![]() ![]() “We spent so much time even just sitting in silence or just talking regularly, almost like we're not even on set, talking about things connecting with each other. ![]() Their bond is obvious, and it comes across in Juliette and Cal’s love story. And it felt so good to see that looks like my relatives, that looks like me, so I was like, ‘that's dope.’”Įven over Zoom, Imani and Sarah Catherine have a chemistry and easy friendship as they bounce off of one another and set each other off into giggle fits while recalling things they love about the characters or experiences they had while filming (including but not limited to: ukulele singalongs, power naps, and shared fruit snacks and Fritos). ![]() “But Blade was always so cool to me, so badass and so strong. Scary things scare me, so I just stay away from horror,” Imani laughs. “If I'm being completely honest, I am not a scary movie kinda girl. Meanwhile, Imani cites the 1998 Marvel film Blade, which she’s loved since she was a kid. Sarah Catherine was a huge fan of The Vampire Diaries franchise and also read a copy of Carmilla to help her prep for the role, but her earliest brush with all things fanged and ferocious was with the most famous vampire in the Western canon: Dracula. ![]() While neither actress had been familiar with the short story that inspired the series (Victoria Schwab’s "First Kill" from the 2020 anthology Vampires Never Get Old: Tales With Fresh Bite), they were far from newbies to the vampire genre. “With Gloria, it's like asking a New York native, ‘How would you handle if vampires just moved into your neighborhood?’ versus a hunter that's born preparing for that kind of moment.” “That's literally her lineage, it was something that was predestined for her long before she was born,” Imani says. “I didn't know that I would have so much fun being a vampire, honestly.” For her, the fangs were the kicker, the thing that really helped her realize how much fun she was going to have in the role. “It's really, really exciting being a vampire,” Sarah Catherine tells Teen Vogue. First Kill captured both women’s interest because of how different their roles were from what they’d worked on previously. Debbie, in The Conjuring 3, was haunted by monsters, but didn’t get the chance to be one. Gloria, in Vampires vs The Bronx was more of a narrator and framing device, a storyteller sharing what was going on in her neighborhood. Imani was in Netflix’s Vampires vs The Bronx as the influencer and streamer Gloria while Sarah Catherine played Debbie, one of the characters terrorized by the supernatural in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. First Kill isn’t either actresses’ first brush with horror. Her family has always supported her but as she comes into her own, her quest for love is challenged by her legacy.įilming is set to begin later this year in Savannah, Georgia.From the second that series leads Imani Lewis and Sarah Catherine Hook - who play vampire hunter Calliope “Cal” Burns and vampire Juliette Fairmont, respectively - got their eyes on the project, they knew they wanted to play these characters. Juliette is a shy, kind teenage girl who was born a vampire and determined to not be a monster. Behind that strong veneer is a vulnerable young teen torn between her duty to her family and the secret yearnings for love. Both find that the other won’t be so easy to kill and, unfortunately, way too easy to fall for.Ĭalliope, or Cal, is a fearless, headstrong monster hunter. But much to Juliette’s surprise, Calliope is a vampire hunter, from a family of celebrated slayers. In the series, when it’s time for teenage vampire Juliette Fairmont ( Hook) to make her first kill so she can take her place among a powerful vampire family, she sets her sights on a new girl in town, Calliope Burns ( Lewis). “BLESSINGS ON BLESSING!!!□✨Huge thanks to my agency, and my incredible team!□Stay tuned!!!□ #godisgood,” Imani wrote on Instagram.Īccording to Variety, “the one-hour show is based on the short story of the same name by Victoria “V.E.” Schwab that was published in the Imprint story collection ‘Vampire Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite’ in September 2020.” The upcoming show has found it’s lead actresses in Imani Lewis and Sarah Catherine Hook, Variety reveals. Netflix has a new vampire romance series coming, titled First Kill! ![]()
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