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kimsgoeun · 2 years

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Alisha/Wren

who is more likely to get injured doing small tasks: Alisha, maybe? She probably doesn’t notice when she does get hurt anyway, so it’d be up to Wren to point it out and make Alisha disinfect it and grab a band-aid for it.

who worries more about the other: Wren. Alisha does worry about Wren to some extent, but Wren is the one that worries the most since Alisha refuses to take care of herself.

who is more afraid about the other leaving them: Wren, maybe. Alisha has kind of set her mind on being alone/dying alone, so having an attachment to Wren scares her.

who is more likely to leave (for any reason): Alisha. Once she gets worse, she would consider leaving so Wren doesn’t have to see her like that or feel obligated to take care of her. She’d also consider leaving just for the sake of Wren and it’d be her dumb way of showing she cares for Wren.

who is more likely to drunkenly confess: Hmm, maybe either? I could at least see Alisha doing so because she tends to be a little more honest and forthcoming when she’s drunk. They both seem to try and hold their feelings close to their chest though, so it might be easier for them to say how they feel inebriated.

who is more likely to push the other away (for any reason): Wren. Because Alisha keeps so many secrets and doesn’t want to tell Wren (under the guise of trying to care about her), it could easily build a lot of tension/resentment between them. Alisha wouldn’t actively try to push Wren away, but her actions do tend to show Wren that she isn’t doing all she can to make Wren feel closer to her either.

who picks fights more often: Wren. She probably doesn’t mean to, but it’d be understandable since Alisha is so stubborn and doesn’t want to share with her.

who usually apologizes first: Alisha. A lot of the time she just wants to keep the peace, so while her apologies would be genuine, she often says it.

who is more likely to withhold their feelings for the other: Wren or both. Under the circumstances it’s probably hard for either of them to want to admit things once more truths are revealed.

who is more likely to lash out at the other: Maybe neither. They might get into arguments, but I’m not sure how heated they’d be. That or neither of them really want to try and get the other upset on purpose.

who gets more jealous: They might both for different reasons, but Alisha probably. Alisha would more so be jealous that Wren has the rest of her life ahead of her and doesn’t have a “death sentence” hanging over her head.

who is more likely to support the other in a relationship with someone else “as long as they’re happy”: Alisha. She would want to know that Wren has someone, especially since she doesn’t think she would be able to make Wren happy in the long run.

Anele/Jenna

who is more likely to get injured doing small tasks: Jenna. Anele makes fun of her and tells her it’s because she’s a silly human.

who worries more about the other: Anele, even though she hates to admit to it. The fact that Jenna is human, once Anele starts to feel something towards her, makes her even more worried.

who is more afraid about the other leaving them: Jenna. Anele taking away Jenna’s pain before she leaves is part of it, but the fact that Anele is some deity that doesn’t necessarily care for humanity makes it obvious she could be up and leave anytime she wanted to.

who is more likely to leave (for any reason): Anele. Mostly it’s out of boredom. At some point it’s because she doesn’t like that she’s starting to care about Jenna.

who is more likely to drunkenly confess: Jenna? Or neither. Anele doesn’t really get drunk, but would have fun watching Jenna get tipsy.

who is more likely to push the other away (for any reason): Both. Jenna due to knowing she is going to die soon and “hating” Anele for this exchange they’ve made. Anele because she wants to believe she is better than the human she’s “working for” and then later because she realizes this exchange is going to hurt her in the end.

who picks fights more often: Anele. She just finds it amusing to make Jenna upset.

who usually apologizes first: Jenna or neither. Anele is annoying and will just try to make a nice gesture rather than saying “I’m sorry” to Jenna’s face. She’d try to work on it later though when they become closer.

who is more likely to withhold their feelings for the other: Both? Even though Jenna wants to make Anele fall for her so that Anele can be the one that “dies,” admitting to actually falling for her would be embarrassing. And then Anele, while interested to see how it goes, would be in shock when she realizes she might actually be falling for her.

who is more likely to lash out at the other: Both. Anele can take it, so she’d welcome Jenna getting that mad. Anele wouldn’t lash out at Jenna, but she’d probably do something just as destructive around them to prove she’s mad.

who gets more jealous: Anele. Once she gets back some human emotions outside of anger, she’d feel them full force. She’s probably threaten to get rid of whoever is even trying to make a move on Jenna. Sorry, Jenna 😔

who is more likely to support the other in a relationship with someone else “as long as they’re happy”: Anele. In the end, when feelings occur and she wants Jenna to get rid of her so Jenna can live without destroying the world, Anele would just want Jenna to be happy and live the rest of her life.

