{"id":18763,"date":"2020-08-03T16:42:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T16:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shows4.com\/mobile\/?p=18763"},"modified":"2020-08-03T16:42:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T16:42:13","slug":"hannibal-creator-bryan-fuller-says-nbc-wanted-john-cusack-or-hugh-grant-for-lecter-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=18763","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Fuller says NBC wanted John Cusack or Hugh Grant to play Hannibal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHannibal Lecter, but NBC had different ideas. What ensued was a months-long battle to cast Mikkelsen in the title role, and not Hugh Grant or John Cusack.
\n\u201cIt was an interesting dance because I\u2019d say, \u2018Mads Mikkelsen!\u2019 and they\u2019d say, \u2018No, how about Hugh Grant?\u2019 and I\u2019d say, \u2018Great, make an offer, he\u2019s gonna say no,\u2019 then they\u2019d make an offer and he\u2019d say no, and I\u2019d be like, \u2018What about Mads Mikkelsen?\u2019 and they\u2019d be like, \u2018Well what about John Cusack?\u2019 and I\u2019d say, \u2018Great, make an offer, he\u2019s gonna say no\u2019 and they\u2019d make an offer and he\u2019d say no, I\u2019d say, \u2018What about Mads Mikkelsen?\u2019 Fuller told Collider.
\n\u201cThat carousel went around for three or four months after we had cast Hugh [Dancy], it was going on for a while. Finally I just said, \u2018Mads is the guy, that\u2019s the guy I see in the role and I have to write it and I have to champion it and I have to understand it,\u2019 and Jennifer Salke at NBC bless her heart was like, \u2018Okay, that\u2019s your guy. I believe you and trust you and I\u2019m excited about your vision for the show.’\u201d\n<\/div>\n
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