queen of the damned interview with a vampire

Her parents discovered this and quickly annulled the marriage. Kelly and the two were secretly married when Aaliyah was just 15. Kelly to make her first record 'Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number.' She became involved with R. Jet Li (as Han Sing) and Aaliyah (as Trish O''Day) star in 'Romeo Must Die.' Photo credit: Kharen Hill 2000 Warner Bros.īorn January 1979, Aaliyah Haughton, with her silky smooth voice, was signed a record deal with her uncle in Detroit when she was just 12. RELATED: Remembering Aaliyah on 20th anniversary of singer’s death About Aaliyah: A prodigious talent, gone too soon 'Queen of the Damned' is now streaming for free on Tubi. Featuring: Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Perez, Lena Olin, Paul McGann. She previously starred alongside Jet Li in 'Romeo Must Die' (2000), an action film that, like Rymer’s flawed vampire story, suggests that Aaliyah’s film career could have matched her music career in both success and impact. Prior to her death, Aaliyah had begun filming the sequels to 'The Matrix,' one of several films and franchises ready to capitalize on all that star power. In other words, 'Queen of the Damned' might have been relegated to the pop-cultural ash heap, were it not for the short but magnetic appearance made by a pop star on her way to equal or greater levels of big-screen stardom.

It’s a brief appearance, but a highly memorable one. Aaliyah plays the titular undead monarch, a being of incalculable summoned back to the world when Lestat ( Stuart Townsend, in the role formerly played by Tom Cruise) begins to flaunt the existence of vampires as the lead singer of a hard rock band.

Released posthumously, 'Queen of the Damned' includes Aaliyah’s final film role - and while the movie received mixed-to-poor reviews, her performance as Queen Akasha alone pulls it from the territory of the forgettable.Ī sequel of sorts to 1994’s 'Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles,' director Michael Rymer’s 'Queen of the Damned' is loosely based on the second and third novels in Anne Rice’s 'Vampire Chronicles' series.

Queen of the damned interview with a vampire