Avery/Skylar

who is more likely to get injured doing small tasks: Avery. She probably doesn’t notice them too often either since she’s busy worrying about her kids and her job.

who worries more about the other: Skylar. She’d see Avery working herself to death to make everything perfect for her family.

who is more afraid about the other leaving them: Skylar? Just in the sense that Avery could fire her and tell her to leave her and her family alone.

who is more likely to leave (for any reason): Avery. She’d struggle with trying to figure out if she’s doing the right thing, if she’s taking advantage, or if this will all blow up in her face like her marriage.

who is more likely to drunkenly confess: Skylar, but I could see Avery doing it too if she had a particularly stressful day and only Skylar was able to save the day.

who is more likely to push the other away (for any reason): Avery. Again because she’s thinking of her kids so she doesn’t want to complicate her life more.

who picks fights more often: Hmm... Skylar, maybe? Depends on how vocal she’d be on wanting to label their relationship or how she fits into Avery’s life in general.

who usually apologizes first: Avery. Especially if they do argue and then Skylar does a stellar job of keeping everything else in order or if she’s being wonderful with the kids, it just makes Avery feel awful for being short with her.

who is more likely to withhold their feelings for the other: Avery. And then Avery will make a pros and cons list and write a diary entry about it and just overthink the whole thing.

who is more likely to lash out at the other: Avery. She wouldn’t mean to, but the stress gets to her and having to figure out things with Skylar sometimes makes it worse.

who gets more jealous: Skylar? Both? It might not necessarily be due to romantic things, though Avery might fall into that category more, but it might be more about what the other has going on in their life?

who is more likely to support the other in a relationship with someone else “as long as they’re happy”: Avery. A lot of the time she’s going to feel like she’s burdening Skylar with too much, and thinks she deserves a more normal and simple relationship that doesn’t involve a divorcee and two children under ten.

Chess/Carmen

who is more likely to get injured doing small tasks: Chess. She’d be reckless with what she’s doing and gets herself into a number of scuffles due to it.

who worries more about the other: Carmen because Chess is a dummy and will just do things on a whim.

who is more afraid about the other leaving them: Neither of them possibly. For Chess, she’d be understanding if Carmen had to or wanted to leave for whatever reason. They’re both independent enough to be okay with the other leaving, even if they’d be sad about it individually.

who is more likely to leave (for any reason): Both. Not that it would be personal or caused by the other, but both have their own lives and things going on that they would take care of on their own. They’d more than likely still come back to each other if given the choice.

who is more likely to drunkenly confess: Chess. Not that she wouldn’t have confessed while sober, but she’s probably way more affectionate once she has had a few drinks.

who is more likely to push the other away (for any reason): Carmen, maybe. Though maybe that’d be more in the beginning than once they’re fully committed to being involved with each other. Chess can be pushy and annoying, so it would make sense if Carmen doesn’t appreciate that at the start.

who picks fights more often: Neither unless it’s more on the playful side. I feel like both of them are pretty good with communication (even when Chess is being ridiculous), so they wouldn’t necessarily get into fights.

who usually apologizes first: Both, maybe. Chess at least doesn’t like conflict or being in arguments with Carmen. If anything she’d be a cat to try and approach her and then shift back and apologize immediately.

who is more likely to withhold their feelings for the other: Carmen. Chess would have had no problem with admitting to her feelings once she begins feeling them towards Carmen.

who is more likely to lash out at the other: Carmen or neither. More so at the beginning, but even later on it probably isn’t horrible. But Chess can be annoying and rash and then cause Carmen to have to come bail her out and/or rescue her.

who gets more jealous: Carmen or neither. Chess is very affectionate to everyone, but would more so be trying to push people’s button rather than actually be interested in them. If Chess saw Carmen being interested in other people, she’d probably lean into it and make fun of Carmen for it.

who is more likely to support the other in a relationship with someone else “as long as they’re happy”: Chess or both tbh. If Carmen did ever want to be with someone else, Chess would be sad but she wouldn’t be offended by it. She’d want Carmen to be happy and hope Carmen would feel the same way back.

