THE SCREEN WATCHING INTERVIEW: ERIC BOGOSIAN

ERIC BOGOSIAN is an iconic figure in the American live theatre scene. His skills as a monologuist are legendary; his solo stage shows have earned him three Obie Awards and the Drama Desk Award.

His incendiary ensemble drama Talk Radio would be nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and adapted by Oliver Stone into the cult classic film.

In 2022, Eric Bogosian stepped into the role of journalist Daniel Molloy in producer Rolin Jones' reworking of Anne Rice's INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE for AMC+, opposite Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac and, in flashback, Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt.

In Sydney with his Australian wife of 42 years, theatre director Jo Bonney, Eric Bogosian spoke with Screen Watching's Simon Foster about the resilient allure of vampirism in storytelling, the contemporisation of Rice's classic prose, the state of his beloved NYC theatre scene, and the ties that bind him to the struggles of his ancestral homeland, Armenia...