#iwtv cast diaries

[squirrellypoo]

It’s Mardi Gras! Which also means…

[nalyra-dreaming]

Extra shots of Lestat from the Cast Diary version of "In The Throes Of Increasing Wonder".

(Realized for the first time that Lestat is only pretending to drink here, lol (he does not swallow))

And smiling at Lilly (when talking about composing that song for Nicolas(!):

And some stills:

These last ones definitely drip with longing...

Bonus: Louis looking absolutely splendid.

Yum.

[canonicallysoulmates]

They had a chess specialist design a game specifically for this show. I have no words.

"Bailey and I actually learned all the chess games that we play in this episode. One was designed by a chess specialist that we had come out, and we were sent these little videos and gifs of the game that we could learn in the weeks coming up to it. So Bailey and I would be practicing while we were waiting between set ups. And the other game, the one in which Claudia beats Lestat is called the Polish Immortal. So it was very fun for us to have learned all of these master chess games." - Sam Reid

"When she beats him, when she figures out how he ticks, she figures out what makes him powerful and she gains the confidence. She has to bruise his ego just a little bit before she makes this huge plan. But she figures it out." - Bailey Bass

IWTV: Cast Diaries ep 6

[chicalepidoptera]

Saw this post by @nalyra-dreaming and I couldn't help myself 🥲

(Now, back to my requests ;))

[sapphicgarlic]

you know what would be my best use of the mind compulsion power if i was a vampire? i would steal people’s cool piece of jewerely and clothes. people would go back home without their rings, jackets and earings while i hoard everything in my mausolium being the sickiest bitch dead

[tsumisgarden]

Me, typing, about to search iwtv: "Interview"

Auto fill: "with" ✅

Auto fill: "the" ✅

Auto fill: "vampire" ✅

Auto fill: "diaries" 😶

[poorlittlevampirebaby]

for @iwtvfanevents 'rewind the tape': a playlist for every episode of iwtv s1

i shine only with the light you gave me — episode 4 "the ruthless pursuit of blood with all a child's demanding"

my baby wants a baby — ST. VINCENT

if you could read my mind — ROSE COUSINS

wolf like me — TV ON THE RADIO

all the things you are — ELLA FITZGERALD

daughter — PEARL JAM

oh no darling! — SARAH KINSLEY

children will listen — ELERI WARD

adam's ribs — JENSEN MCRAE

the moon will sing — THE CRANE WIVES

light of love — FLORENCE + THE MACHINE

diaries — MARTYNA BASTA

isn't it a trial? — ALICE BY HEART (GRACE MCLEAN & COMPANY IN THE ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING)

dress yourself — SLEATER-KINNEY

doll parts — HOLE

listen on spotify

[squirrellypoo]

Interview with the Vampire 102 "After the Phantoms of Your Former Self" Cast Diaries

[nalyra-dreaming]

Extra shots of Louis from the Cast Diary version of "In The Throes Of Increasing Wonder".

The jumping in his jaw at the "compensation for the whole evening"...

Especially this look, at Lestat's "What kind of a man wastes this waist with words" is extremely interesting, I think:

Bonus:

Did you notice that look at Lilly kissing Lestat....

And...

Louis! Where are you looking^^ (And yes, it does look as if their hands touched there very briefly).

[canonicallysoulmates]

"We cross-boarded the first two episodes so we shot them at the same time, Sam and I had spent a lot of time together by this point. We've been for walks together and we're texting a lot, chatting, getting to know each other. We found a comfort with some common rhythm. We kind of got to play with that relationship more, because that's what happening in the story as well." - Jacob Anderson

"There's no bond stronger than the vampire bond. They share blood, they share a heartbeat. Louis and Lestat, you know, are so deeply connected to one another, but he knows that Louis does have this temper that drives Lestat wild." - Sam Reid

IWTV: Cast Diaries ep 2

[pynkhues]

so keen to hear your thoughts on the iwtv finale... that last line....

Oh my god, anon, I finished the ep like - - literally ten minutes ago, haha.

Below the cut for spoilers!

My first thoughts are that I loved the episode overall. I love that it especially and frankly painted Louis' unreliable narration - particularly his editorialising and hypocrisy - as inherent in the story that he's telling; from the pages (again) cut from Claudia's diary to the editing choices, both in the cuts after Lestat's murder, and in the way they paralleled Lestat and Claudia's feeding and juxtaposed Louis doing the same.

I love that that casts a palour on everything, from Daniel rightly calling Louis out on the way he disposed of Lestat's body as giving him a chance to survive, to the fact that I mmm, lowkey wouldn't be surprised if it was later revealed that Louis was the one to kill Antoinette, not Claudia (her being dead gives him a lot of power over their narrative, both shared and individual, which the show has lent heavily into already).

That narrative distrust makes the whole episode feel like a fever dream, and it was so well done both in the story iteslf and the way the show utilised Mardi Gras and the poisons and the telepathy and Daniel's in-and-out-of-it-ness as a result of his medication, that the episode just had such a pulse to it, y'know? I loved that.

The Armand reveal wasn't really a surprise to me, and I think in many ways that's actually a testament to Assad Zaman. He's been so great as 'Rashid' and the reason people were speculating him as Armand already were that he really embodies the role so well. I'm really excited to see where the show takes him, but also !! That last line!!!

God.

If Lestat hasn't arisen yet, that'll make him, haha.

It does seem like Armand and Louis have been companions for a long time at this stage, and Armand's energy is Different to Lestat's to put it lightly, but it's one of the things I love about these dynamics overall. Louis and Lestat are both possessive nightmares when it comes to each other, and the reality of that in the time and space their relationship started, and staring down the barrel of immortality, is insane.

Louis dictating his relationship with Lestat to Daniel while Armand as Rashid is effectively playing house with him has such person-recounting-true-love-with-the-person-they-settled-for energy, and I love every part of it. I want every simmering moment of jealousy and transference and fracturing heartbreak in slow motion, and I can't wait until Lestat reappears to just throw a grenade in everything.

[asgardian--angels]

Hey, I just wanted to point out if folks didn’t already know about these, Bailey Bass has been posting episode-by-episode IWTV behind the scenes! They’re her own personal recordings and they show some of the really fun stuff like costume fittings, set tours, hair and makeup, etc - plus she’s a delight to listen to. Much better imo than the small amount we’ve gotten so far from the official Cast Diaries. She has ones up now from pre-production through episode 5, and new ones are posted every week or so! 

[awesomepants87]

I want LOTR DVD set release kind of BTS for IWTV. I want audio commentary for each episode, I want in-depth discussions with the set and costume designers, I want in-depth interviews with the cast. I want a breakdown of the script with each writer. I want it ALL. The cast diaries thing is lovely but isn’t enough.

I’ve reached full fangirl mode over this. When I obsess I really obsess.