The whole script version can be found for one place,
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.
[Bending down, he gazes at Lestat.]
MARIUS
You've lost a great deal of blood.
LESTAT
(near tears)
I'm dying.
[Suddenly Marius draws a knife from a Roman sheath on his
belt. With the last of his strength, Lestat grabs his
attacker's wrist.]
MARIUS
Then drink.
[Guiding Lestat's hand with the knife, Marius smiles and
cuts his own arm, opening his veins. Lestat stares in
true terror as Marius lets his blood drip onto Lestat's
lip. Lestat pulls away as the blood slides into his
mouth...]
MARIUS
Good, is it not?
[And indeed... it does taste good. That's the new terror
that's gripping him. He crosses himself and stares up
into Marius's gentle eyes. Marius bends down, cups
Lestat's chin.]
MARIUS
Drink and live. You've been brave
enough for one night, my son.
[Marius brings his open vein to Lestat's lips. Lestat
hesitates, but then suddenly... Feeds hungrily as
Marius's face fills with the bond. He slowly sinks
down to his knees as Lestat feeds and feeds. As
Lestat drinks, a barrage of IMAGES flood into him...}
52 IMAGES 52
of Marius's life through the ages... Impressionistic,
subliminal burst of IMAGES, color... the glory days of
the Roman Empire to this very moment flash by...
53 BACK TO LESTAT 53
[He keeps drinking from the vampire Marius who gasps with
the creation of his child.]
MARIUS
Drink... drink and learn.
[Lestat's body grows stronger, his back arching up as he
draws the "life" into him with full force, as... Marius
begins to weaken, himself.]
MARIUS
There... there... that will do.
[But Lestat keeps on feeding hungrily.]
MARIUS
No... no more. Lestat, no more!
[With one great move, Marius pulls Lestat off his arm and
tosses him across the floor twenty feet away. Marius
reels back, clamping his open vein with his hand as
Lestat curls on the ground, gasping ecstatically from the
rush.
Slowly, Lestat starts to feel something. Pain begins
travelling through his body, consuming him until he
screams. Marius crosses to Lestat convulsing on the
floor. He kneels and gently wipes his brow. Lestat's
body thrashes as he grabs at his own limbs...]
MARIUS
Don't be afraid, it's only your
body that dies...
[Wiping his brow as he dies...
Then, Lestat's face still buried in his arms, he begins
to laugh almost drunkenly. Raising his head, his
metamorphosis is clear as his face pales and his eyes
fill with a new kind of power.]
LESTAT
More!
[Lestat smiles with red glistening lips. A beat on Marius
as he slowly smiles, too.]
// COMMENT: Awww. Lestat's truly portrayed there like a very small child whose father's trying to heal and comfort him. Would've been a nice depth-giver seeing to the general image of Lestat as a bratty teenager. //
88 INT. MARIUS'S VILLA - NIGHT
[Lestat takes the stance of a gymnast -- he launches upwards... flies up into the air several feet... he lands laughing.
Marius reclines on a couch, watching his fledgling with amusement.]
LESTAT (V.O.)
... and as for my new powers, I
was beside myself with the
pleasure of it all.
[Lestat prepares himself again and this time leaps... but he doesn't know his own powers and tumbles through the air, collecting a few ancient vases and relics as he crashes to the ground.
Marius winces then laughs as Lestat emerges from behind the furniture, covered in bits of pottery, a small cut on his cheekbone.]
// COMMENT: Mwaha. Reminds me a bit of a child who's just learnt to walk and loving the new skill and nothing's safe at home anymore. //
56 EXT. ISLAND'S SOUTH SHORE - NIGHT 56
[Marius kneels over the body of the Father on the island's
deserted shoreline. Tosses him in a boat. Lestat gazes
at the lifeless body of the girl. Marius turns to
Lestat, furious.]
MARIUS
I will not have you put everything
at risk! You will mind our laws!
[Picking up Lestat's victim, Marius tosses her into the
boat as well.]
MARIUS
We remain in the shadows. To do
otherwise is a road to
destruction...
[Marius turns to Lestat, who stands in silence, gazing at
the girl and her Father.]
MARIUS
(quietly)
I see you still have a few
lingering mortal emotions. They
will serve you no good, Lestat.
[Lestat turns to Marius, shaking his head, speaks in a
horrified whisper...]
LESTAT
My God, what have you done to me?
[Lestat turns again toward the bodies of the dead girl and
her Father, his face filled with pain, enormous sadness.]
LESTAT
(whisper)
She's just a child... forgive me.
// COMMENT: I prefer the movie's version. I think it more marius-like not to yell at him in such a situation. Who knows maybe he intended to in the movie too but understood in time Lestat was for one thing too young to understand. (Probably just a few days old vampire seeing to that he had to teach him about not drinking the last drop.)
And somehow even generally the atmosphere and lines given to Lestat were more in-characte rin the film. For once... //
MARIUS
Don't you understand? You must
stop this concert!
LESTAT
(shakes his head at
Marius)
200 years and the same broken
record.
MARIUS
No. Not the same! You've only
known Akasha dormant. She too
will find you. She is choosing
her moment. She has come to
destroy you, Lestat. And in her
wrath, she will devour everything
that moves. Mortal and vampire
alike.
LESTAT
(smiles at Marius,
softly)
Well then, it's every vampire for
himself. Just the kind of rules I
like. The rules you taught me.
[Marius is enraged, tries to control himself. Lestat
gazes at him, speaks steadily.]
LESTAT
Do you remember your first words
to me, Marius? 'I am unknowable.'
(shakes his head)
I'd rather not exist at all than
have to live eternally as a ghost.
MARIUS
And you're taking everyone with
you, you fool! We were once
mortals, too. It is our heritage
we protect!
LESTAT
(moving away)
Such reverence for mortals! Then
you should have left me as one!
MARIUS
You're a monster.
LESTAT
(shakes his head with a
dark laugh)
Said the vampire to his son.
[Lestat turns, leaps off the billboard, disappearing into
the black night. Marius stands alone.]
// COMMENT: I'd have loved those dialogs in the movie. It's to fun when Lestat comes up with a smart-ass comment that really runs over Marius's comment. :D //
[He turns slowly to the corner where she sits. They lock
eyes. Lestat's face stares cold and hard.]
JESSE
What has she done to you?
LESTAT
Made me see.
[Taking his arm, Akasha draws Lestat to her. The Ancient
Vampires subtly position themselves under the medieval
weapons hanging on the walls, as Marius moves toward his
son.]
MARIUS
Lestat... step aside.
LESTAT
Never. She is my Queen.
[Marius looks for some recognition in Lestat's eyes.
There is none.]
// COMMENT: Yaaay! Don't step aside, Lestat! Kill Jesse! Kill her!!! 8DD Unfortunately he doesn't. He even calls her "my love". EWWW!!! Horror!! //