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Hannibal Lecter without the charm: Brian Cox on becoming ‘truly evil’ in Manhunter
Before Anthony Hopkins ate Clarice for breakfast, Michael Mann s neglected thriller gave us a colder cannibal – without the scenery-chewing
4 February 2021 • 6:00am What made Hannibal so menacing was the mystery of who he was : Brian Cox in Manhunter
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How different modern cinema might have been if Hannibal Lecter had sung I Just Called to Say I Love You down the phone. The now-unlikely scenario was almost included in the original Lecter film – Michael Mann’s 1986 thriller, Manhunter – as Hannibal, then played by Brian Cox, calls the FBI profiler who put him behind bars (and Plexiglass).