I have a legally bought print copy of this, but I did not type the following.
The whole original script can be read
here.
Please note that these are my opinions and mine alone, you are free to make your own decisions yourselves.
The script was Written by Scott Abbott and Michael Petroni.
[Lestat is fascinated enough to control the impulse within him.]
MARIUS
In all the years I've cared for
them, talked to them, prayed...
not once have they moved...
LESTAT
Until tonight.
[Suddenly Lestat roars and the manacles explode off his ankles and wrists. The cast iron scatters across the marble floor. Marius is surprised and cautious at Lestat's strength.
Lestat leaps to his feet and heads towards the trap door.]
MARIUS
Lestat, no!
LESTAT
Oh, Marius, just one more time.
MARIUS
Something's happening to you...
[Marius blocks his way.]
LESTAT
(snarls)
You'll not stop me...
[Marius shocked.]
MARIUS
(hushed)
Lestat... I hear her blood in your
voice.
LESTAT
Get out of my way!
MARIUS
Akasha is the harbringer of death.
A force malignant beyond your
comprehension. If she were ever
to truly rise, she would drink the
earth dry.
LESTAT
She chose me, not you!
[Flash.
Marius moves at super-speed, grabs Lestat by the neck, and pins him against a pillar. He does this with such force that the pillar almost collapses.
Lestat looks at Marius, newly aware of his true powers.
Marius horrified that he should lose control, moves away.]
MARIUS
You are young and cruel, my son...
[He looks at his fledgling with great sadness.]
MARIUS
It was a mistake to bring you
here.
[Lestat is thrown out onto the balcony by a great force.]
// COMMENT: Now that would've been more colourful and interesting but then again I think the movie's version where he breaks free from only one chain and Marius chains him back, works better and more realistically seeing to how easily Lestat's to break free.
But that pilar almost collapsing for that action would've given a nice sample of how ancients really difference from young ones in other things too than just wisdom.. //
[105 EXT. MARIUS'S VILLA - BEACH - NIGHT
... the sand below. Lestat runs down the beach... the sand showing no footprints.]
LESTAT (V.O.)
Many times since, I have called to
Marius. I howled into the night
in loneliness and pain.
[Lestat disappears off into the night.]
LESTAT
But there was no answer -- just
the endless procession of days,
months, years...
// COMMENT: Might have been even more emotional scene like that. //
[OVER TO Lestat's coffin, stealthily APPROACHING his "sleeping" figure laying closed-eyed and almost peaceful-looking, when...
Lestat bolts up and looks around the room to see... nobody.
Lestat's instincts are as alive as they could ever be as he scans the room with all his powers, and to his utter surprise finally sees...
A painting sitting by the wall, turned front-side-over.
Lestat gets out of his coffin and goes over to the painting with trepidation. He turns it over and then smiles to himself.
It is a portrait of Lestat as a rocker. The hand and style are unmistakable.]
LESTAT
(whisper)
Marius...!
[117 INT. LESTAT'S MANSION - LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS ACTION
Lestat bursts out the doors of his bedroom and looks down into the living room. Marius reclines on a couch, still dressed in red velvet, his legs crossed in the most human fashion, flicking through a magazine.
Marius puts down the magazine.]
MARIUS
Lestat.
[Lestat is overcome with conflicting emotions. The two vampires regard each other... then, slowly, smiles rise to their faces.]
LESTAT
How did you manage to discreetly
get through the 1950's in red
velvet?
MARIUS
I slept.
LESTAT
Don't think you missed much.
MARIUS
Elvis.
LESTAT
Elvis, yes.
MARIUS
You're bigger than he is now.
LESTAT
I'd say a few pounds lighter.
Though, if you ever catch me
wearing a white jumpsuit, you
my permission to slice off my
head.
MARIUS
This is what you've always wanted.
LESTAT
Fame? Yes, although I can't go
out in public anymore. It's
become impossible for me to hide.
