Hannibal (film) realized that Zaillian was "exorcising the 600 pages of the book. He was distilling through discussion what he was gonna finally do ... Frankly I could have just made it." It was unclear if Jodie Foster (Clarice Starling) and Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lecter) would reprise their respective roles for which they won Academy Awards in "The Silence of the Lambs" (best actress/actor). It became apparent that the producers and the studio could do without one of the original "stars" and would go on to find a replacement. The withdrawal of both Foster and Hopkins could possibly have been terminal for
Buddy Foster the voice talent of the little boy in the famous 1969 Tootsie Pop commercial Mr. Owl - How Many Licks Does It Take? and often confused and credited to Peter Robbins (the young voice actor who portrayed Charlie Brown during the 1960s cartoons). He made his final screen appearance with a small role in the United Artists feature film, "Foxes" (1980), which starred his sister, Jodie Foster. In 1997, Foster authored the book, "Foster Child" (), in which he chronicled his account of his and Jodie's childhood. In the book, he alleged that Jodie was gay or bisexual, and that