Florence/Valdis

who is more likely to get injured doing small tasks: Valdis maybe. Florence doesn’t tend to get her hands dirty too often and usually delegates business to other people to do for her.

who worries more about the other: Both. Florence would be worried about Valdis fitting in to the group. Valdis would be worried about her original intentions towards Flora and how that’s going to go.

who is more afraid about the other leaving them: Valdis? Flora could probably disappear from Valdis’s life really easily with her connections if she wanted, or at least make it really difficult for Valdis to get into contact with her if she decided to leave.

who is more likely to leave (for any reason): Valdis. More so in the beginning of things since she’s playing double agent and all.

who is more likely to drunkenly confess: Flora. She can be a little more vulnerable/open when she’s drinking.

who is more likely to push the other away (for any reason): Flora. It’s hard for her to trust anyone in a romantic sense, so having feelings for Valdis would make her worry that she’s setting herself up for trouble.

who picks fights more often: Valdis or neither. Flora wouldn’t start a fight, but she would try to end it.

who usually apologizes first: Flora if she is in the wrong. It does take her some time to cool down though, but once she has, she’d try to have a rational conversation and apologize for her behavior.

who is more likely to withhold their feelings for the other: Both. Their work dynamic being a factor and them both having trust issues due to who they are (especially in regards to their jobs).

who is more likely to lash out at the other: Flora. Only when really mad though. Most people know not to piss her off because she will go nuclear and start a war.

who gets more jealous: Both? Flora? Flora is very “possessive” once attached (but not in a toxic way, more in a protective way if that makes sense?), which is why she tries to avoid romantic entanglements for the most part.

who is more likely to support the other in a relationship with someone else “as long as they’re happy”: Valdis or neither. Flora would never pretend to be happy about Valdis moving on if it came to that.

Hanna/Apsara

who is more likely to get injured doing small tasks: Apsara? Hanna doesn’t do much that would get her accidentally injured.

who worries more about the other: Hanna. She just always sees Apsara making dumb choices and since she can’t really do anything about it, she’s forced to watch Apsara do that.

who is more afraid about the other leaving them: Apsara. A lot of the time the excuse behind it is that she isn’t ready for the fake relationship to be over since she still wants to prove something to her ex.

who is more likely to leave (for any reason): Hanna. She’s really only staying since Apsara asks, but with every new ask, she constantly considers just up and leaving. Though the feeling to leave only increases once she starts to think she’s enjoying their fake relationship too much.

who is more likely to drunkenly confess: Apsara or neither. Hanna wouldn’t take it as her being honest even if she did though.

who is more likely to push the other away (for any reason): Hanna. She isn’t great with affectionate or relationships to begin with, so this all takes a lot for her to get used to. Even if she knows Apsara so well, that added level just makes her feel awkward.

who picks fights more often: Hanna. She isn’t afraid to point out something wrong or tell Apsara that she isn’t being smart/fair about something.��

who usually apologizes first: Hanna. She ends up feeling bad and figures she went too far when they were arguing.

who is more likely to withhold their feelings for the other: Both. For Hanna, she’d be in denial for a long time that this means anything to her.

who is more likely to lash out at the other: Hanna. She’d be abrasive enough to do so if she got that upset with Apsara.

who gets more jealous: Apsara. She’d probably be surprised about it. Though it wouldn’t be as if Hanna intentionally does anything to make her jealous either.

who is more likely to support the other in a relationship with someone else “as long as they’re happy”: Hanna. She just doesn’t want Apsara to be with another jerk.

Hui/Enzo

who is more likely to get injured doing small tasks: Hui or neither. Hui would on purpose just so she could have Enzo fawning over her to be honest.

who worries more about the other: They probably both do for different reasons and then never share with the other that they’re worried.

who is more afraid about the other leaving them: Both, but more so Hui once Enzo figures out her agenda. Of course when he does, she might mostly be worried about not having the nice luxuries at first rather than the idea of him wanting away from her.

who is more likely to leave (for any reason): Hui. For so long in their “relationship” she’d leave if she didn’t see a financial benefit of their being together for herself. Or if she decided things were more trouble than necessary.

who is more likely to drunkenly confess: Enzo, maybe? Hui learned early on how to keep her wits about herself while drinking, and would intentionally make sure not to go over her limit so she didn’t slip up with all her lies.

who is more likely to push the other away (for any reason): Hui in the beginning. Enzo later on? The two of them have very bad timing lol.

who picks fights more often: Enzo? Maybe more so once Hui is figured out and he’s hurt. Hui wouldn’t have tried to pick fights because she’d worry one of them would end up causing him to out her to his family/kick her out.

who usually apologizes first: Hui. Enzo probably doesn’t believe her, but she’d try anyway. Especially once she realizes and admits to having feelings for him.

who is more likely to withhold their feelings for the other: Hui. She was never looking for love, so developing any actual feelings would freak her out.

who is more likely to lash out at the other: Enzo. Rightfully so.

who gets more jealous: Both probably, but at different times in their “relationship.” Hui wouldn’t try to get him jealous later on though, since she’d realize that’d only further piss him off considering all the crap she’s pulled.

who is more likely to support the other in a relationship with someone else “as long as they’re happy”: Hui. She’d realize she lost her chance for something real and try to get over it/be happy for him since she knows she treated him horribly.

