No, not another green rubber faced freak of a movie, but the latest Hannibal film!
Actress Gong Li has not only joined the Miami Vice movie as Crockett’s (Colin Farrell) love interest, but is also to join the cast of Behind the Mask. Movieweb have the story:
She will then play Lady Murasaki, the Japanese woman who teaches cultural sophistication to a young Hannibal Lecter…
Behind the Mask…
…shows how Hannibal the Cannibal developed his sense of culture as well as a taste for human flesh.
After the young Hannibal escapes from an orphanage and runs away to Paris, he takes refuge at the home of his uncle. His wife, Lady Murasaki, becomes the sociopath’s teacher.
Dino De Laurentiis said they are now casting three actors to play Lecter at ages 8, 14 and 20.
I don’t know what my taste is for a sequel, or rather a prequel, but if the source material is treated well it could actually be quite enjoyable. For all it’s press I enjoyed even the last outing with Julianne Moore, and I think the route they are taking with the young Lecter could make for some really interesting story and scenes. What’s the appetite out there for another bite at the Lecter lifestyle?
