When any story is adapted from the page to the screen, changes must be made. It’s the nature of shifting a tale from one medium to another, but when stories are as loved as are the works of the late author Anne Rice — who was herself infamously very protective of her characters — the idea of changes can make fans wary. Now, Esta Spalding, co-creator of AMC’s Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches tells ComicBook.com what she would say to fans who are perhaps a little unsure of the changes they’ll see in the series, particularly the decision to combine the characters of Aaron Lightner and Michael Curry into Ciprien Grieve (Tongayi Chirisa) explaining that they wanted to do their best to preserve Rice’s story, but also find a way to tell a “woman’s story” with Rowan by letting her be the driving force, rather than the men around her.
