Jacob Anderson as Louis De Pointe Du Lac
Sam Reid as Lestat De Lioncourt
Assad Zaman as Armand
Luke Brandon Field as Daniel Molloy
in AMC’s INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (2022-)
"The central theme for Louis is like he thought he's going to have a way out of his identity crisis, and the grass is always greener. But when he becomes a vampire, he just handed a bigger identity crisis," - Jacob Anderson
Louis longs for the man Lestat could have been and the relationship they would have had, had Lestat not been so closed off to him. An emotional barrier is set between them, probably stemming back to Lestat's childhood, where Lestat's father pulled him out of school and burned his beloved books. (Rice: 55) A love of books could have been something that Louis and Lestat could have shared in their vampire life, so that Louis would have been able to feel a sense of belonging with him, instead of it being a reason for Lestat to resent him.
— Descending into the Swamp: An analysis of the relationship between Louis and Lestat in Anne Rice's “Interview with the vampire” and the consequences of their unspoken love.