Anthony Hopkins and Brian Cox have a pact of silence not to talk about the iconic character they played

Both Brian Cox and Anthony Hopkins have played Hannibal Lecter on the big screen, but both actors agreed not to talk about it due to a disagreement.

What two more actors play the same character is far from a rarity: James Bond, Superman o Batman They may be the most famous cases, but the list is considerably longer, and even more so with the inexhaustible list of remakes. Hannibal Lecter is also a character that has been played by several actors.

It is true that the Anthony Hopkins iteration is the best known and most successful, but stars like Mads Mikkelsen, Gaspard Ulliel and Brian Cox They have also gotten under the skin of the cannibalistic murderous cult.

In fact, The silence of the lambs It was not the first time that the character of Thomas Harris to the big screen. Five years before the movie Jonathan Demme was released in cinemas, Michael Mann (Heat) premiered Hunter.

In that 1986 version, Brian Cox He was in charge of giving life to the psychopath and, although it is a very successful version, it did not have the impact that Anthony Hopkins achieved just five years later.

Brian Cox and Anthony Hopkins don't talk about Hannibal Lecter

Although the star of Succession praises Hopkins' work in The silence of the lambshe and the Welsh actor never talk about the character. As he has told The Hollywood Reportera misunderstanding caused the two to agree to a certain “pact of silence”:

“We don't talk about it. I did an interview with a newspaper and the headline said I was the first Hannibal Lecter. Well, that was true, but it sounded like he was bragging about it and he wasn't. One afternoon, the phone started ringing and all hell broke loose.

Tony and I shared the same agent, and his then-wife called my agent and said, “Tony's a little upset about that.” So I called my agent and said, “Look, I apologize.” Tony and I have worked together a couple of times since then. We never talk about it. And that's a rule we would never have if it weren't for that misunderstanding.“.

You would think that two actors of the caliber of Brian Cox and Anthony Hopkins would share experiences about their days playing the infamous cannibalistic murderer, but a headline made them draw an invisible line that they never cross.

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