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Anthony Hopkins Recalls How He Approached the Role of 'Intellectual Genius' Hannibal Lecter, Wanting 'to Play Him as a Machine' by Leo Barraclough

Speaking at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Anthony Hopkins explained how he approached the role of Hannibal Lecter in Jonathan Demme's "The Silence of the Lambs." Hopkins recalled that when his agent, Jeremy Conway, told him he was sending over the script for "The Silence of the Lambs," the actor […]

SOURCE: Variety at 02:50PM on December 10, 2025

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