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
John Proctor (FBI agent) Anderson from the film "Mississippi Burning", played by Gene Hackman, is loosely based on Proctor. John Proctor died in Queen City Nursing Home in Meridian, Mississippi on May 30, 1999 of Heart failure, At Age of 73 leaving behind him a wife and three children. John Proctor (FBI agent) John H. Proctor, Jr. (born on April 19, 1926 in Reform, Alabama - died on May 30, 1999 in Meridian, Mississippi) was an American FBI agent and US Navy Veteran during World War II, he most famous for his role in investigating the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in 1964.