Directed by Neil Jordan and written by Anne Rice. Starring Tom Cruise as Lestat, Brad Pitt as Louis, Kirsten Dunst as Claudia, Stephen Rea as Santiago, Antonia Banderas as Armand, and Christian Slater as Daniel. Rated R. Interview With the Vampire chronicles the lives of vampire Lestat and Louis and a young woman named Claudia from their beginnings to tragic ends.