Romi/Larissa

who is more likely to get injured doing small tasks: Larissa. Maybe on purpose just because Romi would be so annoyed if Larissa got herself hurt again and now how to take care of it.

who worries more about the other: Romi, but she hates to admit it. She does in her own horrible way feel responsible for Larissa, so she chalks it up to an unfortunate “it comes with the territory” kind of thing.

who is more afraid about the other leaving them: Larissa? Neither? They both like to say that they’d want the other out of their life, maybe Larissa more so though, but neither of them ever really do anything to leave. So for Romi, she just wouldn’t expect Larissa to ever really leave.

who is more likely to leave (for any reason): Romi. Probably due to guilt and not being able to handle things properly.

who is more likely to drunkenly confess: Larissa? But I would assume it would be an angry, drunken confession rather than anything sappy or sweet.

who is more likely to push the other away (for any reason): Larissa. Rightfully so since she has a lot of anger/resentment due to what Romi did to her. Them both getting flashes of a past life together only makes it more confusing/unsettling.

who picks fights more often: Larissa. Just to make Romi’s life harder than it already is.

who usually apologizes first: Romi will, but half the time it’s in exasperation and she’s hoping it’ll calm Larissa enough to get her to stop doing whatever it is she is doing.

who is more likely to withhold their feelings for the other: Both. They’ll just both keep it bottled up until they explode probably.

who is more likely to lash out at the other: Larissa. Being a newer vampire doesn’t help, but that’s Romi’s fault.

who gets more jealous: Romi. Secretly. She tries to make it just seem like she’s irritated because she doesn’t want to see someone be all affectionate, but she really only has an issue with it if Larissa is involved.

who is more likely to support the other in a relationship with someone else “as long as they’re happy”: Neither? Romi maybe? Or at least Romi would say she is even if she isn’t.

Rose/Elina

who is more likely to get injured doing small tasks: Rose. She gets injured a lot trying to get good shots of things for her job.

who worries more about the other: Both do. Rose would be concerned that Elina is doing something stupid that puts her in danger, and Elina would be worried about getting Rose stuck in the crossfire of things.

who is more afraid about the other leaving them: Elina. It took forever to admit to having feelings and nothing had happened to them prior to it, so it’s just a lot of careful treading for them.

who is more likely to leave (for any reason): Rose. Job aside, she just doesn’t think things would work out between them since there’s so many other external obstacles they’d have to face.

who is more likely to drunkenly confess: Elina. Even though she already has, being drunk just makes it easier to say it again but maybe more sincere or something. All in the hopes that Rose takes her seriously that time around.

who is more likely to push the other away (for any reason): Rose. She already has these preconceived notions in regards to Elina, so it’s just easier for her to push her away if any little thing confirms her issues in regards to her/them.

who picks fights more often: Elina, but maybe not in a mean-fight type of way? Like I just imagine if Elina is trying to prove she does have feelings and Rose is kind of brushing it off, it would get frustrating for her.

who usually apologizes first: Elina? Rose just gets a little childish when she’s actually upset and will avoid until she’s in better control of herself.

who is more likely to withhold their feelings for the other: Rose. She doesn’t necessarily trust Elina’s feelings towards her and it lowkey scares her since that changes a lot of things between them that Rose isn’t prepared for yet.

who is more likely to lash out at the other: Rose. When push comes to shove, she’d have a lot of things to say and it would be difficult for her to stop until she’s ready to be done being upset.

who gets more jealous: Elina. Rose would most likely compartmentalize and pretend she hadn’t seen it if she saw something that made her jealous in regards to Elina.

who is more likely to support the other in a relationship with someone else “as long as they’re happy”: Elina, maybe? Just because she would most likely think that it’s a safer choice for Rose.

Xiomara/Daniella

who is more likely to get injured doing small tasks: Hmm. Xio might? Only because she likes to be hands on with her tasks.

who worries more about the other: Xiomara. After initially taking care of her, she’s probably just worried that something like that will happen again and next time it’ll be way worse.

who is more afraid about the other leaving them: Both most likely, although maybe Daniella more. Just because they both know they have different loyalties in terms of their family’s businesses. They probably both figure that the other will have to turn their back on the other when it comes down to it. But Daniella might be more so since she isn’t exactly keen on taking over her family’s vineyard.

who is more likely to leave (for any reason): Daniella maybe. If she decides to opt out of taking over then Xio would just assume they don’t have a reason to be around each other anymore.

