And the show runner said he's doing this series with full knowledge of everything that happens in the entire Chronicles.... Which is good, bcuz we're getting exposition and character depth in season 2 that didn't come until book 6&7
Especially some of the shit with Armand.
Interview was written 11 years before the vampire Lestat and Queen of the damned....
She had no idea she would further develop any of these characters this much when she originally wrote interview.. the sequel and series wasn't even a consideration. Interview was a stand alone book for a decade
Then all the sequels came out and expanded the universe, along with the witch books, and the other world building stuff she wrote.
So for the TV show they are doing a re- interview both on screen and in the story line... To better connect the interview with everything else.
Those who must be kept were never mentioned in the book interview. Lestat mentions them in season 1
Marius gets a name drop in season 1, never mentioned in the book
The Talamasca was no where to be found in the first book yet we see them in season 2
Armand telling his story happens in book 6. We got it in season 2. In the book interview, he is presented as the oldest vampire in the world. And on the show, right now, to his best knowledge he thinks he still is.
So there are definitely a lotta changes.. And again a lotta readers are livid with the changes and will flat out not watch. But I think the changes help the story ... Bcuz like the clever 4th wall break of Louis and Daniel, the interview as it stands... Is kinda a bad interview.. Great book, bad interview. Daniel didn't ask the right questions. And Louis ALWAYS told a broken story.
So to have an older Daniel force Louis to tell the complete story... It's almost like reading interview with the story knowing that the other books will also come right after