25 Things You Didn’t Know About Interview With The Vampire

25. The Vampire Effects Required Actual Bat Impersonations

All of the actors playing vampires - which, in fairness, comprised most of the cast - were required to hang upside down for half an hour at a time during make-up, causing a rush of blood to their heads that would make the blood vessels in their faces stand out.

The make-up artists would then frantically trace the popped-out veins to create the appropriate 'nosferatuan' complexion: but the effect would fade so quickly that before you knew it, they’d be turning them back upside down again.

This explains why, for a movie with little in the way of prosthetics, Neil Jordan had to have his cast in make-up for three-and-a-half hours a day.