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So-- thanks to silverthoughts, The Vampire Lestat cast pictures.

Quick reaction: Not Louis; not Nicki; maybe Lestat if he has blond hair; Marius...?, Claudia is about forty; Gabrielle is okay; Armand is hot, if too old and WOES they dunt look the way one would think they should.

Reasoned reaction: They'll be on stage anyway, so just stick them in period clothing and wigs and we can just presume they are the characters. I mean, the voices are what matter in the musical above all, right? The empathy for the characters?

In his pre-psychiatrist bashing days, I think Tom Cruise took a fair stab at playing Lestat. Okay, he's too short, and sometimes one just realised it was Tom Cruise in a Blond Wig rather than Lestat, but you could tell he had enthusiasm for the character and the role, and I think it's evident in the film itself-- as opposed to Stuart Townsend sleepwalking through that awful thing that calls itself a sequel.

I rather liked the idea of the same actor playing Nicki and Louis; it would have served to emphasise them being "twins in their self-destruction" and all that. Nicki looks... different to how I thought he would, and Jim Stanek is not handsome enough to play Louis. Then again, few would come close to each of our idealised versions of the character.

Then again, even the most rabid fans can't agree on who should play their favourite character. Johnny Depp has always been my Louis, others think that's crazy talk, that is, and it should be Jonathon Rhys-Meyers. Others swear by...er...Brad Pitt.

In the end, Elton John and Bernie Taupin are big fans rather than b-list actors slumming it in a third-rate movie because they were kicked off the set of Lord of the Rings. And for that reason alone, I have faith in the production. Still sniggering at the thought of the lyrics, though. And saving up for San Francisco/New York. Oh, yes.