‘The Mayfair Witches’: One of the main characters from Anne Rice’s novels will not be featured in the series

“Interview with the Vampire, by Anne Rice” will kick off the audiovisual universe based on the bestselling novels by Anne Rice that AMC + has prepared. The series starring Jacob Anderson as Louis de Ponte du Lac and Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt premiered on October 2 in the United States and will arrive in Spain soon. After you, the streaming platform will continue to expand this new saga with the arrival of ‘Mayfair Witches’.

Ever since this new production was known, fans of the books have been wondering what to expect from this new adaptation, especially in relation to the main characters of the books. Well, according to TVLine, Michael Curry, one of the most important characters in the novel, will not be featured in the new AMC title. He is a contractor specializing in the restoration of old houses who lives in California even though he was born in New Orleans.

Michael meets Rowan when he drowns and she resurrects him herself. This return to life forces him to return to his hometown despite the fact that he has fallen madly in love with the brilliant neurosurgeon. However, the protagonist ends up returning to New Orleans as well. There they reconnect, get married, and end up living together in a restored house on First Street.. As the trilogy progresses, his character becomes more and more important.

Will it cause changes from the original storyline?

Due to this sensational absence, a great unknown is formed around the plot of the series.. With Michael out of the game, it is necessary to save the statements of Esta Spalding, showrunner of the series, where she explained the idea of ​​the series a bit.

As reported by Comicbook.com, Spalding explained that the title will be inspired solely by the first book, thus allowing the series to establish its own story in future seasons.: “Season 1 picks up where the book goes, with that New Orleans vibe and ghost story of this house. We will meet Rowan Fielding very quickly, who is the main character in the first book and will be throughout the series as well. “series. The central part has around 300 or 400 pages of 13 generations of witches dating back to Scotland. We used part of it and then we feel that we will save part of that great story and saga of all the different generations for the following seasons, if we are so lucky”.

The cast of the series will consist of Harry Hamlin, Annabeth Gish, Tongayi Chirisa, Beth Grant, Jen Richards, Jack Huston, Alexandra Daddario, Hannah Alline and Geraldine Singer.