The author appeared at EW’s PopFest to talk about her best-selling series.
I didnt believe in planning out a series.
That didnt even occur to me.
Anne Rice (inset); Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst in ‘Interview With the Vampire’.Joe Scarnici/Getty Images; Francois Duhamel
It was more just following him from book to book.
I got an idea once about a guy being recruited by the devil to work for the devil.
I tried to make that novel work for a long time, and it didnt, explains Rice.
And then I thought, What if it happens to Lestat?
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