AMC's INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE Series Casts Assad Zaman as Rashid
Assad Zaman (Hotel Portofino, Small Axe) has joined the cast of AMC’s upcoming Interview With The Vampire series. He will join Sam Reid as Lestat, Jacob Anderson as Louis, and Bailey Bass as Claudia.
Zaman will take on the role of Rashid, a minor character in Rice's books, who we don’t really know much about in the context of this latest adaptation of the story. Interview With the Vampire follows Louis de Pointe (Anderson), Lestat De Lioncourt (Reid) and Claudia’s (Bass) epic story of love, blood and the perils of immortality.
AMC ordered a seven-episode first season of Interview With The Vampire, and they plan to launch the series in 2022. Rolin Jones (Perry Mason) will serve as showrunner on the series. AMC veteran Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul/El Camino, Halt and Catch Fire and Rectify) will also executive produce alongside Jones. Johnson will also oversee the Vampire franchise. The late Anne Rice and her son Christopher Rice are also executive producers.
The series is set to premiere on AMC and its sister streamer AMC+ in 2022.
Source: Deadline