Well, Interview with the Vampire fandom, it was a fun time measuring wrists and squinting at images, but alas, it seems that the forearm bearing a tattoo of the words “Armand told the truth” in the Interview with the Vampire season three teaser trailer from San Diego Comic Con does not belong to Daniel Molloy. At least not as far as Eric Bogosian is aware. In an interview with Nerdist that touched on Interview with the Vampire, Bogosian confirmed, “No, it’s not Daniel’s.” And added, “It’s a person holding a clapboard.” Of course, Daniel could have been the person holding the clapboard with the tattoo, but Bogosian is fairly adamant that Daniel Molloy’s arm was not involved in this interesting Interview with the Vampire season three teaser Easter egg.
While the internet theory seemed only “possible” and not “very likely,” I admit I had grown fond of it. Since vampires don’t change their appearance from the moment they’re turned, if Armand had doodled “Armand told the truth,” on Daniel before biting into his neck, he might have been able to preserve the words on Daniel’s skin for eternity. It does seem like the kind of thing Armand might do in a fit of maximum gremlin. And if it had been Daniel’s arm bearing the “Armand told the truth” tattoo in the Interview with the Vampire season three teaser trailer, it would not have felt shocking.
But, for now, Daniel has been spared… from this mark, at least. And instead, the other prevailing theory about the “Armand told the truth” tattoo—that Armand has some serious truthers out there—seems likely to be the true vision. Still, Interview with the Vampire is full of Easter eggs and hidden secrets to unfurl, so all that theorizing is well placed.
Bogosian shares of filming the Interview with the Vampire season three teaser trailer, which features Daniel Molloy’s voice, “When we were shooting the teaser, we didn’t even know that [the ‘Armand told the truth’ tattoo] was there. I only found about it later when somebody pointed it out on the internet. I didn’t even see it on the day, and I asked other people who were also there. Then I asked, ‘Did you see that, when it said Armand was right?’ And no one saw it. I don’t know if it was Mark Johnson, our producer, or somebody else’s arm. But we have this master puppeteer over us. It’s Rolin Jones who’s putting all these things together.”
And what Jones has planned for Interview with the Vampire season three, no one knows yet. However, the season will come our way in 2026, and we couldn’t be more excited. In the meantime, we can content ourselves with streaming the first two amazing seasons of the series on AMC+ and other streaming platforms.
P.S. Armand told the truth…
Content shared from nerdist.com.