Jodie Foster was concerned that The Silence of the Lambs was going to make the FBI look stupid. Hannibal Lecter : And you think if you save poor Catherine, you could make them stop, don't you You think if Catherine lives, you won't wake up in the dark ever again to that awful screaming of the lambs. But after meeting the determined actress twice, he changed his mind. In THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), a young, idealistic FBI trainee sent in to consult on a case with Dr. Red Dragon is a 2002 psychological thriller film based on the 1981 novel by Thomas Harris.It was directed by Brett Ratner and written by Ted Tally.A prequel to The Silence of the Lambs (1991), it sees FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) enlisting the help of serial killer Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) to catch another killer, Francis Dolarhyde (Ralph Fiennes). Director Jonathan Demme wanted Pfeiffer, but like a lot of other actors, she was “concerned about the darkness of the piece.” Demme didn’t like Foster’s Boston accent in her movie The Accused, even though it won her an Oscar. She then settled for fighting for the role of FBI agent Clarice Starling. Shes resilient and clever under pressure, yet shes vulnerable, much like the ever-lauded Ellen. Jodie Foster initially wanted to buy the film rights to Thomas’s book herself, but Hackman beat her to it. Jodie Foster is a flawless Final Girl as Clarice Starling. Better to stay silent and let people think you are a fool than opening your mouth and confirming it. Michelle Pfeiffer was the first choice to play Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs. In their defence, there will be a proportion of lambs that have adopted the wisdom of quietly shake your head and stay silent when confronted with fools. But Hackman dropped out days after he watched clips of himself at the 1989 Oscars as FBI Agent Rupert Anderson in Alan Parker's Mississippi Burning he decided he didn't want to follow up a dark role with an even more unlikable character. Jame 'Buffalo Bill' Gumb : Now it places the lotion in the basket. Gene Hackman and Orion Pictures split the $500,000 needed to purchase the movie rights to the book. Mister, if you let me go, I won't - I won't press charges I promise. Adaptational Attractiveness: Paul Vauwter's Krendler is a balding middle aged guy, Ray Liotta's doing the role later made Krendler much more attractive in looks, but their personalities are still just as terrible. WILLIAM LOVELACE, DAILY EXPRESS, HULTON ARCHIVE, GETTY IMAGES Played By: Ray Liotta, Ron Vauwter in The Silence of the Lambs.
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