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** Michael Keaton, Mickey Rourke, and Kenneth Branagh were all considered for the role of Jack Crawford.

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** Michael Keaton, Mickey Rourke, and Kenneth Branagh were all considered for the role of Jack Crawford.Crawford.
* AFI Accolades:
** "100 Years...100 Movies" — #65
** "100 Years...100 Thrills" — #5
** "100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains" - #1 Villain, Hannibal Lecter, #6 Hero, Clarice Starling:
** "100 Years...100 Movie Quotes" - #21, "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."
** "100 Years...100 Movies" (10th Anniversary Edition) — #74

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* TheDanza: William Petersen as William "Will" Graham.



** [[Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII Murdock]] apparently moonlights as a police Lieutenant in Tennessee.
** Hannibal's Italian voice actor is also [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] and [[{{Futurama}} Bender]].

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** [[Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII Murdock]] apparently moonlights as a police Lieutenant in Tennessee.
** Hannibal's Italian voice actor is also [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] and [[{{Futurama}} Bender]].
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Hannibal's Italian voice actor is also [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] and [[{{Futurama}} Bender]].


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* RetroactiveRecognition: ''Manhunt'' sometimes feels like an extended audition by William Petersen for his role as Grissom on ''{{CSI}}''.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: The reason Ron Vawter didn't return as Paul Krendler.
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** [[RamboFirstBloodPartII Murdock]] apparently moonlights as a police Lieutenant in Tennessee.

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** [[RamboFirstBloodPartII [[Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII Murdock]] apparently moonlights as a police Lieutenant in Tennessee.



** One of the FBI agents in Memphis has had ''lots'' of [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead prior]] [[Film/DawnOfTheDead experience]] [[Film/DayOfTheDead with]] [[LandOfTheDead corpses]] [[DiaryOfTheDead and]] [[SurvivalOfTheDead cannibalism]].

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** One of the FBI agents in Memphis has had ''lots'' of [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead prior]] [[Film/DawnOfTheDead experience]] [[Film/DayOfTheDead with]] [[LandOfTheDead [[Film/LandOfTheDead corpses]] [[DiaryOfTheDead [[Film/DiaryOfTheDead and]] [[SurvivalOfTheDead [[Film/SurvivalOfTheDead cannibalism]].
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* ThrowItIn: ''Ft-ft-ft-ft-ft-ft.'' Hopkins threw this in as a joke at the end of the take (hence the long pause between the end of the line and when he actually starts the noises) but the director decided it was appropriately creepy and kept it.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Pretty much everyone at some point.
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* LifeImitatesArt: In the book, the FBI approaches Johns Hopkins, a known center for sex-reassignment surgery, for help tracking down Buffalo Bill. The institute refuses, objecting that this would give transgender people a bad name. After this exchange was cut from the movie, real-life activist groups made the same complaint about the film.
** In the book, the FBI was able to get what they needed by emphasizing that they didn't want names of people they'd approved for the surgery, but of people they'd ''rejected'' because they were ''not'' transgender. The diagnosis of Lecter's that they were going by pegged Buffalo Bill as more of a transsexual wannabe.
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** Anthony Hopkins helped scare Jodie Foster by improvising some of Lecter's lines.
** When filming phonecalls it is standard practice to film both sides separately and have the actors pretend they're having a phone call. At the end of ''Silence'' they hooked up the phone to the phone network and had Hopkins call from the set of another movie across the country. When Jodie Foster picks up the phone and Hopkins speaks back to her the look of surprise on her face is genuine.

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** Anthony Hopkins AnthonyHopkins deliberately provoked JodieFoster off-camera by mocking her rendition of a West Virginia accent, which helped scare Jodie Foster her convey Clarice's outrage when Hannibal taunted her for hiding her ''in-character'' accent.
** And taken UpToEleven
by improvising some [[TheProfiler John Douglas]], whom the character of Lecter's lines.
Jack Crawford was modeled on: Scott Glenn consulted Douglas as part of research. Douglas played him tapes of a young teenager being tortured by serial killers Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris; Glenn left the office in tears. He refused to take the role in the sequel as a result.
** When filming phonecalls phonecalls, it is standard practice to film both sides separately and have the actors pretend they're having a phone call. At the end of ''Silence'' they hooked up the phone to the phone network and had Hopkins call from the set of another movie across the country. When Jodie Foster picks up the phone and Hopkins speaks back to her the look of surprise on her face is genuine.
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*** [[AndAnotherThing Oh, and one more thing]]: he was also the Wise Man in SuckerPunch.

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*** [[AndAnotherThing Oh, and one more thing]]: he was also the Wise Man in SuckerPunch.''Film/SuckerPunch''.
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** [[Series/Frasier Bob "Bulldog" Brisco]] was a bug expert before he became a radio personality.

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** [[Series/Frasier [[Series/{{Frasier}} Bob "Bulldog" Brisco]] was a bug expert before he became a radio personality.
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** [[Series/Frasier Bob "Bulldog" Brisco]] was a bug expert before he became a radio personality.
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** ''Hannibal'': A Jonathan Demme film. Starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Scott Glenn. Screenplay by Ted Tally.

