Westworld actress thandie newton in talks to join the cast. Thandie newton plays the role of shandurai in this 1998 film directed by twotime academy award bernardo bertolucci. Thandie, whose name means beloved, was pegged for success early. After about twenty years, the interview with the vampire is still my favorite vampire movie of all times. The vampire chronicles 1994 thandie newton as yvette. Interview with the vampire was turned into a popular 1994 movie starring. She has played several roles, representing the downtrodden black community in europe and america. The undead are among us and livelier than ever when tom cruise, brad pitt and a talented group of youngbloods star in interview with the vampire, the spellbinding screen adaptation of anne rices best seller thats one the best films of the year caryn james, the new york times. Paramount tv and anonymous optioned the popular 11book series in 2017. Plays a ghost who died as an infant her throat was cut by her mother, oprah winfrey, to save her from a life of slavery, but manifests herself with an adult appearance.
Interview with the vampire is a 1994 american drama horror film directed by neil jordan, based on the 1976 novel interview with the vampire by anne rice, and starring tom cruise and brad pitt. I just purchased the bluray, and although the quality is not very much improved over the dvd release, it has sturdier casing. Westworld actress thandie newton in talks to join the cast of the young han solo movie. Amazon links below to buy the movies and shows mentioned in the video. The vampire chronicles not moving forward at hulu deadline. Rank thandie newtons 10 best movies apr 18, 2018 while it wasnt quite the sensation that rices books had been or that its starry cast may have suggested interview still proved a sizable hit that found favor with a good number of critics. I wake up angry theres a lot to be angry about from hollywoods culture of abuse and exploitation to the lack of black faces in vogue, the actor has had enough. Interview with the vampire bluray tom cruise, brad pitt. Even now in their 40s she looks very hot and has a body of 20yearold. Interview with the vampire vampire lestat queen of the.
Thandie newton list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Interview with the vampire is an atmospheric, highly gripping film involving vampires not a vampire movie. Thandie newton is reportedly in talks for a role in the upcoming han solo movie the spinoff will star alden ehrenreich as the young han solo, and it began filming at the end of last month. Impossible 2 the action love story and sequel to 1996s. Its about seduction, and either you succumb to its inky entrapments or you resist, wrote newsweeks david ansen. Such is the situation that annalees thandie newton finds herself in, and when she runs into an unsuspecting and kindhearted farmer, august king jason patric, on his threeday trip home from. The film focuses on lestat cruise and louis pitt, beginning with louiss transformation into a vampire.
Thandie newton has a small role as louiss creole servant near the beginning of the film, and jordan regular stephen rea appears as a parisian vampire theater star. Apparently the books are a basically a homoerotic vampire fantasy equivalent of fifty shades of gray. Thandie newton simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Her work was steady, and in the 1990s she participated in numerous high profile projects, such as the tom cruise brad pitt film interview with the vampire in 1994. Newton s appearance as yvette in interview with the vampire. Spend mardi gras with interview with the vampire so. Despite lacking some of the books subtler shadings, and suffering from some clumsy casting, interview with a vampire benefits from neil jordans atmospheric direction and a surfeit of gothic thrills. Interview broke weekend boxoffice records when it premiered and has since earned a spot in the pantheon of great vampire films. Interview with the vampire explores all of these deep, important issues whilst delivering an incredibly powerful story populated by charismatic characters, haunting and diverse settings and immortal dialogue. Thandie newton net worth, husband, age, children, star wars, bio. Plays a ghost who died as an infant her throat was cut by her mother, oprah winfrey, to save her from a life of slavery, but. Thandie newton is sitting in a gloomy room in cannes carlton hotel, talking as if her life depends on it. In crash, thandie newton plays christine, wife of terrences cameron.
She is best known for her role as a faithful house slave in the movie, interview with the vampire. Interview with the vampire 1994 the movie database tmdb. Awardwinning boxoffice favorite cruise stylishly plays the supremely evil and charismatic vampire lestat. Interview with the vampire is a 1994 american gothic horror drama film directed by neil jordan, based on anne rices 1976 novel of the same name, and starring tom cruise and brad pitt. The film focuses on lestat cruise and louis pitt, beginning with louiss transformation into a vampire by lestat in 1791. Thandie newton biography facts, childhood, family of. Aug 21, 2018 thandie newton, although 45yearsold, can pull off a minidress like women decades her junior. Thandie newton thandiwe thandie newton born 6 november 1972 is an english actress. Ganzer film interview mit einem vampir 1994 stream.
