Anthony Hopkins says Hannibal Lecter is still “one of the best parts I’ve ever read”
nme.comAnthony Hopkins has said that the role of Hannibal Lecter remains “one of the best parts I’ve ever read”.The actor won an Oscar for his portrayal of the cannibalistic serial killer in Jonathan Demme’s 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, in which he starred opposite Jodie Foster.In a new interview with People, the 86-year-old reminisced about first receiving the script from his agent, which happened while he was appearing on stage in London in M.
Butterfly.“He said, ‘I want you to read this’. I said, ‘Is it an offer?’. He said, ‘It’s a film with Jodie Foster called The Silence of the Lambs’.
I thought it was a children’s story,” Hopkins remembered.“So I opened it. I sat in the dressing room in the theatre, and I read through the first scene of Lecter.
I said, ‘Is this an offer?’ He said, ‘I’m not sure.’ I said, ‘I’m not going to read anymore, because this is one of the best parts I’ve ever read.’”“I knew how to play the part,” he continued. “I do have an instinct about these roles.
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