3. Hannibal's New Diet
Anthony Hopkins gives one of cinema's most terrifying and memorable performances as Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, yet this set image depicts a curious bout of downtime between set-ups, where a still-restrained Hopkins is being fed a french fry by director Jonathan Demme. Amusing for sure - given that it seems as though Demme is taunting Lecter, and Lecter doesn't appear to be particularly thrilled about having a chip thrust in his face - the only way that this shot
doesn't kill the magic of cinema is if we imagine that Lecter broke his shackles and started munching on the taunting director's face mere seconds later. Otherwise, it suggests that Lecter eventually had a change of heart and decided that the
other white meat wasn't so appetising after all. And without his bizarre dietary requirements, what is Lecter really?