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- “When I heard Jonathan Demme was going to direct it,” she admits candidly, “I thought, ‘Oh, no, this is terrible news. Not only is he a comedy guy, but he’s gong to want somebody else for the part,’ which was true.
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Apr 2, 2015 · Silence Of The Lambs director Jonathan Demme has admitted that he was extremely reluctant to cast Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling in Silence Of The Lambs, the role which later won the actress...
- Nick Levine
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May 20, 2016 · It wasn’t just film goers who found Anthony Hopkins terrifying in ‘ The Silence Of The Lambs ’ - his co-star, Jodie Foster, was chilled to her bones too. In fact, Sir Anthony’s Oscar-winning...
- Matt Bagwell
May 23, 2024 · 3. Jodie Foster desperately wanted to direct Silence of the Lambs. When she read the script for Silence of the Lambs, Jodie Foster found, as an actress, the material was irresistible. “It was an absolutely, intellectual, emotional, spiritual attraction to the material,” she says.
- Ed Gross
- “Is it a children’s story?” When Hopkins first received the screenplay for “The Silence of the Lambs,” he initially thought it was for a film for kids.
- Where did Hannibal’s voice come from? “I knew what the character looked like,” Hopkins says, who asked the wardrobe team to give him a fitted prison suit — not just a drab orange jumpsuit.
- Similarly, Foster found her way to Clarice through her diction. In Foster’s interpretation of Clarice, she spoke slowly and with trepidation. For example, she didn’t use contractions in her syntax, because Clarice tried to present herself as better educated than she was.
- Hopkins stayed in character between takes. “The Silence of the Lambs” shot in Philadelphia. Although Hopkins and Foster’s prison-cell conversations are among the most iconic in the film, they don’t actually share much screen time.
Jan 22, 2024 · While on The Graham Norton Show, Foster admitted that she avoided talking to Hopkins while they were filming, as she was fearful of both the actor and his character. Even though they may not have...
Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme was amazed at how Jodie Foster could effortlessly 'become' Clarice Starling. Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, 1991. ©Orion Pictures/courtesy MovieStillsDB.com.
Feb 16, 2021 · Jodie Foster is best known for her starring role in The Silence of the Lambs. She once revealed she never spoke to co-star Anthony Hopkins during the movie. Here’s why.
