“I don’t think it would have been helpful”: the 2007 movie Anthony Hopkins wanted nothing to do with
He had his reasons.
Hannibal
The iconic horror villain David Tennant almost played: “A decision above my pay grade”
This would have changed everthing.
The Netflix character “unashamedly” based on Anthony Hopkins: “Steal from another local boy”
An iconic performance.
Why a movie Gerard Butler didn’t even like left him feeling “touched by God”
“Patrick Cassidy had rented the exact same apartment…”
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Not every movie reborn as a TV show is bad; in fact, some are brilliant.
The iconic movie villain Florence Pugh will defend to the death: “He’s a great guy”
“I could be his daughter.”
The iconic character David Lynch almost introduced to cinema: “I got sick of it”
Lynch dropped out of this project because he felt it was too depraved.
When David Bowie almost played Hannibal Lecter’s uncle: “We have reached out to see if he’s interested”
It would have been an unusual collaboration.
The iconic Oscar-winning role Sean Connery turned down: “He thought it was disgusting”
He was almost offended by the offer.
The scene that traumatised Ray Liotta: “I was hearing about people walking out”
It made a lot of people queasy.