Rebecca (1940 film) not revealed at all. The only thing we know about her is that she came to Manderley when Rebecca was a bride. The Breen Office, Hollywood's censorship board, specifically prohibited any outright hint of a lesbian infatuation or relationship between Mrs. Danvers and Rebecca, though the film clearly does dwell on Danvers' obsessive memories of her late mistress. "The Hollywood Reporter" reported in 1944 that Edwina Levin MacDonald sued Selznick, Daphne du Maurier, United Artists and Doubleday for plagiarism. MacDonald claimed that the film "Rebecca" was stolen from her novel "Blind Windows", and sought an undisclosed amount of accounting and
Bedelia Du Maurier of "Rebecca" and "The Birds". The original intention was to cast an older actress, with Angela Lansbury the first choice for the part. When schedule conflict prevented from hiring Lansbury, Fuller decided on rewriting the character for a younger actress (Gillian Anderson); he explained: After the airing of the second episode of season two, in which Du Maurier outsmarts Lecter, Fuller tweeted: "Bedelia is the smartest character on the show". On the decision to extend Du Maurier's character in season 3, Fuller stated: "The cast and crew of "Hannibal" are positively giddy to be welcoming Gillian to season 3 as