The vainglorious homogeny of the Toronto skyline is something to behold, an onslaught of condominiums dominated by a 147-floor Waterpik. Its banality lost on the polite citizenry of Canada — Vampire Lestat.
That’s Sam Reid’s 266-year-old Vampire Lestat snarking on the real Toronto skyline in an episode titled Toronto and filmed in Toronto.
Season 3 of AMC’s Vampire Chronicles shifts the focus to French vampire Lestat de Lancourt and his life as an aspiring rock star on tour.
We’re filming in Toronto. There’s gonna be a lot of music . . . I’m really looking forward to unleashing rock star Lestat into the world. — Sam Reid.
Here’s a backstage sneak peek of Lestat’s tour filmed in Toronto.
Seasons one and two of AMC’s new take on Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire books told vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson)’s story of love,, blood and the perils of immortality to a journalist (Eric Bogosian).
Interview with the Vampire centers on the life story of vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) as told to veteran journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) to whom he previously gave an unpublished interview in 1973.
An affluent black man in the 1910s New Orleans, Louis is romanced and later made a vampire by the charismatic Lestat de Lancourt (Sam Reid).But Louis struggles with his humanity, and the introduction of Lestat’s newest fledgling, the teenage vampire Claudia (Delainey Hayles), only strains their relationship further.
Season 3 tells vampire rock star Lestat (Sam Reid)’s side of the story.
Delaney Hayles returns as young vampire Claudia and Assad Zaman as Armand.
Jennifer Ehle joins as Lestat’s mother.
Ella Ballentine as Baby Jenks, Jeanine Serralles as Christine Claire, Christopher Heyerdahl as Marius,and Damien Atkins as Magnus
The Vampire Lestat:
Toronto filming dates: June 16 2025 – October 10 2025.
Showrunner: Rolin Jones.
Cast: Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles, Assad Zaman, Jennifer Ehle, Ella Ballentine, Jeanine Serralles, Christopher Heyerdahl, Damien Atkins.
Producers: Dwight Street Books, AMC Studios.
Filming in Toronto:
Seasons one and two filmed in New Orleans, Prague, and Paris, but season three was shot in real concert venues in Toronto subbing in for cities like Detroit and Indianapolis and on four sound stages.
Toronto’s historic Danforth Music Hall with 300 extras plays Detroit in the premiere.