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The Vampire Lestat Tracks Will Be Teased in Talamasca Ep. 5: Lafferty

The Vampire Lestat fans will get a chance to preview a track or two from Lestat in the fifth episode of AMC's Talamasca: The Secret Order.

Fans of AMC Networks and Showrunner Rolin Jones's Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, Delainey Hayles, Assad Zaman, and Eric Bogosian-starring series Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat (aka, "Interview with the Vampire" Season 3) had a whole lot to process coming out of New York Comic Con (NYCC) earlier this month. EP Mark Johnson, EP/Writer Hannah Moscovitch, Reid, Anderson, Bogosian, Zaman, and Jennifer Ehle offered an extended first look at the upcoming season, and some big casting news dropped. Sheila Atim (The Irregulars, The Underground Railroad) is officially cast as Akasha, the first vampire in existence. In addition, Noah Reid (Schitt's Creek) is set as Larry, Ryan Kattner (Destroy All Neighbors) is set as Salamander, Seamus Patterson (Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities) is set as Alex, and Sarah Swire (The Boys) is set as TC.

That brings us to today, less than a week before the latest chapter in "Anne Rice's Immortal Universe" makes its official two-episode premiere. But as excited as we are for the series opener, "Talamasca" co-showrunner Mark Lafferty's latest interview with EW has us looking forward to the fifth episode of Talamasca: The Secret Order. Set to air on November 16th, S01E05: "The Puzzle Palace" will give viewers a chance to listen to "a track or two" from Lestat (Reid). While discussing how The Vampire Lestat, "Talamasca," and Mayfair Witches will be weaving characters and storylines around, Lafferty advised fans to listen very carefully to the music playing in the background. "If a viewer is listening very closely in episode 5, they might hear something coming through the speakers of a bar that is a direct tie to another of the series, and might also give somebody some residuals from Talamasca," he shared. "If they're listening at just the right time, they just might hear a track or two that comes from Lestat."

Earlier this month, TV Insider had a chance to speak with Reid, Anderson, and Moscovitch, with Reid and Moscovitch having nothing but love and high praise for Reid's turn as Lestat the Rockstar. "He's wonderful. What do you mean? I mean, it's like there's something. I have to keep reminding myself to not just go up to Sam and gush all the time and be like, 'Well, dude…' I think I've said to you [to Reid] a few times, right? Like, it's so remarkable and special, and Sam works really hard, but there's something that's just very natural about it," Anderson shared about Reid's performances. Moscovitch noted, "There's always a point where one of the directors, like anyone who's new who comes on, pulls me aside and is like, 'What the f**k about Sam and Jacob?' 'And I'm like, 'Yeah.'" Anderson added, He's doing an incredible job. And it's like everybody, everybody, around the set is like, "'He's the real deal.'"

In fact, Reid's performance earned him a fanbase among Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat cast, the crew, and the creative team. "People clap like after multiple takes," Anderson shared. When Reid joked that maybe they shouldn't hype up expectations too much, Anderson doubled down on his praise of his co-star. "It's really special and I've not really seen anything like it. And people are involuntarily clapping at the end of takes like the live that and Sam [Reid], someone will be like, 'You don't need to do that. And I don't know you [to Reid] realize that like people are like [starts clapping] you know?" he added, noting that Reid was getting some great reactions from everyone on the set.

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