Oh, Robert, sweetie, NO.
I love Robert Downey, Jr. If he's in a movie, I will go see it, no questions asked. He's one of those actors guaranteed to get my butt in a seat. This is not a secret.
I also love vampires. As long as they don't frakking sparkle in the sunshine. Because that's just wrong. This, also, is not a secret.
HOWEVER.
Anne Rice will always be conflated in my mind with the "you're interrogating this from the wrong perspective and straining my Dickensian principles to the max" wank that resulted when she got in a pissing war with some reviewers at Amazon. She strikes me as having an overinflated sense of her own writing. Everyone needs an editor, Anne. Even you. I have never picked up one of her books, nor do I intend to.
THUS, I do NOT want to see RDJ as Lestat, regardless of his fitness for the role. If he plays it, I will go, and hold my nose, because Lord knows I've seen him in some godawful movies (US Marshals, I'm looking at you, and yeah, Singing Detective, don't try to hide behind US Marshals, your butt's hanging out).
If Robert was to play a vampire, I'd rather see him as Jack Fleming, p_n_elrod's vampire private investigator. Because that would be a cool period piece (1930's! Speakeasies!), and I like Jack. Jack is cool. If you haven't read any of these, you should run out and find "Bloodlist," the first one.
And I'll stop babbling now, and write. I was hoping to break 100K today.
I also love vampires. As long as they don't frakking sparkle in the sunshine. Because that's just wrong. This, also, is not a secret.
HOWEVER.
Anne Rice will always be conflated in my mind with the "you're interrogating this from the wrong perspective and straining my Dickensian principles to the max" wank that resulted when she got in a pissing war with some reviewers at Amazon. She strikes me as having an overinflated sense of her own writing. Everyone needs an editor, Anne. Even you. I have never picked up one of her books, nor do I intend to.
THUS, I do NOT want to see RDJ as Lestat, regardless of his fitness for the role. If he plays it, I will go, and hold my nose, because Lord knows I've seen him in some godawful movies (US Marshals, I'm looking at you, and yeah, Singing Detective, don't try to hide behind US Marshals, your butt's hanging out).
If Robert was to play a vampire, I'd rather see him as Jack Fleming, p_n_elrod's vampire private investigator. Because that would be a cool period piece (1930's! Speakeasies!), and I like Jack. Jack is cool. If you haven't read any of these, you should run out and find "Bloodlist," the first one.
And I'll stop babbling now, and write. I was hoping to break 100K today.