Newton appeared in the merchant ivory production of jefferson in paris as sally hemings, followed by jonathan demmes drama beloved, based on toni morrisons novel 1998, in which she played the. Bellina logan, thandie newton, lyla hay owen, lee e. Interview with the vampire yvette 1994 the young americans rachael stevens 1994. May 28, 2000 thandie newton is on the brink of international stardom, again. Brad pitt and thandie newton in interview with the vampire. Oct 04, 2019 i have to admit, when the film adaptation of interview with the vampire first came out in 1994, i had little interest. Starring brad pitt, tom cruise, kirsten dunst, antonio banderas, christian slater, stephen rea and thandie newton. Whilst the latter would describe a film that focuses on its vampirism and might be judged on the sharpness of its fangs, this film involving vampires has all the merits of the very best cinema, and at its core is nothing but a fantastic story carried by compelling, believable. Quizmoz offers one of the internets largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced quizmoz quiz masters. Thandie newton in a minor supporting role as one of louis slaves. Interview with the vampire dvd 1994 warner home video. Thandie newton, a culturally diverse british woman with a flair for the arts, spent her early days living in africa and england. The movie was a huge success in australia and a launching pad for another notable, actress nicole kidman, but newton s career languished, so she turned her attention to earning a degree in anthropology from cambridge university, while picking up acting gigs, notably interview with a vampire 1994 and jefferson in paris 1995. Interview with the vampire, 25 years later musings of a middle.
In 1976, anne rice released interview with the vampire, and it got a movie. Thandie newton biography, news, photos and videos page 2. Thandie newton 1972 interview with the vampire 1994 yvette. The two vampires nearly succeed in killing lestat twice and flee aboard.
Over 20 years later and with a reboot on the way, catch up with the cast of interview with the vampire and guess who you now know from harry potter. Interview with the vampire horror author anne rice penned the screenplay for this fullblooded adaptation of her novel, which chronicles the life of 18thcentury nobleman louis brad pitt after he is bitten by powerful, charismatic vampire lestat tom cruise. Thandie newton has been on the cover of many magazines and has repeatedly been voted as one of the sexiest actors alive. As the title suggests, and based on the anne rice novel, the film is based around an interview given to a reporter christian slater by a vampire brad pitt. Louis pitt tells his eventful vampire story to biographer, daniel slater so, this may be an unpopular opinion, but we dont really like this movie. Dunst, antonio banderas, thandie newton, stephen rea and others. Interview with the vampire celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
Her work has run the gamut from art house pictures such as director bernardo bertolucci s besieged, to oprah winfrey s highly touted production of beloved, to the big budget action blockbuster mission. After the film flirting 1991, newton played a faithful house slave yvette in the brad pitttom cruise film interview with the vampire 1994. It seemed prime for a franchise especially with three more books. Rank thandie newtons 10 best movies thandie newton has done some of her best work in movies that were destined to land with less than blockbuster impact at the box office, but they arent all the sensitive, cerebral dramas one might expect. This film based on the short story the siege by author james lasdun. Having not read rices novel and never will, i was expecting a straightforward vampire flick involving teeth biting, vaporisation by sunlight and plentiful scenes of smouldering. Bryan fuller joins the vampire chronicles from paramount tv. Plus a young thandie newton and very young kirsten dunst round out the cast. Armand invites louis and claudia to his coven, the theatre des vampires, where the vampires stage theatrical horror shows for humans. The vampire chronicles yvette 1994 loaded zita 1994 the young americans rachael stevens 1993. The novel was a smash hit, launching her vampire chronicles series and placing lestat firmly in the lexicon of great vampires like dracula and count orlok. I hadnt yet read any of author ann rices vampire chronicles books, and i wasnt much of a vampire buff save for a handful of movies. I watch it every few years, and still enjoy every moment of it. Almost on a whim, she landed a starring role in the lowbudget australian feature, flirting 1992, which immediately established newton s potential.
