The opening credit sequence is an emerging composite image consisting of the skyline of Dubai and New Orleans. Dubai is on the bottom of the frame, with New Orleans on the top, which brought together resembles a set of "Vampire fangs".
Interesting Facts about Anne Rice:
- The character Lestat's full name is Lestat de Lioncourt. He was modeled on Anne Rice's husband, Stan Rice, and even given his birthday; November 7th.
- Rice has stated that the "Interview with the Vampire" novel was inspired by her grief over the death of her daughter Michele, who had died of leukemia at 5. In the novel's character of Claudia, she imagined what it would be like to keep a child alive, or undead, forever.
A Sporting House is slang for an unsanctioned gaming house, where not only gambling takes place. One can partake in alcohol and prostitution.
Louis' sister made mention of the Mayfair Witches or Mayfair sisters. Incidentally, in the United States, there was an advertisement for the next chapter in Anne Rice 's Immortal Universe called Mayfair Witches (2023) on the AMC network. It will be released in 2023.
The puzzle Daniel Molloy was putting together in the first scene was a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder "The Fall of the Rebel Angels".It depicts the story of the origin of Lucifer (Satan) as an angel who rebelled against God in primeval times. The archangel Michael was given the duty to drive Lucifer and the fallen angels out of heaven.