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** ''Hannibal'': A Jonathan Demme Creator/JonathanDemme film. Starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Scott Glenn. Screenplay by Ted Tally.
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** [[{{Monk}} Captain Stottlemeyer]] is gonna [[spoiler:skin you and make a woman suit out of you]]. Also, he's a dad in ''TheHillsHaveEyes'' remake. And the hero of ''Film/TheMangler''.

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** [[{{Monk}} [[Series/{{Monk}} Captain Stottlemeyer]] is gonna [[spoiler:skin you and make a woman suit out of you]]. Also, he's a dad in ''TheHillsHaveEyes'' ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes'' remake. And the hero of ''Film/TheMangler''.



*** And he was the first guy sent to kill MarlonBrando in ''ApocalypseNow''

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*** And he was the first guy sent to kill MarlonBrando in ''ApocalypseNow''''Film/ApocalypseNow''

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** In the 2002 adaptation of ''Film/RedDragon'', the role Phillip Seymour Hoffman ''really'' wanted was Dollarhyde, but he ended up playing Freddy Lounds instead.

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** In the 2002 adaptation of ''Film/RedDragon'', the role Phillip Seymour Hoffman ''really'' wanted was Dollarhyde, Dolarhyde, but he ended up playing Freddy Lounds instead.



** Louis Gosset Jr. auditioned for the part of Hannibal in ''Silence'' but claims he was turned down partly because they didn't want to make him a ScaryBlackMan. [[BlatantLies I have no idea what he's talking about]].
** ''Silence'' was initially put together at the behest of Gene Hackman, who planned to direct and star as Hannibal Lecter. When he left the project, Robert Duvall was considered for the role. Dustin Hoffman and RobertDeNiro are also rumored to have been in the running. Michelle Pfeiffer was Demme's original choice for Starling, and her refusal cleared the way for Jodie Foster. Mickey Rourke was offered the part of Jack Crawford and turned it down.

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** Louis Gosset Gossett Jr. auditioned for the part of Hannibal in ''Silence'' but claims he was turned down partly because they didn't want to make him a ScaryBlackMan. [[BlatantLies I have no idea what he's talking about]].
about]].
** ''Silence'' was initially put together at the behest of Gene Hackman, who planned to direct and star as Hannibal Lecter. When he left the project, Robert Duvall was considered for the role. Dustin Hoffman Hoffman, RobertDeNiro, John Hurt, Christopher Lloyd, Patrick Stewart, Jack Nicholson, and RobertDeNiro Jeremy Irons are also rumored to have been in the running. Michelle Pfeiffer was Demme's original choice for Starling, and her refusal cleared the way for Jodie Foster. Mickey Rourke was offered the part of Jack Crawford and turned it down.down.
** Other actresses considered for the role of Starling included Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry, Andie MacDowell, Meg Ryan, and Melanie Griffith
** Michael Keaton, Mickey Rourke, and Kenneth Branagh were all considered for the role of Jack Crawford.
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** [[BreakingBad Hector Salamanca]] is a perfume expert on the side.

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** [[BreakingBad [[Series/BreakingBad Hector Salamanca]] is a perfume expert on the side.
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*** And don't forget, he was the first guy sent to kill MarlonBrando in ''ApocalypseNow''

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*** And don't forget, he was the first guy sent to kill MarlonBrando in ''ApocalypseNow''



** [[{{Batman}} Bob]] (!!!) had a side-career helping out with autopsies at a funeral parlour?!

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** [[{{Batman}} [[Film/{{Batman}} Bob]] (!!!) had a side-career helping out with autopsies at a funeral parlour?!
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** One of the FBI agents in Memphis has had ''lots'' of [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead prior]] [[Film/DawnOfTheDead experience]] [[Film/DayOfTheDead with]] [[LandOfTheDead corpses]] [[DiaryOfTheDead and]] [[SurvivalOfTheDead cannibals]].

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** One of the FBI agents in Memphis has had ''lots'' of [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead prior]] [[Film/DawnOfTheDead experience]] [[Film/DayOfTheDead with]] [[LandOfTheDead corpses]] [[DiaryOfTheDead and]] [[SurvivalOfTheDead cannibals]].cannibalism]].

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** Cordell later became a federal agent on a munhunt for [[Series/{{Heroes}} people with superpowers.]]

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** Cordell later became a federal agent on a munhunt manhunt for [[Series/{{Heroes}} people with superpowers.]]


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** One of the FBI agents in Memphis has had ''lots'' of [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead prior]] [[Film/DawnOfTheDead experience]] [[Film/DayOfTheDead with]] [[LandOfTheDead corpses]] [[DiaryOfTheDead and]] [[SurvivalOfTheDead cannibals]].
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** In the 2002 adaptation of ''RedDragon'', the role Phillip Seymour Hoffman ''really'' wanted was Dollarhyde, but he ended up playing Freddy Lounds instead.

