Brad Pitt was certainly no stranger to Hollywood prior to 1994, but that year arguably propelled him to movie star status thanks to him starring in The Favor , Legend of the Fall and Interview with the Vampire . That latter movie in particular has remained a fan-favorite all these years later, with Pitt starring opposite Tom Cruise in this adaptation of Anne Rice’s same-named novel. However, Pitt admitted last year that he was “miserable” when he filmed Interview with the Vampire , and now director Neil Jordan has shared his take on why the actor “suffered” during this time.
A little over a year ago, Pitt described his experience working on Interview with the Vampire as “six months in the fucking dark” where he played “the bitch role,” i.e. the Louis to Cruise’s Lestat.
This stemmed from Pitt’s expectations for the role differed from what was in the script that he got just two weeks prior to principal photography beginning. When Jordan was asked by Variety if he was aware of Pitt’s unhappiness at the time, the filmmaker responded: Brad was great in the role. I think the problem that he suffered from was the fact that the role suffers.
It was the passive role, and it was the central role ...
often the narrative central character can be the most passive element in the whole equation. We were shooting at night constantly, we never saw the daylight for months and months, and I think it affected him, but it was part of the character as well. I mean, Louis i.