Interview with the Vampire (1994) Directed by Neil Jordan Writing credits: Anne Rice (novel) Anne Rice (screenplay) Cast: Tom Cruise .... Lestat de Lioncourt Brad Pitt .... Louis de Pointe du Lac Kirsten Dunst .... Claudia Stephen Rea .... Santiago Antonio Banderas .... Armand Christian Slater .... Daniel Malloy Virginia McCollam .... Whore on Waterfront John McConnell .... Gambler Mike Seelig .... Pimp Bellina Logan .... Tavern Girl Thandie Newton .... Yvette Indra Ové .... New Orleans Whore Helen McCrory .... 2nd Whore Lyla Hay Owen .... Widow St. Clair Lee Emery .... Widow's Lover Synopsis: The vampire Louis relates his story of how the supremely evil and charismatic vampire Lestat lured him into the immortality of the damned, and of the life events that occurred over the centuries since that time. Based on the novel by Anne Rice.