According to director Neil Jordan, Daniel Day-Lewis was a suggestion from the studio; actor was not interested in the project at any time
One of the greatest films of his career Tom Cruise (Lestat de Lioncourt) and Brad Pitt (Louis de Pointe du Lac), Interview with the Vampire It almost had a slightly different cast. In the pre-production period, Daniel Day-Lewis was approached to star in the production directed by Neil Jordan.
It is worth remembering how the film was nominated in two categories of Oscar 1995: Best Soundtrack and Best Art Direction. During an interview with Variety to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film’s release, Jordan recalled contacts with Day-Lewis.
“Daniel was mentioned by the studio, but I never thought he would do it. I sent him the script and, unsurprisingly, he said he didn’t want to do a vampire movie. So a lot of people were mentioned,” he said.
“The particular favorites of Anne [Rice, autora do livro no qual o filme foi baseado] they were great people like Rutger Hauer and Jeremy Ironsbut we went through the normal casting process and then Tom Cruise was suggested,” the filmmaker continued.
I went to find Tone twice and then I thought I could get something really great happening here. I always admired Tone as an actor, but other than the fact that he was the biggest star at the time.
Source: Rollingstone
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