Louis finally agrees and only days later, Claudia and her companion are both killed by vampires from the theatre. They try to sentence Louis to eternal life in a box, but Armand saves him and gets what he wants by acting as the hero. .

             Louis, angry for having lost Claudia, goes on a mad killing spree of vampires n Paris and returns to the U.S.A. where he finds Lestat alone in a house barely living. He says a few words and leaves. .

             The movie ends when the reporter wants to become a vampire and Louis scares him and leaves. On the drive home, Lestat comes out of the back seat, bites the reporter and drives the car. It seems Lestat has found his new companion.

             Like I said, the screenplay and script were excellent, but I think it was the actors who made this movie great. Though there was much discussion about Tom Cruise being able to live up to playing the role of the vampire Lestat, he pulled it off magnificently partly because he wanted to show everyone that he didn"t always have to play pretty boy parts or macho parts. That he could be just as dark and mysterious as anyone else who tried to play the part could. He truly became his character as I think every actor in the film did.

             Brad Pitt plays the role of Louis. He too becomes the character maybe even a little more than Cruise did. There was never a doubt about him for Louis. He knows how to be the dark vampire with a soft side. His actions alone make him perfect for the part.

             Perhaps the best casting job done though, was the casting of Kirsten Dunst for Claudia. This may be because Kirsten is my favorite actress, but it was this movie where I first saw her talent. She was very young when she was in the film, and played the little girl very well. It was her performance as the aged vampire with such intelligence though that surprised everyone. She did just as wonderful a job portraying the aged intelligent Claudia, as she did playing the girl very near to her own age.