Star Left Out Of AMC’s ‘Interview With the Vampire’ S2 FYC Rollout

Followers of AMC’s Interview With the Vampire are up in arms over what seems to be a serious slight of one in every of Season 2’s brightest stars for potential Golden Globes glory.

The community started its “For Your Consideration” marketing campaign for subsequent yr’s ceremony on Wednesday, giving particular point out to steer actors Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, and Delainey Hayles for his or her portrayals of immortal vampires Lestat de Lioncourt, Louis de Pointe du Lac, and Claudia, respectively, on social media.

Nevertheless, no mentions have been seemingly made from actor Assad Zaman, who performed the vampire Armand in Season 2, and was one of many fundamental focuses of its storyline.

Season 2 of Interview With the Vampire kicked off moments after the occasions of Season 1, with actor Assad Zaman absolutely entering into the footwear of an iconic character from Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles novels.

Within the episode’s opening scene, as recapped by Vulture, a surprised Daniel Malloy (Eric Bogosian) realizes that the servant who has been at Louis’ hip your entire time is just not Rashid, however Armand, Louis’ present lover and a 514-year-old highly effective vampire, performed by Zaman.

Armand claims to have saved Daniel from a rageful Louis in 1973, when the cynical author first tried to interview the 100-year plus Louis in San Francisco.

All through Season 2 of Interview With the Vampire, the story primarily focuses on Armand’s courtship of Louis because the latter remains to be racked with guilt over seemingly killing Lestat, his former lover and the vampire who sired him, within the Season 1 finale.

We quickly be taught that Armand and Lestat have their very own connection, and that Armand’s quiet jealousy, performed to nice impact by Zaman, is expounded to their previous.

On Wednesday night, the official social media accounts of AMC’s Interview With the Vampire started its For Your Consideration marketing campaign for subsequent yr’s Golden Globes ceremony.

Actor Jacob Anderson was given the community’s prime honor as a possible nominee for Finest Efficiency by a Lead Actor In A Tv Drama Collection. Sam Reid adopted with a Finest Efficiency by A Male Actor In a Supporting Function point out, and Delainey Hayles acquired their vote for Finest Efficiency by a Feminine Actor In A Supporting Function on Tv.

The Interview With a Vampire collection itself was introduced a Finest Tv Collection – Drama contender. Zaman, nevertheless, didn’t obtain such a credit score for his work in Season 2.

Followers of the collection and Zaman’s efficiency then rallied collectively to ask AMC how they may ignore the work the South Asian actor offered throughout the season.

X/Twitter person RODRICKSRULE acknowledged, “Don’t get me fallacious – these are all well-deserved,  however Assad performed a serious function this season, and must also be included with out query.”

Fellow person _likeknives introduced up the issue of Reid/Lestat barely showing in Season 2, solely coming into prominence towards the tip of its run.

“Hear, I like Sam Reid simply high-quality,” they defined, “however how do you nominate him as an alternative of Assad [Zaman] for this class? Assad had a much bigger function than Sam in [Season 2].”

Some, unsurprisingly, questioned if Zaman’s race performed a consider him failing to be supplied consideration for a possible Golden Globes nomination.

“Sooner or later, we’ll have a really sincere dialog about the way in which so many productions deal with their South Asian actors,” X person bellalugosi shared.

Though he’s featured in each episode of Interview With the Vampire’s second season, Episode 5 of the set is taken into account by many to be an exemplary present of Zaman’s expertise.

(Spoilers forward. Please keep away from if crucial.)

Within the episode, “Do not Be Afraid, Simply Begin the Tape,” as additionally recapped by Vulture, the viewers is taken again to 1973, and the day Daniel first tried to interview Louis.

Via Season 2, we catch glimpses of Daniel’s reminiscence of that fateful occasion slowly returning to him. Within the episode, he discovers that his introduction to Armand within the season opener was not the primary time the 2 truly met.

Following a heated argument between Louis and Armand over the latter’s half within the demise of Claudia, Louis storms away and makes an attempt to finish his immortal life by standing within the solar. Armand saves him within the nick of time, however refuses to right away assist Louis heal from his near-fatal wounds.

Daniel, having bore witness to the argument and its aftermath, is then psychologically tortured by Armand and is sort of killed resulting from his jealousy (he believes Daniel triggers reminiscences of one in every of Louis’ previous loves).

Earlier than he can observe by way of on this remaining act, Louis, considerably healed however not utterly, stops Armand from carrying it out. Armand manages to change Daniel’s reminiscence of the prior night earlier than actually dumping him in a pile of rubbish.

It’s then discovered that Armand has performed the identical to Daniel’s reminiscence concerning that night, and has been doing so for presumably many years.

Chatting with TV Insider again in August, Zaman shared how he knew Season 2, Episode 5 of Interview With the Vampire would change the sport shifting ahead.

“Once I learn Episode 5, I used to be like, that is genius,” the actor shared. “For 4 episodes [in Season 2] and [all of] Season 1, we stay in these eras which can be romantic and which can be filled with tradition and life. However then, abruptly we’re thrust into this bottleneck that’s actually fairly claustrophobic as a result of we don’t go away the residence in San Francisco.”

“It’s such a unique time [for these characters],” he went on to say. “It’s so fascinating.”

Zaman was additional “blown away” by the shift in Armand’s character within the episode, as he instructed Entertainment Weekly. Nevertheless, he was fearful that he wouldn’t be capable of pull the darkish flip off.

“Oh my God, I used to be blown away, however then I believed, ‘I’m by no means going to have the ability to do that. I can not do it,'” he admitted. “[When it comes to] Armand, you see each side of him, each determined side, and that was actually enjoyable to play. It was the primary episode I shot, in order that was scary, however I am glad I did.”

Each seasons of Interview With the Vampire are actually streaming on AMC+. The present was renewed for a 3rd season simply 4 days after the Season 2 premiere, which TVLine reported again in June.