Lestat de Lioncourt is a fictional vampire in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles.The book "The Vampire Lestat" is the life and times of himself. When he was human he was a French noble man who desired to become an actor on the stage. His dreams come true when he meets Nicolas "Nicki" de Lenfent, the son of an aristocrat who plays the violin, together they run away to Paris and become part of a theater.
Magnus turned Lestat into a vampire though it is not mentioned in the Interview with the Vampire book nor movie, but the name and story comes up in The Vampire Lestat book. In Queen of the Damned film they said that Marius created Lestat but this is indeed incorrect.
The Vampire Lestat was created in 1985.
The ISBN of The Vampire Lestat is 0-345-31386-0.
His human father's name is not known. The one who made him a vampire, and so becamce his "father" as a vampire, is named Magnus. Later on in his vampire life, Lestat meets a vampire named Marius, who becomes his mentor and a vampiric "father" that Magnus refused to be, as well as Lestat's father-figure in a very human nature, as in, to be the loving and dedicated dad which Lestat's human father never was.
Author Ann Rice has a whole series based on her vampire Lestat. Get Vampire Lestat the first book. Steven King has 2 vampire books, Salem's Lot and Night Flyer.
The main characters in "Interview with the Vampire" are Louis de Pointe du Lac, Lestat de Lioncourt, and Claudia. Louis is a brooding vampire seeking the meaning of immortality, Lestat is the charismatic and cunning vampire who turns Louis, and Claudia is the young vampire made by Lestat.
In the movie "Interview With A Vampire", Lestat is played by Tom Cruise- who is seriously sexy. In the movie "Queen of the Damned", Lestat is played by Stuart Townsend.
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The film "Queen of the Damned" (2002) is extremely loosely based on that book and the Queen of the Damned book. However the film alters the storyline and the characters' personalities and relationships so utterly and extremely that it can't really be called the book made into a film, as it's more like the film makers' own story. They threw away the actual original story from the books. But - according to the rumours there may soon be a a new movie about Lestat, and Anne Rice has been asked which book it would base on and she has said "it will probably focus on the content in "The Vampire Lestat"". So, yes, the chances are "The Vampire Lestat" book is going to be a movie.
Lestat De Lioncourt
Magnus created Lestat then killed himself and left Lestat to figure out what had happened. Some time after Magnus made Lestat and commited suicide, the vampire Armand and Lestat's paths cross and Lestat learns from Armand about the ancient vampire Marius, who everyone believes to be dead but Lestat won't believe it but becomes obsessed with his search for Marius. He seeks Marius out to get a teacher who Magnus refused to be to him. About 9 years pass until finally Marius, who indeed is alive, comes to Lestat and becomes his mentor, friend and a father-figure. We first meet Marius through Lestat's eyes in the book "The Vampire Lestat". The film "Queen of the Damned" (2002) had Marius as Lestat's maker in order to save minutes - according to the commentary track on the DVD - but that's not all they did, they also changed Marius's personality drastically... so, they just messed it all up, majorly.
Claudia was 6 years old when she was turned in to a vampire by Lestat.