The Unseen Hannibal Legacy Character A Fourth Season Should Include
If Hannibal season 4 ever gets off the ground, there's one unseen legacy character the show should explore. Brian Cox made a real impression with the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter during his brief screentime in Manhunter, director Michael Mann's adaptation of Red Dragon. Sadly, that 1986 thriller went underseen upon release, and it was Anthony Hopkins' chilling turn as Lecter in The Silence Of The Lambs that made the cannibal therapist a horror icon. Hopkins returned to the role twice, while the late Gaspard Ulliel played the part in 2007 prequel, Hannibal Rising.
The movie side of the franchise was waning when the Hannibal TV series arrived in 2013 and re-energized the saga. A perfectly cast Mads Mikkelsen nabbed Hannibal over candidates like David Tennant, and the show explored his complex relationship with FBI profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy). Hannibal wasn't much of a ratings success and was canceled after three seasons, but it's considered one of the best horror shows of recent years and has a loyal cult audience.
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At this stage in the Hannibal franchise, that are few characters that haven't already been explored, either in the movies or TV shows. One legacy character whose never been portrayed onscreen is Count Robert Lecter, Hannibal's uncle. Robert was a small part of the Hannibal Rising book, where young Hannibal seeks him and his wife Lady Murasaki out following his time in an orphanage. Robert later dies of a heart attack after confronting a butcher who insults his wife, and Hannibal avenges him soon after. The movie version of Hannibal Rising -which almost cast Hugh Dancy as Lecter — revealed Count Robert died offscreen, but for the TV series,
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