EXCLUSIVE: Ben Daniels (Foundation) is set as a series regular in the upcoming second season of Anne Rice’s Interview With The Vampire at AMC.
The contemporary adaptation of Rice’s gothic novel follows Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson), Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid) and Claudia’s (Bailey Bass) story of love and immortality, as told to journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian).
The series is based on Rice’s book, which was famously turned into a 1994 movie starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. Daniels plays Santiago, the leading vamp thespian of the Theatre des Vampires who grows increasingly suspicious of the American vampires Louis and Claudia.
Rolin Jones (Perry Mason) serves as creator, showrunner and writer of the series. The 8-episode second season will be set in Prague with Oscar and Emmy Award-winning producer Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) and Jones executive producing.
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