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Article: Interview with the new vampire: Stuart Townsend, star of Queen of the Damned, talks about baring his fangs--and his abs--as Anne Rice's vampire Lestat. (film).(Brief Article)
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- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- March 5, 2002
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"MY first time in a nightclub with a gay friend, I walked into a room full of men kissing each other, and I was shocked by the energy of the place--the muscles! I had never been in that environment before, and I freaked a little. The homophobia barrier closed in around me--I was scared. But I've grown up a bit since then," laughs actor Stuart Townsend.
The grown-up actor's next gay rite of passage is his star role as Lestat in the film version of Anne Rice's hugely popular novel Queen of the Damned, picking up the fake fangs originally worn by Tom Cruise in Interview With the Vampire. This time out, Townsend transforms the character, formerly an omnisexual ...