Brian Cox is absolutely fantastic with Anthony Hopkins’ Hannibal Lecter of great fame

In a new linked interview The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim Which it usually ends up being succession (Perhaps not surprisingly), Brian Cox talks about what it was like to be the man who played Hannibal Lecter on screen first… just a few years before Anthony Hopkins’ Oscar-winning performance in Silence of the Lambs He made everyone think he was the one who created the role.

The veteran actor, who since 1986 has had his own share of legendary performances, came to terms with what could have been an epic stage feud. “Well, it’s a different character,” he said. Hollywood Reporter. “I mean it’s like playing Hamlet. Everyone is going to have their own Hamlet. I chose to play it the way the director Michael Mann and I decided to play it. Tony played it brilliantly. I mean I had to go to Paris to see it because I couldn’t bring myself to see it In London.

When asked to clarify the last part of his answer, Cox explained: “Because people knew I was the other Hannibal, and I was worried about them saying, ‘You’re comparing Hannibal Lecter’ and all that. But we played it the way we played it. Tony decided to take it another way. And of course , the Tony film was a huge success, he won an Oscar and he made a lot of money from it. I made almost $10,000.

But the only rule that sticks for both, it seems, is that of Cox and Hopkins Don’t talk About Hannibal Lecter. “I gave an interview to a newspaper, and the headline in the newspaper was that I was Hannibal’s first lecturer. Well, that was true, but it sounded like I was showing off, and I wasn’t. Then I woke up one afternoon and the phone started ringing and it all fell apart.” … Tony’s then-girlfriend called my agent and said, ‘Tony’s a little upset about that, so I called my agent and said, ‘Look, I’m sorry. Tony and I have worked together a few times since then.’ This rule will not We never do it.

For those wondering, THR has not addressed Mads Mikkelsen’s character in the TV series Hannibal– So we’re still wondering what Cox thought Which A version of the sophisticated serial killer. With that in mind, you can head over to THR To read the full interview.

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