This is a word, a podcast from Slate. I'm your host, Jason Johnson. Vampires are experiencing

a renaissance in pop culture, including the sensational television adaptation of Interview

with a Vampire. And actor Jacob Anderson is giving new life to his undead hero, Louis.

He's somebody that was having an identity crisis as a human, but as a vampire, the identity crisis

becomes tenfold. Interview with a vampire is Jacob Anderson coming up on a word with me,

Jason Johnson. Stay with us.

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Welcome to a word, a podcast about race and politics and everything else. I'm your host Jason

Johnson. Fans of Highbrow Horror, like myself, have long loved the work of Anne Rice. She revolutionized

the genre, starting with her 1976 novel, Interview with a Vampire. It was turned into a huge

blockbuster film in 94, starring Tom Cruise as the vampire Lestat and Brad Pitt as the morally

conflicted vampire, Louis Depont Goulac. Now, Interview with a Vampire is back, thrilling viewers

with a new television series on AMC. Louis is back too, but now instead of being a white 18th

century plantation owner, he's a black 20th century upscale pimp and is a British actor Jacob Anderson

sinking his teeth into the role. I'm hoping health and pride won't deter you from the following

proposal. In a week's time, in a setting of my choosing, we revisit the project Boyish youth

prevented us from finishing. 49 years and thousands of miles removed from the room we shared in

San Francisco. I offer for your journalistic pleasures my full attention and my life story.

The show created such a sensation that it was renewed for a second season even before a

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