Its supposed to be a story about the beginning of hannibal lector. I dont think the actor should have tried to exactly mimic anthony hopkins, as people evolve and change as they get older, i think it would have been stupid to try and make the young hannibal exact to the adult hannibal. l I thought it was a fine movie, that was entertaining, creepy and gory, not once was i bored. I thought Gaspard Ulliel was great and would love to see him continue to work in english roles.