- Brian Cox, Manhunter, 1986. The Scots actor is forever known as The First Hannibal Lecter. He nearly wasn’t… Michael Mann called up Friedkin one day, not to discuss old/new movies as dirctors do, but to offer an acting role. Cannibal Hannibal, no less! “I thought he was putting me on. You see me as Hannibal Lecter? He said: I see you exactly as Hannibal Lecter. You don’t appear to be psychotic, but you are.” Known as Hurricane Billy for his temper tantrums, Friekdin once fired 70 people from a single film!
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