[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Interview With the Vampire Season 2 Episode 7, “I Could Not Prevent It.”] Madeleine was determined to survive. The dressmaker, played by the captivating Roxane Duran , met a tragic fate in Interview With the Vampire Season 2 Episode 7 alongside her immortal companion Claudia (the powerful Delainey Hayles ).
But even that end was Madeleine’s definition of survival, according to Duran. As the actor told fans on X (previously called Twitter), she could either “live in darkness or die with light by your side.” After choosing the former many times before, Madeleine finally chose the latter.
Madeleine’s life before Claudia was filled with darkness. From tuberculosis wiping out her entire family to living through the German occupation in World War II, hardship was the norm. Profound desperation during the war led to Madeleine’s brief affair with a Nazi, Duran tells TV Insider.
She says this relationship “is not about love” at all, but rather, it gave Madeleine a moment of reprieve from the bleak reality of the war. She made the wrong choice during a time of extreme circumstance, and she considered herself a “monster” for it afterward, as said in her interview with Armand ( Assad Zaman ) before she received the dark gift. This plot was based on the true history of French women who were punished for “collaboration horizontale” (horizontal collaboration) after the liberation of France in 1944.
Women who had r.
