The classic anti-hero and yet he is the protagonist in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. First introduced in Interview With The Vampire by his offspring Louis de Pointe du Lac. Lestat de Lioncourt reigns on Earth, Heaven and Hell with his wild behavior, fearlessness and stubborness he enchants us all. Besides staring in The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief and Memnoch the Devil he is mentioned in the other tales of the vampires and is played by Tom Cruise in the 1994 film version of Interview With The Vampire with Brad Pitt as Louis. |