I’m Ready for the Mayfair Witches

Remember when Star Trek: The Next Generation tried this plot?

The Witching Hour is my favorite Rice book. I’m excited for this.

[Quote] “Alexandra is a singular talent who has lit up the screen in everything she’s been in

She most certainly did on True Detective.

[quote]I’m Ready for the Mayfair Witches

And I'm ready for the Grim Reaper.

I thought Rowan had white blonde hair?

Ah yes, the incest books. Good luck with that.

R6 incest GHOST books....yee-haw!

I don’t recall Rowan having enormous tits, but whatevs.

The real question is who is playing hunky Michael?

This series featured Mona, the nympho 15-y-o who "seduced" most of her male relatives. Her character was presented as a frustrating scamp rather than someone who'd been groomed to act out sexually by a disembodied spirit--the same spirit that had been grooming the entire family for generations. The ghost also sexually assaults a sleeping Rowan in, as I recall it, the first book's opening scene. Wow, this novel has stuck with me for almost 30 years.

In any case, this smut is just a bit too smutty for me, and I watch daytime soaps.

Jack Huston is playing Lasher. He's not hot enough for the role.

R11, would you rather Anjelica Huston play Lasher?

"a singular talent who has lit up the screen in everything she’s been???

LOL

She's dazzling, she's exciting, and very, very sexy!

She has the type of crazy eyes that creep me out.

Yep. Amanda Peet eyes.

She's fine in romcoms, even when they're terrible. But she seems to like horror as well.

I am looking forward to this, and the Vampire Chronicles show - just sad that Anne passed away before she got to see them.

Photographs don't always do her justice, when you see her on TV she's stunning.

She was on a few episodes of White Collar. I thought she had intense beautiful eyes. Then I discovered she has a brother who's also an actor. Oh yea.

[Quote] Then I discovered she has a brother who's also an actor.

Apparently Alexander and Matthew aren't close anymore because of who he's married to - her family is Republican 🤢

R21, I can’t blame them.

I’ve had female friends marry anti-gay racist bigots who reenact civil war battles. It’s ended the friendships.

The trailer is out.

Is it just me or does it seem like a letdown compared to Interview with the Vampire?

Please God, let them skip the whole Rowan + Lestat 4EVER bullshit from Blood Canticle.

Rice's fandom fucking REBELLED over that mess.

R24, it seems like it because it is. The Mayfair Witches books were never on the level of the Vampire Chronicles.

She was fine as part of the ensemble for White Lotus.

R23 of course they used a Halsey song.

r24 Yes, it looks like a CW spinoff of the main Interview show, in just about every aspect. I'm getting slight AHS: Coven and True Blood vibes from the trailer, which isn't necessarily bad.

So wan and boring.

God, she just seems so DUMB with the mouth hanging open and the drawling, vocal fry line readings. Hot body and beautiful face… but just overall aura of “empty headed sorority girl.”

You need a brilliant Hitchcock blonde for this role. Do they make them any more?

Amanda Seyfred or one of the Fannings would be much better as Rowan.

Her acting looks so bad in the trailer. She’s nothing but a set of eyes

she is many things R33

Hope she doesn't play another murdered rape victim in this.

It’s out on AMC+. The first episode is pretty good and exactly what I expected it to be. Slow burn and heavy on atmosphere.

Also, Beth Grant!

Here is a recent trailer.

Just watched episode 1. I can barely describe how depressing this is. Depressing and cheaply made. Disappointing and low budget with tepid/flavorless writing. I like Alexandra…but she is the only compelling actor in the cast…and it’s just not enough.

The other actors are embarrassingly amateurish. The supporting actors are bad. The minor roles even worse. Erica Gimpel is awful…this is one of those programs that gives an actress a headscarf and a pained expression and…”it’s cancer.” This is the laziest piece of shit I’ve seen in ages. Harry Hamlin is dreadful and his hair dye is absurd. The actress who plays teen Deirdre seems like she is performing in a New Jersey public high school production of Phantom of the Opera.

This production has no tone. It is neither scary nor romantic nor thrilling nor witty nor melodramatic. It is lifeless. It is generically shot and directed. Everything appears blueish gray. There are no establishing shots before scenes begin. The few effects are terrible. There is a morphing face moment with Lasher…the morphing technology in Michael Jackson’s Black or White—from 1991– is superior.

