<P> The first actor cast was R&B singer Aaliyah (who had made her film and acting debut in Romeo Must Die) as Akasha, the eponymous Queen of the Damned . Jenna Dewan and Foxy Brown were rumored to have been considered for the role of Akasha in addition to Aaliyah . The search for an actor to play Lestat took much longer--the idea of Tom Cruise reprising the role was considered but dismissed--although front runners included Wes Bentley, Josh Hartnett and Heath Ledger . Irish actor Stuart Townsend assumed the role in 2000, and the final cast included Vincent Perez as Marius, Paul McGann as David Talbot, Lena Olin as Maharet and Marguerite Moreau as Jesse Reeves . Australian actors included Claudia Black as Pandora and Matthew Newton as Armand . </P> <P> With a large cast of international and Australian actors, Queen of the Damned began principal photography on October 2, 2000, in a former biscuit factory, converted into a studio in the Melbourne suburb of St. Albans . Location filming took place around the city of Melbourne, although some filming was done in Los Angeles . For the scenes of Lestat's concert in Death Valley, over 3000 goths were recruited from Melbourne nightclubs and on the internet, then driven on a fleet of buses to a quarry in Werribee to act as extras . </P> <P> The songs for Lestat's band were written and performed by Jonathan Davis, of the band Korn, and Richard Gibbs, although Davis's contractual commitments to Sony BMG meant that his vocals could not appear on the soundtrack album . Instead, the vocals were re-recorded by other musicians for the soundtrack release: Wayne Static of Static - X ("Not Meant for Me"), David Draiman of Disturbed ("Forsaken"), Chester Bennington of Linkin Park ("System"), Marilyn Manson ("Redeemer"), and Jay Gordon of Orgy ("Slept So Long"). During the end credits "Not Meant For Me" is played . It is Jonathan Davis' version although the credits credit it as the Wayne Static version from the album . </P> <P> Davis also made a small cameo in the film; when Jesse arrives in Los Angeles, a scalper (Jonathan Davis) attempts to sell her tickets to Lestat's show . </P>

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