Yes, you read that correctly. The boy who played the most romantic vampire of the early 2000s now spends his days teaching people how to harness the wind on the waves of Cornwall and the Isle of Wight. He runs a kite-surfing school. He is tanned, healthy, and reportedly very happy.
Dressed in 18th-century velvet, with a cascade of dark curls and a voice that was surprisingly deep for his age, Gregory was brooding, protective, and fiercely loyal. He wasn't just a vampire; he was the vampire every girl wished would bite her. Forget Edward Cullen—Rollo Weeks did the "tortured immortal" look a full eight years before Twilight . If The Little Vampire made us notice him, 2002’s Queen of the Damned made us obsess over him. In the prequel to Interview with the Vampire , we see a young Lestat de Lioncourt—the rock-star vampire played by Stuart Townsend as an adult. But for the flashback sequences, the filmmakers needed a younger actor who could embody the same arrogance, vulnerability, and raw magnetism. rollo weeks
So raise a goblet of tomato juice (or the real thing, if you’re feeling vampyric). Here’s to Rollo Weeks—the heartthrob who ghosted us all, and the kite-surfing legend we never knew we needed. Yes, you read that correctly
Following Queen of the Damned , the roles dried up. He had a small part in the 2005 adaptation of The Greatest Game Ever Played (a golf drama—a far cry from vampires). After 2006, his IMDb page went cold. No new films. No television appearances. No red carpets. He is tanned, healthy, and reportedly very happy
And honestly? Good for him.