March 30, 2005
Gong Li joins Lecter in Behind the Mask
No, not another green rubber faced freak of a movie, but the latest Hannibal film!
Actress Gong Li has not only joined the Miami Vice movie as Crockett's (Colin Farrell) love interest, but is also to join the cast of Behind the Mask. Movieweb have the story:
She will then play Lady Murasaki, the Japanese woman who teaches cultural sophistication to a young Hannibal Lecter...
Behind the Mask...
...shows how Hannibal the Cannibal developed his sense of culture as well as a taste for human flesh.After the young Hannibal escapes from an orphanage and runs away to Paris, he takes refuge at the home of his uncle. His wife, Lady Murasaki, becomes the sociopath's teacher.
Dino De Laurentiis said they are now casting three actors to play Lecter at ages 8, 14 and 20.
I don't know what my taste is for a sequel, or rather a prequel, but if the source material is treated well it could actually be quite enjoyable. For all it's press I enjoyed even the last outing with Julianne Moore, and I think the route they are taking with the young Lecter could make for some really interesting story and scenes. What's the appetite out there for another bite at the Lecter lifestyle?
Posted by Richard Brunton at March 30, 2005 07:03 AM
Comments
Posted by: Rem at March 30, 2005 04:04 PM
I'd go see it. I've liked all the Lecter films. They'd have to get Hopkins to narrate it though. The character is nothing without Hopkins' creepy voice.
Posted by: adam at March 30, 2005 04:43 PM
That's something I have to agree with nowadays, since Hopkins really has become Lecter. However when I first saw Manhunter, I thought Cox was way better, just had that more "real" edge to him.
Voiceover would be the way to go though, keep that link to the character that we really do love.
Posted by: Richard Brunton at March 30, 2005 04:47 PM
I liked Manhunter better than Red Dragon. Cox was very good and has become one of my favorite actors.
Posted by: adam at March 30, 2005 07:37 PM
Ah. Another chinese actress cast as a Japanese character (cf. Memoirs of a Geisha). The premise of this sequel sounds pretty good. I hope they'll get some hot young guy to play Hannibal^^;