It was John Rosengrant and Shane Mahan, both huge fans of Anne Rice's book, who initially brought the project to Stan Winston's attention. "Shane and I were very gung-ho about this show," Rosengrant said. "Not only were we big fans of the book but we saw this as an opportunity to do a serious horror movie, in the tradition of the Hammer films. It was also a chance for us to do something completely different than Jurassic Park. We didn't want to get typecast as the studio that only did big animatronics." Winston said, "When John and Shane came to me and said they heard that Neil Jordan was going to do Interview with the Vampire, I was interested. I hadn't read the book yet, but I was a big fan of Neil Jordan as a director. So, I put a call in to him, asking that he take a meeting with me regarding the film. And he was shocked to hear from me - shocked - because, to his mind, I was the 'dinosaur guy'. He would never have thought of this studio for the makeup effects for Interview with the Vampire. I literally had to sell this studio and myself to him. I had to convince him that we did makeups, that I'd started doing makeups. Because I'd done dinosaurs, I had to fight to get that job."

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