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** In the 2002 adaptation of ''RedDragon'', ''Film/RedDragon'', the role Phillip Seymour Hoffman ''really'' wanted was Dollarhyde, but he ended up playing Freddy Lounds instead.
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*** And don't forget, he was the first guy sent to kill MarlonBrando in ''ApocalypseNow''
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**** Don't you mean [[TheRightStuff Alan Shepard]]? Or maybe he was [[FromEarthToTheMoon Bufallo Bill]].

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Monk}} Captain Stottlemeyer]] is gonna [[spoiler:skin you and make a woman suit out of you]]. Also, he's a dad in ''TheHillsHaveEyes'' remake. And the hero of ''Film/TheMangler''.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: EnforcedMethodActing:
** Anthony Hopkins helped scare Jodie Foster by improvising some of Lecter's lines.
** When filming phonecalls it is standard practice to film both sides separately and have the actors pretend they're having a phone call. At the end of ''Silence'' they hooked up the phone to the phone network and had Hopkins call from the set of another movie across the country. When Jodie Foster picks up the phone and Hopkins speaks back to her the look of surprise on her face is genuine.
* ExecutiveMeddling: There was not going to be ''Hannibal Rising'', except execs told Harris someone else would write the book if he refused.
* HeyItsThatGuy:
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[[{{Monk}} Captain Stottlemeyer]] is gonna [[spoiler:skin you and make a woman suit out of you]]. Also, he's a dad in ''TheHillsHaveEyes'' remake. And the hero of ''Film/TheMangler''.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the 2002 adaptation of ''RedDragon'', the role Phillip Seymour Hoffman ''really'' wanted was Dollarhyde, but he ended up playing Freddy Lounds instead.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
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In the 2002 adaptation of ''RedDragon'', the role Phillip Seymour Hoffman ''really'' wanted was Dollarhyde, but he ended up playing Freddy Lounds instead.instead.
** ''Hannibal'': A Jonathan Demme film. Starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Scott Glenn. Screenplay by Ted Tally.
** Louis Gosset Jr. auditioned for the part of Hannibal in ''Silence'' but claims he was turned down partly because they didn't want to make him a ScaryBlackMan. [[BlatantLies I have no idea what he's talking about]].
** ''Silence'' was initially put together at the behest of Gene Hackman, who planned to direct and star as Hannibal Lecter. When he left the project, Robert Duvall was considered for the role. Dustin Hoffman and RobertDeNiro are also rumored to have been in the running. Michelle Pfeiffer was Demme's original choice for Starling, and her refusal cleared the way for Jodie Foster. Mickey Rourke was offered the part of Jack Crawford and turned it down.
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** [[MisterRogersNeighborhood Chef Brockett]] is the "friendly psychopath" in one of the cells leading up to Hannibal Lecter's. Maybe this is what happens when you don't give him silence in his kitchen.
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* StarMakingRole: For Anthony Hopkins who was 54 when he got the role.
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** [[BreakingBad Hector Salamanca]] is a perfume expert on the side.
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** Hannibal's Italian voice actor is also [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] and [[{{Futurama}} Bender]].

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** Hannibal's Italian voice actor is also [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] and [[{{Futurama}} Bender]].Bender]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the 2002 adaptation of ''RedDragon'', the role Phillip Seymour Hoffman ''really'' wanted was Dollarhyde, but he ended up playing Freddy Lounds instead.
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** Hannibal's Italian voice actor is also [[BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] and [[{{Futurama}} Bender]].

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** Hannibal's Italian voice actor is also [[BackToTheFuture [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] and [[{{Futurama}} Bender]].
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** [[{{Rambo}} Murdock]] apparently moonlights as a police Lieutenant in Tennessee.

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** [[{{Rambo}} [[RamboFirstBloodPartII Murdock]] apparently moonlights as a police Lieutenant in Tennessee.
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** [[{{Rambo}} Murdock]] apparently moonlights as a police Lieutenant in Tennessee.

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** [[{{Rambo}} Murdock]] apparently moonlights as a police Lieutenant in Tennessee.Tennessee.
** Hannibal's Italian voice actor is also [[BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] and [[{{Futurama}} Bender]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Monk}} Captain Stottlemeyer]] is gonna [[spoiler:skin you and make a woman suit out of you]]. Also, he's a dad in ''TheHillsHaveEyes'' remake. And the hero of ''Film/TheMangler''.
** That crazy team leader from ''Vertical Limit'' is Jack Crawford?? Or wait a minute, am I thinking of Donald Rumsfeld from Oliver Stone's ''W''?
*** [[AndAnotherThing Oh, and one more thing]]: he was also the Wise Man in SuckerPunch.
** [[RhysIfans Peter Cook]] was a cannibal Nazi?
** [[{{Batman}} Bob]] (!!!) had a side-career helping out with autopsies at a funeral parlour?!
** Barney eventually became the [[TheWire Commissioner of the Baltimore police department]].
** Cordell later became a federal agent on a munhunt for [[Series/{{Heroes}} people with superpowers.]]
** [[{{Rambo}} Murdock]] apparently moonlights as a police Lieutenant in Tennessee.

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