QotD movie FAQ part 7
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forgottenbennetMarbleized Vampires?
We discussed this quite a bit. Marbleized vampires with natural hair and clothes may also have looked weird. It was a close call, and we went the way we went.
We weighed the illogic of having clothes turn to marble along with the vampires, versus the potential cheesiness of having a marble statue with colorful clothes on. It was a close call, believe me.
Costumes
Angus Strathie of MOULIN ROUGE renown did the costumes. The inspiration for Akasha, Khayman and Pandora was the period in which they went to sleep; Armand stole his from some hippies outside his tomb. The other characters are dressed in somewhat outlandish but contemporary garb. I had a say in the design of the costumes, but the director and the studio had the absolute final ones.
ON THE CHARACTERS
About the Relationships between Vampires
We had a scene that alluded to Marius and Pandora's relationship, but it has unfortunately been cut. I hope to post it on this site, and it will be on the DVD.
Marius made Armand and lived with Pandora. Mael lives with Maharet, and as a result is protective toward Jesse. They all come together when summoned by Maharet because of the threat that Akasha poses. Only Khayman, Maharet and Marius know Akasha. It is not definite at this point, however, how much of this will be stated explicitly in the movie.
About Peter Olsen Playing Enkil
Breaking my own rule about giving away the plot... no, you don't ever see the actor in the flesh. (Nor did you in any of the drafts.) Marius explains it to Lestat.
Akasha's Past
As I've said elsewhere, I don't want to be too specific about what is in and out of the movie, as it may spoil it for some. That said, I can safely say that there will be some references to Akasha's past that go back more than 100 years.
Akasha's history and condition as of 1788 are explained in the film, although I'm sure this explanation will be too concise for those who (understandably) want it all.
It doesn't matter so much which version of Akasha is more evil, rather which one makes more sense. The movie version wants to go back to the good old days, when she lived in the open and made life miserable for all. From a human perspective, I would call this "hell on earth." But I can see where the queen vampire is coming from — why shouldn't she do what she always did? Who's going to stop her? The Akasha from the novel, however, says she wants to kill 90% or 99% (unsurprisingly, there is some confusion about the exact number) of the male population, to make the world a more peaceful place. As vicious and wrongheaded as this is — anyone who engages in genocide is butchering their soul — at least it makes sense from an extremely radical feminist perspective. But the Akasha of the novel is anything but a feminist. In fact, she seems to spend most of her time finding ways to make the lives of two women (the Twins) miserable. In the end, very little of Akasha's original plan made sense to us. So we made it just as evil... but more consistent with what her character seemed to be the first time she made life on earth hell.
We discussed this quite a bit. Marbleized vampires with natural hair and clothes may also have looked weird. It was a close call, and we went the way we went.
We weighed the illogic of having clothes turn to marble along with the vampires, versus the potential cheesiness of having a marble statue with colorful clothes on. It was a close call, believe me.
Costumes
Angus Strathie of MOULIN ROUGE renown did the costumes. The inspiration for Akasha, Khayman and Pandora was the period in which they went to sleep; Armand stole his from some hippies outside his tomb. The other characters are dressed in somewhat outlandish but contemporary garb. I had a say in the design of the costumes, but the director and the studio had the absolute final ones.
ON THE CHARACTERS
About the Relationships between Vampires
We had a scene that alluded to Marius and Pandora's relationship, but it has unfortunately been cut. I hope to post it on this site, and it will be on the DVD.
Marius made Armand and lived with Pandora. Mael lives with Maharet, and as a result is protective toward Jesse. They all come together when summoned by Maharet because of the threat that Akasha poses. Only Khayman, Maharet and Marius know Akasha. It is not definite at this point, however, how much of this will be stated explicitly in the movie.
About Peter Olsen Playing Enkil
Breaking my own rule about giving away the plot... no, you don't ever see the actor in the flesh. (Nor did you in any of the drafts.) Marius explains it to Lestat.
Akasha's Past
As I've said elsewhere, I don't want to be too specific about what is in and out of the movie, as it may spoil it for some. That said, I can safely say that there will be some references to Akasha's past that go back more than 100 years.
Akasha's history and condition as of 1788 are explained in the film, although I'm sure this explanation will be too concise for those who (understandably) want it all.
It doesn't matter so much which version of Akasha is more evil, rather which one makes more sense. The movie version wants to go back to the good old days, when she lived in the open and made life miserable for all. From a human perspective, I would call this "hell on earth." But I can see where the queen vampire is coming from — why shouldn't she do what she always did? Who's going to stop her? The Akasha from the novel, however, says she wants to kill 90% or 99% (unsurprisingly, there is some confusion about the exact number) of the male population, to make the world a more peaceful place. As vicious and wrongheaded as this is — anyone who engages in genocide is butchering their soul — at least it makes sense from an extremely radical feminist perspective. But the Akasha of the novel is anything but a feminist. In fact, she seems to spend most of her time finding ways to make the lives of two women (the Twins) miserable. In the end, very little of Akasha's original plan made sense to us. So we made it just as evil... but more consistent with what her character seemed to be the first time she made life on earth hell.
