In Interview with the Vampire Episode 7, the flashbacks reveal how Claudia planned to kill Lestat during an elaborate Mardi Gras ball that he threw before leaving New Orleans. In the present, Daniel confronts Louis, accusing him of leaving Lestat in a place filled with rats to save him and Louis’ familiar Rashid steps in, revealing himself to be the ancient vampire Armand.
It was a jaw-dropping (if not expected) reveal and Assad Zaman confirmed with Comicbook.com that he didn’t know his character was actually one of the most beloved Anne Rice vampires. Once he learned the truth, Zaman immediately felt the pressure. “I was very terrified. I was very scared. I didn’t know. I didn’t know in my first couple of auditions who I was actually auditioning for, and I found out halfway through the process,” Zaman said. He then shared how he learned the truth about his character. “So, I kind of understood where the audience might be when that reveal came up, because it was like, I was singing a zoom like this with Rolin when halfway through the audition process, going into the next bit of audition, but he was like, ‘Look, I want to have a little chat with you about Rashid.’ And in my head, I’m thinking, ‘Why does he want to… He’s got bigger characters to worry about. Why does he want to have a chat with me about Rashid?’” Zaman said.
“And then he sits, and he tells me about who Rashid is, and I’m sitting here clenching my seat going, ‘Just don’t lose your cool. Don’t lose your cool.’ So yeah. I’m under no illusion that this is a big undertaking and it’s going to be tough,” he concluded. We’re loving the plot twist and it certainly changes things up for the series. Needless to say, we can’t wait to see more of Armand in Interview with the Vampire Season 2.
