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Interview with the Vampire director addresses claims he 'miscast' Tom Cruise over Daniel Day Lewis in 1994 classic - and reveals even Brad Pitt wanted 3-time Oscar winner in film
Interview with the Vampire director Neil Jordan has addressed the backlash over his casting of Tom Cruise over Daniel Day Lewis in the 1994 movie.
Cruise, 61, memorably played antihero Lestat de Lioncourt- who turned Louis (Brad Pitt) into a vampire in the film adaptation of Anne Rice's novel - but at the time - there was uproar over the decision to cast the Top Gun star over Day Lewis, 62. Cruise, 61, memorably played antihero Lestat de Lioncourt - who turned Louis (Brad Pitt) into a vampire in the film adaptation of Anne Rice's novel - but at the time - there was uproar over the decision to cast the Top Gun star over Day Lewis, 62 Director Neil Jordan, 74, details allegations he 'miscast' Cruise in his new memoir, writing in an excerpt: ' I offered it to Daniel, who read it, and, as I expected, didn’t want to play the character' (Day Lewis pictured 1990 with the Best Actor Oscar for My Left Foot)
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