Robert Downey Jr. is in talks to become the movie world's latest vampire sensation. The Iron Man star is in negotiations to play Anne Rice's Lestat Du Lioncort in the latest movie adaptation of her "Vampire Chronicles", according to BloodyDisgusting.com.

Tom Cruise and Stuart Townsend have both played the part in Interview With the Vampire and Queen of the Damned, respectively.

Lestat de Lioncourt is a fictitious French nobleman who becomes a vampire in the 18th century.

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