Hugh Dancy’s Will Graham Function In Potential Silence of the Lambs Sequence Revealed

Bryan Fuller simply revealed if actor Hugh Dancy would reprise his Hannibal character, Will Graham, in a attainable remake of The Silence of the Lambs. Hannibal was a critically acclaimed Hannibal Lecter prequel sequence that ran for 3 seasons and shortly grew to become a cult basic.

Poor rankings led NBC to cancel the present, however ever for the reason that closing episode aired a decade in the past, followers have been clamoring for a revival.

Followers may get their want, if Fuller’s hopes of remaking The Silence of the Lambs as a TV present come to fruition—and Dancy would come alongside for the trip, in response to the showrunner/creator/producer/author.

Whereas showing on The Playlist‘s Discourse podcast, Fuller defined that he is nonetheless attempting to get the rights to The Silence of the Lambs “ironed out,” which is “just a little extra difficult now.”

He is in the course of attempting to kind these points out, so nothing might be introduced simply but. For now, his dream mission is a “wishlist merchandise.“

“The rights are just a little extra difficult now. They’re getting ironed out. It’s getting ironed out, however it’s not ironed out proper now. It’s a wishlist merchandise.”

If Fuller will get his approach, his remake would reunite the Hannibal solid, together with Hannibal Lecter actor Mads Mikkelsen in addition to Laurence Fishburne as Jack Crawford, with none apart from film and TV star Zendaya enjoying Clarice Starling, the position that Jodie Foster made well-known within the iconic 1991 movie alongside Anthony Hopkins’ portrayal of Dr. Lecter.

Outdoors some off-screen mentions, Dancy’s character, Will, does not truly seem in The Silence of the Lambs, which implies Fuller bringing again the actor would contain a remodeling of the storyline. Contemplating Fuller’s model could be a TV present as a substitute of a film, he might discover the characters way more than the movie or the novel did.

Throughout a latest screening of his new film Mud Bunny, Fuller reunited with Dancy and Mikkelsen, which introduced up so many nice reminiscences of their time working collectively on Hannibal.

Consequently, Fuller “cannot think about” separating Dancy or Will from his model of the story. The identical goes for Mikkelsen’s portrayal of Lecter. In Fuller’s thoughts, Mikkelsen is the right Lecter; there is not any different actor he would need enjoying the serial killer.

“I can’t think about lifting and separating these two characters and people two actors. I met with Hugh and Mads final evening earlier than the screening, and it was so great to see these two guys collectively and their brotherhood and fraternity. I used to be like, we’ve received to get the band again collectively.”

Other than the three seasons of Hannibal, Will was featured in Thomas Harris’ Pink Dragon novel, which was Lecter’s introduction to the general public, even earlier than the creator wrote The Silence of the Lambs. That novel was was the film Manhunter in 1986 after which Pink Dragon in 2002, with William Petersen and Edward Norton, respectively, enjoying Will.

After Hannibal was canceled, Fuller went on to work on different initiatives, together with American Gods, Star Trek: Discovery, Predator: Badlands and now Mud Bunny, however he cannot shake off the thriller sequence that followers fell in love with in 2013.

It is unclear how shortly the rights subject can get resolved, but when Fuller will get the possibility to remake The Silence of the Lambs, there is not any doubt that Hannibal followers in every single place will probably be excitedly awaiting his return to the small display.