who is more likely to drunkenly confess: Both or Xio. When they have their weird moment after tending to Daniella’s wounds, I feel like Xio just ends up thinking about it a lot. And then she’s just more aware of her, so it eventually turns into something on her end lol.

who is more likely to push the other away (for any reason): Xio might since she’s in denial and because she does want her family’s business.

who picks fights more often: Daniella. Xio probably tries to avoid rather than make those confronting arguments.

who usually apologizes first: Hmm. Daniella or neither? Not that Xio wouldn’t if she knew she was in the wrong, but again, she’d just avoid Daniella when upset/mad until she got over it by herself.

who is more likely to withhold their feelings for the other: Both. I just see them both trying to actively deny it for as long as possible regardless of them having moments and/or having done anything together. Both chalk it up to just like “hate” tension like dummies.

who is more likely to lash out at the other: Daniella or neither.

who gets more jealous: They probably both do once something has happened between them. Xio might be a little more obvious with her jealousy though. She can’t really hide it from her face.

who is more likely to support the other in a relationship with someone else “as long as they’re happy”: Xio. She wouldn’t be happy about it, but she’d try to see it as things working out for the best.

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greedandenby · 9 months

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Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, and others talking about Jam Reiderson.

Since promo might be scarce for season 2 (and also because i'm bored), I had fun compiling bits and pieces from interviews about these two men's beautiful friendship.

(Long post, so keep reading!

- there's SO MUCH good stuff)

Pride.com

Q: You guys have incredible chemistry. It hinges on that. Can you talk a little bit about how you built that kind of connection?

JA: I find it so difficult to talk about chemistry. Because me and Sam… like each other.

SR: Yeah. I think we’re very similar in a lot of ways, and that was a big relief. It’s a very bizarre job to do when you’re doing it, cause you’re shooting entirely at night, you have amazing costumes and contact lenses and accents and teeth and blood. The scenes, while they feel like they have a flow to them, there’s a lot of splitting up while we do it because we’ve got to have special effects come in or the blood come in, or we’re on a rig of some kind. So it’s a weird experience, and we also had these extraordinary lines of dialogue to say as well. And so to have somebody who’s similar, can process these things the same way as you and bounce off of and decompress with is vital.

JA: Yeah, and the first step is you just have a common language that you find, and sometimes it clicks and sometimes it doesn’t. And we were just lucky that we, you know…

SR: Yeah. Yup.

Amc.com

Q: The relationship between Louis and Lestat is rife with complications, but at its core there's obviously a real connection there. What was it like crafting this tumultuous relationship on screen with Sam Reid? You two are quite good friends having come out the other end of Season 1.

JA: Yeah, we were good friends when we were doing it and I think that's part of why it worked out for us! We didn't put too much emphasis on trying to figure everything out. The scripts are so beautiful, the writing is so dense and so full of life and detail that you don't need to discuss it too much. Obviously, we talked to the directors, and they'd have ideas and we'd have ideas, but I think, in terms of me and Sam finding it, I think we just paid attention to each other. We just trusted the writing, trusted each other, and it meant that we’d already be prepared for whatever was going to come up. We felt comfortable with each other, so we could try things and it felt safe. It felt like we could play around with body language and with eye contact and all these things. But it was unspoken, I think. It wasn't something that we spent a lot of time discussing. Everything's intentional to a certain extent, but there's this other thing that is just about instinct and listening really.

Q: And having the right scene partner where that happens.

JA: Yeah, I felt really lucky! Sam gives you so much. There's so much to play off and I hope that I did the same for him. Our first day of shooting we did the opera house stuff, and I was so excited. It's the scene where he talks about loneliness, and I remember thinking even though I'd got to know him a little bit and we'd done a bit of rehearsal and we'd become friends by that point, I was like, "Oh wow, this is going to be really special! I'm going to get to do this every day. I'm going to get to watch this character come to life and respond to it." That's a gift. Sam Reid is a gift!

Q: The relationship between Louis and Lestat is rife with complications, but at its core there’s a real connection there. What was it like crafting this tumultuous relationship on screen with Jacob Anderson? You two are quite good friends having come out the other side of Season 1 so if anything, I’m sure the experience brought you closer together?

