Robert Downey Jr. could be trading his Iron Man suit with vampire fangs for "The Vampire Chronicles". According to Bloody-Disgusting, the Tony Stark aka Iron Man in "Iron Man" is in "close talks" to star as French nobleman-turned-vampire Lestat de Lioncourt in a big screen return for Anne Rice's popular fiction.
Should the rumor is true, Downey Jr. will be the third actor to take on Lestat, the narrator and main character of the majority of Rice's vampire tale series. Tom Cruise has portrayed Lestat in 1994's "Interview with the Vampire" and Stuart Townsend followed Cruise's footsteps in 2003 with "Queen of the Damned".
Bloody-Disgusting reported that Universal Pictures is looking to revamp the film franchise. Details on how the studio is planning to do the reboot and which Anne Rice novel(s) the film is going to be drawing from are yet to be disclosed.
In early July, Anne Rice wrote on her official site about potential future film projects. "We will see high quality films based on the adventures of Lestat and his friends in the future," the statement read. "We will see a fine film some day of Ramses the Damned. The Mayfair Witches will have new life in film."
"The Christ the Lord books will some day make it to the screen. Angel Time, and the future adventures of Toby O'Dare, will make it to television or film. When I have solid news of a new film based on any of my works, I will post it on this website." So far, she is yet to share any further info about a new feature project.
Robert Downey Jr. has wrapped up filming for his two upcoming movies, "Sherlock Holmes" and "Iron Man 2" the sequel to 2008 blockbuster "Iron Man". In 2008, the 44-year-old received his second Academy Award nomination. It was for his portrayal of Kirk Lazarus in "Tropic Thunder".
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Oh, great. Queen of the Damned was aweful and did the book no justice at all. I wonder how terrible this will turn out to be.
Johnathan Rhys Meyers way better for the role
chuwala, what are you talking about!? Stuart Townsend would just be repeating a dreadful mistake!
Townsend was good, but in a very different way. Cruise was very good, but not what I had in mind. There is NO WAY they could cast Robert Downey Jr. as Lestat..is there? NO WAY! Are these freakin producers reading the books? Have they read the parts that describe Lestat's appearance? Blonde! Blue eyes! Of French descent! I swear I will boycott the movie if they royally screw it up AGAIN. (They = the media, regardless of who).
Stuart sucked as Lestas as well. Lestat is suppose to be very tall, blonde and mean. They should cast someone like Hayden Christensen. That role can not be done by someone with olive color skin and old. They need to be young and fair skinned, if they want to come as close as possible to looking like Lestat.
I agree, Robert Downey Jr. is a great actor, but I dont think he would make a good vampire. You need someone to pull off a more mysterious(stuart) or fancy evil(Tom) look. I really think they should stop switching actors though. I guarantee if you keep a consistent actor for a role you will get many more people wanting to see it. Its just the fact that if the actor plays him good he becomes that character. STOP SWITCHING
I am an absolute lover of the vampire chronicles, but Robert Downey JR as Lestat? No way, he could never pull it off. Maybe someone like Johnny Deep, or Christian Bale. But Robert Downey JR can't, he just doesn't have that right look or feel. And never that Stuart Townsend guy again, he butchered lestat in the queen of the damned, which in mind was a terrible movie, and a complete mockery of the book.
Really I love him and all but just put Stuart Townsend back in he made a wonderful Lestat
i love robert, but he's to old to play that role.