"Do you know what
it means to be loved by death?" is something that... No pain. Santiago says to his victims
on stage as he basically lulls them
into their death. ♪♪ So all of a sudden, we're
in Paris and we're in exciting
post-war Paris. There's a certain
intellectual fervor that is taking
over this particular city. Paris is everything
that Claudia's been waiting for. I love getting old
baguettes, and, like, Louis, wearing this little scarf is what Louis imagines
French people wear. I'm the
reticent vampire of the night there on the east. I don't think
Louis is really playing at stereotypes
of an American tourist. I think he is that.
He's living it. He is the stereotype
of an American tourist. What do you want? How are you
going to get there? There's some giddiness there, and there's some humor
that they haven't had. Certainly not
since they killed Lestat. Our finest seats. O'Byrne: And then
they get to meet these vampires. And this is really the thing that Claudia has
been desperately seeking. And in Armand, we have someone that is really intriguing
to Louis. So both of them
are over the moon. You learn
when they go to the theater and they meet the coven, Claudia
or someone that needs community. Louis is someone that needs
to know that community is there, but to be away from it a lot. ♪♪ Welcome to "The
Displacement of Reason". What sold Prague to us
as a shooting location for Paris was not the physical Prague, which is one of the most
beautiful cities in the world and can recreate Paris in many,
many ways. It was this huge factory we walked into looking for
the vampire theater. The Americans are
here. And almost immediately,
I just saw the sparkle on
Marla LePere-Schloop's eyes, and our production designers,
and we said, "Okay, we're home." This is where we need to be. It's just spectacular. That was a key factor
that brought us to Prague, was landing this location
and understanding how vital that was going to be
to season two. The prospect
of getting to work on a TV show where there's a theater company was just too exciting
to pass up, and we wanted to have an
exciting leading man, Santiago. So we got the great Ben Daniels. We here at Teatres de Vampires delve into the
underbelly of the human soul. Anderson: Santiago
and the whole coven -- it's like a breath of fresh air. It's like this new mischievous
energy that comes into the show. Hayles: This is what she's been
waiting for. And she envisions a family
with these coven members, just living her best life,
eating people. [Cheers and applause] Johnson: Santiago is
certainly the most theatrical of everybody
in the vampire theater. Everything you're
about to see... Johnson:
He thinks he's Laurence Olivier. ...is real... Johnson: But he is
mesmerizing, and he is captivating. ...and appalling! Johnson: And the audience
loves him. I love you for it. And Claudia immediately falls
in love with what he represents
and wants to be a part of it. [ Screaming ] Santiago: No, no, no,
no, no, no. Let her speak, sir. I'd like to point out,
also, just a little aside, that the woman who plays Annika,
the first victim we see, is actually our director's
assistant. We found out that she is
an actress, a very good actress, and primarily an actress. Sinead, who played the woman, she was very,
very good at being terrified. It was very upsetting to see
because it was like all of her in her entirety. But for Claudia,
I think Claudia fully was like, "Where are the stairs
to the stage? Like, get me on there right
now." Up. Johnson: It was
just so funny to be working alongside the set
next to somebody who all of a sudden is on stage
being devoured by Santiago and later the rest
of the company. And it's brutal and
beautiful and just so theatrical
and so brilliant. [ Cheers and applause ] -Bravo! Anderson: There's, like,
14 vampires now on the show. And I was like, "Wow,
this is intense. This is like a new thing." And they all
had relationships already, and they've been rehearsing and they've been,
like, shooting these plays. It was really helpful
for me personally to walk into this whole world
of vampires. It was, like, unfamiliar
and different as well to what we established
in season one, but also just, like,
a very funny, very lovely group of people. I ask you now --
was it worth the wait? ♪♪ Malloy
is finally getting his footing when it comes to
how to deal with the fact that there are now
two vampires instead of one. Are you two going to finish each other's sentences
for the whole session? We've been together
77 years, Daniel. What was fun was
realizing that we'd spent
all of season one with Rashid lingering in the
background. You're lingering, Rashid. It was fun
for me to see, like, little things that Assad was
doing in season one as Rashid, where you can see him under it What do you think will happen
to Mr. du Lac when you publish this book? I love
working with Assad. He's so intense and
it's wonderful to play against. It's really fun. She wanted to say yes, but she didn't trust you. You hadn't given her
a reason to. Zaman: It's not Malloy's fault
that he's here. He was brought here by Louis. But now that he is here
and he's prying, Armand has to preserve
their relationship and their history together. If you're willing to ask
your questions and then listen. It becomes a battle of wits. What happened next? ♪♪ O'Byrne:
And we have this phenomenal
scene in front of this -- we always called it
the Murder Mansion. It's described exactly
how we see it. They arrive,
and then Louis and Armand have this wonderful flirtation. Enjoy yourselves.
Mmm. That might have been
one of the best days of my life. It was -- [ Laughs ]
It was -- Honestly, it was just adults playing. You coming? A hit
before the play? Hayles: What
I really liked about Levan's direction in this is
that when we got in the mansion, it was like, "You're vampires.
Go have fun. -Be vampires."
-[Shouting] Zaman: The chaos
in the background and vintage noir romance
happening in the foreground. She's something,
your Claudia. Spark in the dark. The thing that I remember most about
filming the Murder Mansion scene was that it's like --
[Imitates glass shattering] "Ah! Ah!" Just, like, all this madness
happening behind him. You must work harder
on that. And every single time
something smashed or popped, I was like --
just jumping. You're not going in? I am now
where I most want to be. But somehow, Assad just managed
to, like -- just very focused
and didn't flinch.