13 The Silence of the Lambs

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Re: 13 The Silence of the Lambs

#76 Post by hearthesilence »

Ted Tally interview in Rolling Stone

It's pretty great, with quite a bit of new info that I don't recall being covered in Criterion's commentary (including his experience with Gene Hackman before he dropped out). This bit might've been, but it's worth repeating here:

With Hopkins, how did you feel when you actually heard him saying Hannibal’s words?

It was thrilling. It’s funny, I asked him one time how he came up with his voice, and he had some bizarre answer that makes sense to him. He said, “Well, I thought it was a cross between Katharine Hepburn and the computer Hal in 2001: A Space Odyssey.” I mean, actors … What’re you gonna say?
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