What is good? Alexandra is trying hard, there are some brief shots of lovely Garden District homes, and there is a bartender with a great body but the sex scene looks like it was shot by the Vatican’s film crew.

38% on rotten tomatoes. 🥴

How did Interview with the Vampire turn into such a critically acclaimed production and this is getting thrown in the gutter?

Anyone watch?

Yes, found it pretty dull.

Episode 2 is a lot better. There’s actually a plot!

Yeah, her eyes have always been creepy to me.

It was awful and dumb, and.the actor who plays Lasher is a deadful bore.

R44 you know that is Jack Huston who is Anjelica Huston’s nephew and John Huston’s grandson.

Daddario was overrated in White Lotus so no surprise she couldn’t carry this.

I loved Interview so I tuned in for this. God it was dull.

Daddario is overrated, period. Yay, she gets her tits out. Yawn.

It's her brother who is the hot piece of ass.

While I am happy they’re introducing the Talamasca from the jump, I cannot be more annoyed they merged Michael and Aaron Lightner into a single character—Ciprien. Tongayi Chirisa’s body is strong and his characterization sufficiently cerebral to do a good job as Rowan’s love interest and protector. It’s a let down in that I like both characters in the books.

My Michael was always Julian McMahon. He’d make a good Oncle Julien now.

Episode 4 was actually pretty good. Beth Grant was amazing when she tried to set the dining room on fire and purge Rowan of her sins by burning her alive.

[quote] The book was SO good, The series stinks.

Do you think it will get renewed?

I am not liking it at all.

It's ok? I haven't read the books but it sounds like they got the casting wrong with Lasher. I find the complaints about Rowan being a wimp odd considering how much she's been through in such a short amount of time. Oh and fuck Sparkle Motion for what she did to the maid.

R52 Mayfair Witches is getting a second season.

This show is god awful. Really disappointing after how good Interview with the Vampire was.

I think the key thing missing in this series that Interview had aplenty... RAUNCHY GAY SEX!!

Showrunners for this embarrassment need to address this deficiency for Season 2 if they want to have any chance of staying on the air.

This chick has scary eyes.

R55 as shitty as this show is it's getting better ratings than Interview, probably BECAUSE of the lack of gay sex.

I’d hoped for a faithful epic telling of the story. Instead, we get this reimagined dreck. I love the lead, but she doesn’t possess Rowan’s steely demeanor.

Interview was much better. You can tell it received more production money. I’ve enjoyed Mayfair, though. It’s been years since I read the books so don’t recall much, which probably allows me to just enjoy it. The actor playing Ciprien is🔥

I’m curious who people would have cast for Lasher over Huston?

I almost fell sorry for the actors in this show.

I have no intention to follow this series any further. They fucked it up, it stinks

Almost being the key word R61

OP here. I regret making this thread because this turned out to be such a horrible show. I should have known when I saw the lackluster trailer.

I think I stopped after episode 4 or 5. It just wasn’t worth my time to continue to watch.

It really is bad, isn't it? And I resent the AMC media team for posting that "if you thought Interview was good, you're definitely not ready for Mayfair Witches" crap all over the socials in sheer desperation, fully knowing this was hot garbage.

About the only thing working in favour of the show is the gorgeous lighting. I don't think any TV series or movie has ever employed the orange-teal combo as marvelously as this show. That level of attention to detail is a joy to behold, hopefully someone snatches that gaffer pronto and gives him/her a raise while they're at it.

I'm still watching only because shows featuring witches have always been my weak spot.

Lord, the female kidnapper who just happened to be a former employee with a cancer riddled child whose coverage was revoked post-layoff from a Mayfair company is an example of lazy writing. Rowan not immediately disabling everyone was stupid as well. Oh, bitch had to pause to allow fatal injury that only Lasher can correct is obvious bullshit. Ugh!

I am really simple when it comes to writing quality compared to my more refined, discerning friends. When I think it’s shit, it must be ridiculously bad.

The most interesting thing about this show is what it tells you about AMC: they're too broke to pull off what they're trying to do.

Despite their lofty ambitions to build this big franchise universe, they obviously spent all their money on Interview with the Vampire and are trying to do this series on a budget. But doing fantasy shows on the cheap won't build the prestige they want--it makes them the SyFy network. It feels like they didn't even try with the Mayfair Witches, and were hoping no one would notice.