SR: Yeah, definitely. It definitely brought us closer together. It was really crazy this stuff that we were doing together. We'd have these massive scenes, and it would be just him and I in the middle of the night playing opposite each other, not really being able to see each other all the time with the contact lenses. You just rely so heavily on one another. You also rely on each other because you're like, "Have we pushed it too far? Is it too much? Is it enough? Like, do we believe each other?" Because it's this very intense relationship but we’re also supernatural beings. So, you're constantly having to reframe the way that you look at a relationship and say, "Well, hang on, my character has all this power." Like in Episode 4, I remember saying, when all the police are coming over to the house, I was like, "Why are we even worried about this? I don't understand why I would be even concerned about this at all." But you're negotiating with someone who's going, "Yeah, but my desire to have a connection to humanity makes this important," and so you're like, "Oh, okay." We managed to balance off each other in that way, because my character's way past any connection to humanity and Jacob's character is holding onto those last threads of his humanity. When we'd both be examining a scene, we'd both be coming at it from different angles. Because of the love between the two characters, there's always that negotiation and blunting of the other's real intention. I couldn't really imagine doing it with anybody else! We did all of it, everything, together, really.

Gold Derby Daniel Hart Interview

Q: In what ways does the show’s really rich visual palette and then of course Sam and Jacob’s lightning-in-a-bottle chemistry on screen influence some of the choices that you made on the score throughout your process?

DH: There’s a theme that I would call their love theme, and it’s sprinkled throughout the first episode but it played in full over the end credits in a piece called “In Throes of Increasing Wonder”. And that theme appears in almost every episode, I think, in some form or another. I don’t think that theme was possible before I had seen some of that interaction between Jacob and Sam as Lestat and Louis. It’s born of their emotional reactions to each other.

IWTV Podcast

Ep2

Q: You and Jacob did your chemistry tests over Zoom? Which, I mean, does anyone have chemistry over Zoom?

SR: Yeah, I don’t really know what they were looking for or how you’re supposed to gauge chemistry from that, because it was really glitchy and we were all speaking on top of each other and trying really hard to act into the camera, which just wasn’t working. But look, I really… Jacob is such a lovely person, such a really fantastic actor and so easy to be around. And I could see that he was going to be a very easy person to fall in love with. So it was fun. In fact I just came from having ice cream with Jacob and he says hello.

Q: Oh my God, I’m obsessed. I want these moments. Give me that footage, okay? I want ice cream footage, I want strolling the streets of downtown New Orleans footage.

SR (laughs): Yeah, I mean we hang out all the time and we’ve become very, very good friends. Cause it is a crazy journey that we’re on and it was a crazy job, so it’s really lovely to have such a good friend.

Ep3

Q: Talking about Sam, how much time did y’all get before you started actually shooting? It’s like “Okay, we’re in love now and it’s going to be very tortured and complicated” – Rolling!

JA: Yeah. I don’t know if I completely believe in luck, but I think there’s like a weird cosmic luck in this whole thing. It is a huge roll of the dice. The first day we met each other, obviously we both had our masks on, and we had a hug and we were like “Oh hi”. And then we just spent the next day walking around New Orleans and getting to know each other. And I truly love that man, so much. Like, we connected so quickly and just found like… And I think part of that as well is that there’s a level of trust that we had to have, otherwise we weren’t going to be able to do this at those hours, and those scenes, and the intimacy of their relationship, and also the toxicity and the fire in it. We had to really hold each other and be like “All right, have we got each other’s back?” And we did, we were just like “We’re in this together. Let’s listen to each other and try and have fun.” And we did, we had a lot of fun. I thought that taking on this role would be quite triggering for me in lots of different ways. I thought it was going to force me to have to reconcile with lots of feelings that I had. I thought it was going to be just a guilt and shame and despair fest for six months. And actually I just found it really, really cathartic being Louis, and Louis has helped me a lot. I think there’s something about acceptance in Louis and acceptance of self, and like “This is who I am, this is who I’ve been, and I’m enduring, I’m choosing to keep going. I’m choosing to accept who I am.” And that was really helpful for me. So rather than feeling tortured, I think I ended up just feeling very… held, very comforted by the whole thing, in a weird sort of way.

Ep7

Q: I’m wondering what you guys would do or how you would hang out on set. Is there hanging out or are you more like “Okay, they’re setting up a light, I gotta go lay down, I can’t with you right now.”

JA: No, we were pretty inseparable, to be fair. There wasn’t really any hanging out. We just were. At a certain point, we just were. We didn’t share a trailer, but it was like, a wall separating us. And we’d just end up sitting on the stairs or texting each other through the wall.

SR (laughs): Through the wall, just texting all the time.

JA: We became a hive mind.

SR: We did, yeah.

Q: Were you still a hive mind once you wrapped? Would you still text and stuff?

JA: Yeah.

SR: Yeah.

JA: We’re going to the theatre tonight. We’ve seen each other every day for the last week. We’re still choosing to spend time together. It’s probably not very healthy. Very co-dependent (laughs).

