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Warning: This article contains spoilers for the season 2 premiere ofInterview With the Vampire.
“It’s devastation,” Hayles tellsEntertainment Weeklyof what Claudia is feeling by the end of the premiere.

Jacob Anderson as Louis De Point Du Lac and Delainey Hayles as Claudia.Larry Horricks/AMC
“I think she’s been crawling to this idea of finding others.
What Claudia feels in that moment is what Louis has been feeling throughout their travels.
“Louis just gets increasingly worn down by Eastern Europe,” Anderson tells EW.

Diana Tofan as Daciana.Larry Horricks/AMC
“He’s really going through it.
But since the particular humans they encounter are suffering, Louis needs a change of scenery.
By the end, he’s very ready to get out of Eastern Europe immediately.”

Jacob Anderson as Louis De Point Du Lac and Delainey Hayles as Claudia.Larry Horricks/AMC
The decision to go to Paris “is scary, but really exciting,” Anderson adds.
“It felt like slipping back into an old routine rather than jarring or anything.
Watching that in real time is one of the most surreal things I’ve ever seen in my life.

Jacob Anderson as Louis De Point Du Lac and Sam Reid as Lestat De Lioncourt.Larry Horricks/AMC
I’m very disturbed that I can still see it and hear it.”
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