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
Jodie Comer Jodie Comer Jodie Comer (born 11 March 1993) is an English actress, known for her roles as the assassin Villanelle in "Killing Eve", Chloe Gemell in the comedy-drama series "My Mad Fat Diary", Ivy Moxam in the BBC Three miniseries "Thirteen", Kate Parks in "Doctor Foster" and as Elizabeth of York in the miniseries "The White Princess". Jodie Comer was born on 11 March 1993 in Liverpool, England. She attended a weekend drama school and performed at her school, St Julie's Catholic High School, in Woolton, Liverpool. After being excluded for not being able to attend dance rehearsals for a