Work on the show started five-and-a-half years ago, when Roth pitched the idea to John, a longtime fan of Rice's novels. In 2003, Taupin, Woolverton and Roth hammered out their structure for the story during a Vegas gathering they've dubbed "vampire boot camp."
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