I've never really been drawn to dracula culture or dracula movies. I do love to read and I enjoy books set in or about New Orleans. I'm also not squimish about horror or occult. However, I've never read any Anne Rice books because honestly the... hysteria?... over them never really sat right with me. The people that read her books gushed over them and that surely would mean instant disappoint for me. I don't really care about dracula, so I just didn't bother until the movie came out and I was told I had to see it. Well I really didn't enjoy the movie, outside of it's New Orleans setting. Also, I was in college at Tulane when she fueded with Copeland over Straya, which I thought was silly, and I don't think she just ever struck a chord with me back then.
That being said, and honestly I don't know the character descriptions from the book, I came in expecting to hate this trailer and just peace out of the thread. But... I like the cast diversity and the trailer was well done. I'm still not a huge dracula person, but I'll probably check this out and give it the benefit of a couple episodes at least. Oh, those fleur de lis poker chips are pretty awesome, too.