MARIUS
It's good to see you, Lestat.
LESTAT
Is it?
MARIUS
Don't look so sullen. I know that
you've called to me many times.
But the world's changed so quickly.
LESTAT
You just lost track of time.
MARIUS
Please, come down, I want to look
at you.
[Lestat jumps down and lands gently beside Marius. Marius holds out his arms. Lestat moves closer but doesn't give Marius the satisfaction he wants. Marius lowers his arms.]
MARIUS
You know, you still manage to
amaze me. You're not at all
frightened that you might be
killed for what you've done.
LESTAT
Is that what you've come to do?
MARIUS
Kill my own child? I'd miss you
too much. No, it's not me you
should fear.
LESTAT
Those fledgling idiots on
motorcycles? I can handle them.
MARIUS
I don't mean the young ones.
There are stirrings... I've sensed
them...
LESTAT
(rolls his eyes)
Them...? Who are 'them'?
MARIUS
The Ancient Ones, much older than
even me.
[Lestat is surprised, but doesn't want Marius to see it. He covers with bluster.]
LESTAT
So, let them come. Let them all
come.
[Marius looks amused.]
MARIUS
Your wish may come true my Brat
Prince. Your music has woken your
most dangerous admirer.
[Lestat looks confused until it dawns on him.]
MARIUS
Yes... And she hasn't just lifted
her arm this time.
[Lestat's eyes are wide with excitement.]
LESTAT
Akasha...
MARIUS
She has taken her King's blood. I
think she has absorbed his power.
LESTAT
She's left you. All those years
you've sacrificed and bound
yourself to their service. And
she kept her mysteries to herself,
and she never gave you anything.
[Marius becomes eerily still. A deep somber TONE starts to VIBRATE. The GROUND RUMBLES with a sigh. Lestat looks around, a little taken aback, sensing the scope of Marius's power.]
MARIUS
Lestat, if you cannot forgive me,
so be it. But I beg you, don't
provoke her. If you perform at
this concert, you will be
vulnerable. I cannot protect you.
LESTAT
Did I ask for your protection?
[Lestat goes to the window, trying to contain his excitement.]
LESTAT
I waited for you two hundred
years, and all you have to say is
'don't' and 'can't'.
(shakes his head)
You can kill me right now if you
choose, but I will make my debut
at that concert. And it will be a
sensation.
MARIUS
Hmmm... that I don't doubt.
// COMMENT: I know their relationship isn't that significant for the flowing of the story itself but I do think it's important seeing to why Lestat is how he is so it should've been paid more attention, like that.
'Cause Lestat's like, the leading character and the cause of Akasha's rising and the headache of everybody and…and… Also, this version of the scene would've brought up the title "Brat Prince".
AND this version would've been more believable seeing to how Lestat took Marius's return. And shown Marius came back to protect Lestat and not just... gosh I mostly hate the film's version. //
PANDORA
Lestat.
ARMAND
Lestat is the reason that Akasha
has woken. So Lestat must die.
When Akasha learns of Lestat's
death there will be no reason for
her to remain and she will return
to her slumber.
MARIUS
That is simple-minded logic.
ARMAND
Marius, in this, you voice does
not count.
// COMMENT: Now, I just found that funny. How fair from Armand. :'D //
MARIUS
This is what you've always wanted.
LESTAT
With all my heart.
MARIUS
I've always enjoyed your company,
Lestat.
LESTAT
Then stick around.
MARIUS
(hesitantly)
There's still time to leave.
LESTAT
And disappoint my fans?
MARIUS
Yes, maybe even me.
[Lestat smiles, appreciates the sentiment.]
MARIUS
Give me a yell from hell, won't
you?
LESTAT
When I think of you.
// COMMENT: That breaks my heart. Even teh thought of one or the other tragically dying and the other left behind. Well, that's just about all from that. Marius does appear on the stage to protect Lestat in the original script too but there's nothing significantly different in that scene. //