Some horror films scare you long after you’ve left the cinema. Or, in the case of The Silence of the Lambs, in front of the cinema. While filming the serial killer masterpiece The stars Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins were so afraid of each other, that they hardly spoke to each other.
Serial killer horror on Paramount+: Jodie Foster was disturbed by Anthony Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs revolves around the young FBI candidate Clarence Starling (Foster). called in to solve a grisly series of murders becomes. In order to get to the bottom of the serial killer nicknamed Buffalo Bill, she is supposed to enlist the help of convicted cannibalistic murderer and ex-psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins). The highly intelligent psychopath soon manipulates the investigator to his advantage.
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Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs
Hopkins’ performance as Hannibal is now considered the best and most famous of its kind and earned him an Oscar. Even after more than 30 years, she continues to disturb many fans. And Jodie Foster has apparently been one of them since minute one: In an interview with Graham Norton, she revealed that she was on set because of his portrayal of the role was terrified of Hopkins and wouldn’t talk to him.
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I never spoke to him. He scared me. After the first script reading, I never wanted to talk to him again, I was petrified. I avoided meeting him on set. On the last day I admitted that I had been afraid of him. And he was like, ‘I was afraid of you!’
Quite obviously the fear was mutual, as Anthony Hopkins also explained to Foster in an interview with Variety. His reason was shyness and admiration: “I was afraid to talk to you. I thought, ‘She just won an Oscar!’”
Foster won an Oscar in 1988 for Accused and another for The Silence of the Lambs, as did Hopkins. Perhaps the shared winner’s podium has loosened their tongues a little.
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