The Invitation
The Invitationstar Thomas Doherty reveal how Tom Cruise inspired his vampire execution . DirectorJessica M. Thompson’sThe Invitationwas originally entitledThe Bride . But Thompson herself recently reveal that the title had to be change after virile audiences indicated they did n’t wish it .
The film now known asThe InvitationstarsGame of Thrones ’ Nathalie Emmanuel as Evie , a woman who takes a DNA examination and finds she has a long - lost cousin . But this joyous uncovering turns to revulsion when Evie accepts an invitation to a unstinted wedding thrown by her fresh - incur relative , and finds herself plunged into a incubus of survival . The Invitationco - stars Doherty as Walter DeVille , the cryptical military man who owns the sprawling English estate where the horror wedding is hosted .
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Given thatThe Invitationis billed as being “ inspired ” by Bram Stoker’sDracula , it ’s no surprisal at all that some of Evie ’s graceful new acquaintances sprain out to be vampire . Indeed , vampires were on Doherty ’s mind as inspirations for his portrayal of the sexy and evil Walter . Speaking to Screen Rant , Doherty cite two specific performances that informed his portrayal :
I watch a lot of vampire movies and revulsion movies before . Interview with the lamia — that sort of contract that appeal and that charismatic , evil thing , especially in Tom Cruise ’s character . Al Pacino plays the devil in a motion picture , and the same idea . So , I guess it was just tap into that . Being a bad eccentric and playing a good character , and have that mystery and cognisance in my eye , that helped a lot to have that idea .
The Pacino movie referred to by Doherty is of courseThe Devil ’s proponent , the bonkers 1997 thriller star Keanu Reeves as a untried lawyer who get wind that his founder is literally Satan . In condition of genuine lamia inspiration , Cruise ’s portraiture of Lestat in 1994’sInterview With the Vampireis sure enough much more in credit line with a character who is free-base at least in part on the classic bloodsucker Count Dracula . Of course Cruise ’s performance in the Anne Rice adaptationInterview With the Vampirewas controversial at the metre , especially among Rice lover who felt theTop Gunstar was wildly miscast . But though Cruise was to some academic degree panned for his performance in that flick ab initio , it seems that over the year his work has maturate in reputation and is now reckon as one of the more memorable on - screen vampire performance .
The Invitation ’s Doherty certainly seems to call up that Cruise nail something inInterview With the Vampire , given that he used the performance as at least fond inspiration for his own employment . Audiences will now have to resolve if Doherty ’s own take on the “ high-risk character playing a good character ” turn ranks up there with what Cruise pulled off inInterview With the Vampire . The Invitationunfortunately has just a 38 % critics ’ score presently on Rotten Tomatoes , designate that it might be more of a shamefaced pleasance movie than some kind of a new lamia classic .