Ep8

Q: Obviously viewers are in love with Jacob and Sam. People are tweeting me photos of them eating ice cream. We call ourselves #icecreamhive. The fandom is strong. Can you tell me about how you found Jacob and Sam, and the process of deciding they were Louis and Lestat?

Rolin Jones: Well, obviously 9 billion people auditioned. You kind of get down to ten actors that you like on both sides. The simple math of it is the second those two got into their Zoom rooms together, it was very clear something very dynamic was happening. On Jacob’s side, there’s this sort of genuine warmth, kindness, humanity. You’re like “Okay, for a character who’s going to make a number of questionable choices, how do you make them want to love him?” And on Sam: I saw his face and I said “No fucking way! No fucking way that guy, this chiselled, stupid chiselled, with his locks and his dreamy eyes. I was like no, no, no, no. And then I pressed play, and he really knew how big we were going to go. He was wildly specific and subtle. It was in his voice. There was something a little Jeff Bridges/Starman about it, and I was like “Oh, this guy feels like an alien and he feels other than us”. They both won the audition, that’s basically what happened. Although I’ll tell you, here’s a dirty secret: ready for this? Sam bought this piece of technology, that you can do a push-in close-up right when the scene is getting a little juicy. And I just started laughing my ass off. I was like “Oh my God, this guy wants this so hard.”

Mark Johnson: You called me the first time you had seen Sam, and you were just so excited about the potential of this guy and you basically said: “He’s going to be next to impossible to beat.” And sure enough, nobody could really touch him. But from the very first time you saw his audition you were pretty convinced that we had our Lestat.

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JA: Sam is just like my… partner-in-crime, and I feel so lucky that I got to spend every day with him. We had to do a lot of stuff in this show and when I say a lot of stuff I mean, those nights are no joke. Knowing those scenes and working on those scenes together at that hour – you can only do that with somebody that you like, even if the scene calls for tension. I think you would just kill each other if you didn’t like each other.

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Q: Jacob and Sam, I feel like the show wouldn’t work unless the chemistry’s there between Louis and Lestat. There’s a lot riding on that. So how did you two form this immortal bond, if you will, during filming, knowing how important it was?

JA: We just spent a lot of time together even when we didn’t need to (laughs). I don’t know, like, how do you put that kind of thing into words? It’s just, like… I really love Sam. I like spending time with him. I like working with him. I find the way that we talk about what we’re doing… Well, we’re not talking about what we’re doing all the time but I think we have a similar language. I dunno, it’s ki(smet?)… It’s, like, how do you describe a vibe? (laughs)

Q: Sam, how do you describe the vibe?

SR: I think the work, the world and the characters are so extreme and it’s a very intense thing to do. And I think we leant on each other a lot throughout the process and we were very grateful for the friendship that we had built to be able to get through six months of night and some pretty intense scenes. And to have someone that you can look across the room and have a private giggle with and get on with the job and debrief with at the end of the day is invaluable. Chemistry with actors is a complicated beast because it is our job to manufacture it, but when you don’t have to and it just comes naturally it makes everything so much more easy and enjoyable, particularly when you’re nude and bleeding (laughs). You’re really happy you have a buddy (unintelligible).

Q: I was in the Entertainment Weekly suite when all you guys came through for Comic Con at the Hard Rock Hotel and, I mean, I was watching you all interact. Bailey, break it down for me: these two, do they have like a super-bromance going on? Like, what is happening?

Bailey Bass: They’re best friends! They really are, it’s really precious. (Delighted grin from Jacob) Look at Jacob’s face! (laughs)

JA: Are we best friends, Sam?

SR: Yeah, you’re my best friend.

Eric Bogosian: I have to say, I have to throw in: I have two sons who are roughly the age of these guys, and we all went over to Comic Con, us three. And walking around was like being with my kids. The two of them are just like together (clasps hands together) getting into everything and I’m following them around, like “Wait a second, wait a second! Let me catch up with you there!” I didn’t really get it when I first got to set, I didn’t understand what was going on with these two guys, because they were so happy and they were so tired and they were so bonded and I was like “What dimension have I entered here?”

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About the casting process:

JA: I asked (Alan Taylor): “How did you guys decide that it was the right thing?” And he was like: “To be honest, by that point” – cause we did like eight rounds of auditions – “it was more about the way that you interacted when you weren’t doing the scenes. It was about how you listened to each other.” It’s just that we got on, we were pretty comfortable between the things.

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Q: Tell me more about the dynamic between Jacob and you who plays Louis, your love interest?

