview with the Vampire season 2, which fundamentally altered how viewers understand Louis and Lestat's shared past. Rather than moving away from that revelation, the new episodes build on it while presenting Lestat's version of events.

Anderson has previously described the series as deeply subjective, with each season reflecting the perspective of a different narrator rather than presenting a single objective truth. That approach continues in The Vampire Lestat, allowing audiences to reconsider moments from earlier seasons through Lestat's eyes.

While AMC has not yet confirmed a fourth season, the actors hinted that the ending leaves plenty of room to explore more of Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles, which spans numerous novels beyond The Vampire Lestat.