takemetocoffin-or-losemeforever:

i-want-my-iwtv:

“Why do you say such things?”

I think it’s my favorite scene in the movie, because it’s the one where - when you are blank of later stories portrayal - you realize that Lestat is not this one-dimensional villain. This scene is so symptomatic of his attitude: first he’s all flame and rage, then he casts a bard, and while fiercely smiling over his “victory”, he already regrets what he just said. He does have a conscience, whatever kind of nasty or stupid things he can come up with, and he’s genuinely affected and struggled by what he’s inflicting on his loved ones. He’s without any shadow of a doubt an unbearable brat, but also so much more than that. It’s not that this dork has no affection for Louis and Claudia – he indubitably does - it’s just than he doesn’t know how to hold a close/family relationship without being sometimes unfair and/or cruel.

Big shout out for Kristen Dunst and Tom Cruise here, by the way. They are both amazing.