The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Before vampires were aesthetically appealing, they were physical anomalies and ostracized outsiders whom we banished to the dark, and they didn't have the appeal that they do now.
The role seemed to demand that I keep myself worked up to fever pitch, so I took on the actual attributes of the horrible vampire, Dracula.
The vampire movies I embraced as a kid used vampirism as a metaphor that expressed deep sadness and a lot of human qualities.
But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster.
I think 'House of Night' blew up the way it did because it offered so many people a fantasy that they can be... vampires are very alluring.
Vampires are handy characters, as they can do double duty as monster/villains and the classic, misunderstood romantic hero.
Vampires to me have always been very sexy.
The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.
Vampires used to be like Dracula, and now they're young teenage kids, so yeah, I like that.
I'm a big fan of vampire movies generally and that sort of tradition of characters.