Interview with a vampire 20th anniversary edition bilingual. The film focuses on lestat cruise and louis pitt, beginning with louis s transformation into a vampire by lestat in 1791. May 06, 2014 amazon links below to buy the movies and shows mentioned in the video. She is the daughter of a zimbabwean mother, nyasha, a healthcare worker from the shona tribe, and nick newton, a british father who worked as a lab technician.
On this date in 1972, a film star was born in london. Interview with the vampire lusciously sinks its broody fangs into your mind. Shes been oprahs beloved, and starred in interview with the vampire and mission. Interview with the vampire is a 1994 american gothic horror drama film directed by neil jordan. From hollywoods culture of abuse and exploitation to the lack of black faces in vogue, the. See the cast of interview with the vampire then and now. Thandie newton cuddles up to husband ol parker at yardie. Gallery books to publish an investigative book about whitney houston and.
Interview with the vampire, 25 years later musings of a. The actress joined her husband ol parker at the yardie premiere in london wearing a blackandpink. Thandie newton biography, news, photos and videos page 3. Interview with the vampire, 25 years later musings of. Newton shot to fame after a brief appearance in interview with the vampire. Thandie says shes had her own experience with racism during the movie casting process. But, when she was an aspiring young actress and while she was trying to make it big, she did suffer from bulimia.
She has performed in numerous british and american movies, including the pursuit of happyness and mission. Bitten and drained of blood by brad pitt, who then carries her body out the door to confront the crowd outside. These pop culture vamps put the fang in fangtastic. Thandie newton has established an impressive list of screen credits since making her film debut in 1992. Interview with the vampire archives house of tortured souls. She has appeared in several british and american films, and is known for roles such as linda in the pursuit of happyness, nyah nordoffhall in mission. Interview with the vampire 1994 r 11111994 us horror, drama, fantasy 2h. James lasdun wrote the 2006 novel seven lies and was longlisted for the man booker prize for fiction. Thandie newton full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. I had a meeting for a film that i was going to do, thandie explains. Thandie newton, although 45yearsold, can pull off a minidress like women decades her junior. How did lestat survive from getting set on fire and horribly burned. It has been years since i had seen this film and since i was reading the book.
She has played in several crowdpleasing movies like mission impossible ii and the pursuit of happyness. The following year, thandie earned her biggest role to date as sally hemmings, the love interest of. If this is how much effort the british star puts into an interview, she must be a. Despite having grown up without the ambition to perform in front of the camera, thandie newton nonetheless grew into an accomplished, but often overlooked actress. Thandie newton was still a littleknown actress when she landed the. Brad pitt, tom cruise, antonio banderas, kirsten dunst, christian slater, thandie newton, stephen rea, neil jordan, anne.
In 1976, anne rice released interview with the vampire. Despite lacking some of the books subtler shadings, and suffering from some clumsy casting, interview with a vampire benefits from neil jordans atmospheric direction and a. Thandie newton, antonio banderas, and christian slater. Interview with the vampire, mission impossible pursuit of happyness, crash, 2012. Thandie newton biography affair, married, husband, ethnicity, nationality, salary, net worth, height married biography who is thandie newton. Watch thandie newton interview with the vampire video on xhamster the ultimate archive of free vampire xxx. After the film flirting 1991, newton played a faithful house slave yvette in the brad. Melanie thandie newton is a wellknown english television and film actress. Horror movies based on books 1 young horror actors then and now 1 creepy, spooky kids 1 characters recast between seasons and sequels 1 back in the day. Interview with the vampire was turned into a popular 1994 movie starring brad pitt as louis and tom cruise as lestat, along with christian slater, kirsten dunst, antonio banderas, thandie newton. See more ideas about interview, interview with the vampire and the vampire chronicles. She is the daughter of a zimbabwean mother, nyasha, a healthcare. From films to tv, thandie newton has become a geek icon.
He recounts his journey from his vampire birth and his inner torment at trying to resist being what he has become. Actors early roles 1 our favorite book toscreen adaptations 1. Interview with the vampire posted by stonehog on 91418 at 8. Birth, age, parents, siblings, ethnicity, education she was born on 6 nov 1972 in. I have to admit, when the film adaptation of interview with the vampire first came out in 1994, i had little interest.
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