SR: Jacob and I get on well, we have a close friendship. We bonded strongly throughout the making of this show. He’s one of my favourite scene partners I’ve ever had because it’s just such an easy working relationship. There’s a lot of trust between the two of us. You know, it’s a fucked up toxic relationship. It’s messed up. But at the core of it is like this intense, inescapable love. So, we have to play out a very morbid, obsessive, passionate relationship. I think it would be really hard to do if you hated the person opposite. I’m so grateful that we get on.

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Q: Louis and Lestat have an iconic relationship: epic, spanning years and continents, lives ruined, bloodshed. What is it like bringing that to the screen and working together to really establish that immortal bond?

JA: It’s been the greatest partnership – creative partnership – in my life.

SR: Awww.

JA: No, I’m not joking, it really has!

SR: I’d agree, actually. It’s very hard, it’s a very intense relationship that they have, and you have to believe in that relationship. The things they do to each other are so extreme and painful and hurtful. And it’s been fun to have a real buddy to go through that and debrief with at the end of the day.

JA: I’m not sure how we could’ve done everything that we’ve done if we didn’t really trust each other.

SR: Yeah, it would’ve been awful if we hated each other.

JA: And it’s one of the great… you know, in the books, when they join together again – even when you know how awful they’ve been to each other – it’s just like you’re home, and I think that’s something that we always subconsciously tried to make sure was in there. They are kind of like home to each other, particularly after Louis’ human attachments start to fall away.

Eric Bogosian: I just want to say, these two guys (pointing to Jacob and Sam), it’s great watching them, their bonding and everything. The only difference between them and the guys in the fictional world: I’ve never seen them fight.

Bailey Bass: They were walking together alongside the San Diego beach. (To Jacob and Sam) You were! I mean, how adorable is that?

JA: We’re quite co-dependent. I don’t know if that’s a problem (laughs).

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SR: It’s the greatest gift that I’ve ever been given, really. And then of course (pointing to Jacob) this guy.

JA: Awww!

SDCC 2022 Press Conference

Eric Bogosian: As a witness to what was going on, watching the way these guys (pointing to JA & SR) interacted was amazing. They had a chemistry that I’ve actually never seen before, and it continues even as we’ve been here for Comic Con. It’s wonderful to watch. I won’t get into it too much, I don’t want to characterise what goes on between them, but there was a great feeling on our set.

TV Insider at SDCC

Q: The level of intimacy that you two have to establish early on is really impressive. Did you know each other? Did you get to spend time hanging out before you got to be these immortal entwined characters?

JA (to SR): What did we do? We had like one Facetime call…

SR: Yeah, we had a Facetime call and then we were texting. We texted a lot, so we go to know each other via text.

JA: Me and Sam talk to each other every day, by the way. We couldn’t cut the cord.

TV Insider’s Trivia Night

SR & JA: Hi, we’re Jam Reiderson and we’re from Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire!

Holding up boards that say:

SR: [I won!]

JA: [But I won (really) at life]

SR: Bastard!

JA: Because I get to be with you, Sam, all the time! That’s the twist.

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JA: Me and Sam spent 40 minutes yesterday in a sticker shop. Like, just looking at stickers and buying stickers. That’s not a thing that you ever really talk about. You don’t go like “Are you into stickers?”, you know? (…) I feel like Sam and I end up mentioning things in passing like “Do you wanna go do this or do you wanna do this?” and the other person’s like “Yeah!” But then, we have… There are so many crossovers. You wouldn’t expect it because we grew up in very different ways in very different countries. But we have crossovers of weird things or very niche things that we’d never discussed, really, right up until the point of promoting this show and doing press, that we’re like, “Great!” Like we’re going to go to Universal today. And I thought “Oh, is it a bit of a weird thing to ask?” Like, I don’t know if it’s awkward to… Normally, I wouldn’t ask a friend if they just wanted to go to Universal. But with Sam, I’ll be like “Should we go to Universal Studios?”, and he’s like “Yeah! Let’s do it!” Do you know what I mean? It’s just, I dunno, we just have similarities that we couldn’t have really… We couldn’t have known that we were so similar, but it really helped us when we were working, even if we didn’t know it at the time.

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JA: I don’t know, we just liked each other straight away. We just had similar thoughts about what this was, about what we were doing. He’s one of my favourite people I’ve ever met in my life, let alone worked with. We just work well together. I can’t even really pinpoint exactly why. We’re going to hang out now, like after this we’re going to go to the Grove…

Q: Oh he’s in LA?

JA: Yeah!

Q: Oh my God, that’s perfect! I was going to say when was the last time you talked to him?

JA: Like half an hour ago.

Q: What’s the best thing that came from IWTV for you?

JA: That’s hard to… Sam Reid. Let’s say Sam Reid.

I'll add to this or do a part two if i find more and will be doing another for season 2 promo (if we get any).

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