Where did Lecters new pet phrase come from?
When I’m doing the line, ‘I’ve been out of action, Claire and I hope you’re back on the case,” I asked Ridley if I could add the line, “Goody, goody.” Because I’m getting a little sassy because I’m tired like a wasp in summer that gets more lethal as it’s dying. It’s seemed more visceral. How did you feel about the scene when you attack the nurse? I was surprised. I said to Ridley ‘are we going to show it?’ He said, he didn’t know. What about the rating of movie? I just heard that the movie is getting PG rating in Canada and in Italy it’s just G rating. Only the Americans [have a problem]. Do you identity with Hannibal? Identify? I don’t identify. It’s a chance to reinvent. Someone asked me if I’d thought about this character and I said no. But the truth is I think I have on and off – given him some thought. If I do play him again, there are a few things I’d add. Like what? I’m not going to say. Give us a hint? When he was walking around bare foot in the scene with Giancarlo Giannini.
