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The "Hannibal" team all wanted a gay kiss but knew was "too obv" to succsfully pull off.

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THE HANNIBAL FALE NEARLY END ON A GAY KISS, SAYS BRYAN FULLER

The "Hannibal" team all wanted a gay kiss but knew was "too obv" to succsfully pull off. * gay hannibal *

Bryan Fuller's Hannibal seri is nsired by some to be one of the most famo exampl of queerbag TV history, but almost gave the gay kiss we wanted and served. "I was jt followg the lead of the actors, as opposed to havg a gay agenda.

The gay agenda me later. As pictns of homosexualy have bee progrsively ls prohibed  televisn and movi, portrayg timate emotnal relatnships that don't volve sex seems to have bee even more plited.

Aled Hchck's 1951 film Strangers on a Tra featur a relatnship between two male characters that is parable to that between Will and Hannibal, and is wily regard as havg strong homoerotic subtext. Yet Strangers on a Tra was ma an era where, thanks to the Hays Co, wasn't possible to have explicly gay characters Amerin films. That le clearly don't apply to Hannibal, the latt season of which saw Margot Verger and Alana Bloom get married and have a child together - so why did Fuller choose not to make Hannibal and Will's relatnship explicly homosexual?

HANNIBAL & THE GAY ELEPHANT THE ROOM

Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay hannibal *

"But that do not necsarily prevent om a homoerotic subtext. " When asked why he wanted to clu so much homoeroticism between two characters who don't and never will have a sexual relatnship, Fuller explaed that the fact that sex is not volved is what mak Will and Hannibal's teractns so tertg.

There’s a scene at dner where we were tacklg the ed bay bee was so transparently homoerotic.

In the real world, some straight men attempt to navigate the boundari of iendship wh other men by addg the veat "no homo" to exprsns of affectn, appreciatn of male bety, or any other statement that might be terpreted as havg gay nnotatns. No homo, " lacks a certa amount of gravas.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS HANNIBAL

The iendship between Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggs the Lord of the Rgs trilogy is, along wh Hannibal, one of relatively few morn attempts to portray tensely emotnal male homosocial relatnships wh absolute scery, and the number of gay jok ma about Frodo and Sam the wake of the films' release speaks to the fact that dienc weren't (and still aren't) que fortable watchg straight male characters get emotnally timate wh one another.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS MOTEL 6-HANNIBAL, MO

Depictns of homosexualy may have bee more acceptable mastream cema and TV, but homophobia still exists many pervasive and sid ways - one of which is the cultural need to mata a strong dividg le between heterosexualy and homosexualy. Hence, "no homo. In TV, this kd of gay subtext is sometim labelled 'queerbag' by fans, who acce shownners of tryg to appeal to gay men (or, more monly, straight women) by teasg the possibily of guy-on-guy actn whout ever takg the risk of actually makg lead characters gay or bisexual.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

One show that seems to straddle the le between scere homoerotic subtext and a nng "no homo" gag is BBC's Sherlock, which the plex nature of John Watson's (Mart Freeman) feelgs for Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock Holm (and vice versa) are explicly addrsed at var pots the seri. This is often played for lghs, wh characters mistakenly believg that John and Sherlock are boyiends, and  speaks to how much the csatn of homosexualy as a taboo subject has plited the bs of portrayg close male iendships.

Bee of the ntued existence of homophobia, even among people who nsir themselv to be open-md, seeg fiercely emotnal scen between heterosexual male characters n still elic a feelg of awkwardns  viewers, and one of the most effective antidot to awkwardns is lghter.

Predictably, his early attempts clu a mix-up which he accintally go on a date wh a gay man.

BRYAN FULLER BREAKS DOWN HOMOEROTIC CHARGE OF "HANNIBAL"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY JIM HALTERMANAPRIL 22, 2014/1:34 PMBY JIM HALTERMANAPRIL 22, 2014 / 1:34 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BRYAN FULLER BREAKS DOWN HOMOEROTIC CHARGE OF \"HANNIBAL\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-04-22T17:34:53.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-04-22T17:34:53.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JIM HALTERMAN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT KD OF TREATMENT IS DR. LECTER (MADS MIKKELSEN) GIVG TO WILL (HUGH DANCY)?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF THERE'S ONE THG THAT'S TE THE TELEVISN LANDSPE, THE WORLDS CREATED BY BRYAN FULLER ARE NEVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS EARLY WRG REER CLUS WRG CREDS ON STAR TREK: VOYAGER BEFORE HE WENT ON TO CREATE AND PRODUCE HIS OWN QUIRKY SHOWS LIKE WONRFALLS, DEAD LIKE ME AND, OF URSE, PHG DAISI. AND, NOW, THERE’S HANNIBAL, WHICH, LOOKG AT FULLER’S PREV WORK, MAK PERFECT SENSE WH S TOXITG BLEND OF CRIME, HORROR, HUMOR, ROMANCE AND, OF URSE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, AS YOU KNOW OR N GUS, HANNIBAL IS A MORN-DAY PREQUEL TELLG THE STORY OF DR. HANNIBAL LECTER, WHO WE KNOW PRIMARILY OM ANTHONY HOPKS’ AMY AWARD-WG PORTRAYAL THE FILM, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. IN THIS TV VERSN, WHICH WAS VELOPED OM THE RED DRAGON NOVEL BY THOMAS HARRIS, LECHTER IS YOUNGER, A MUCH RPECTED PSYCHIATRIST AND IS PLAYED BRILLIANTLY BY MADS MIKKELSEN. IN KEEPG WH THE LECTER LORE, HE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A NNIBAL WHO OFTEN MAK LAVISH MEALS OUT OF HIS VICTIMS AND LIGHTS HAVG UNSPECTG GUTS DE WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SERI ALSO STARS HUGH DANCY AS WILL GRAHAM, A TROUBLED FORMER FBI AGENT WHO NNECTED WH LECTER THE SHOW’S FIRST SEASON TO HELP SOLVE S. THE TWO MEN GREW CLOSER AND CLOSER ON A PSYCHOLOGIL LEVEL-- AND HAVE SHARED A HEALTHY DOSE OF HOMOEROTIC TIMACY-- BUT THE RELATNSHIP HAS BEE STRAED (TO PUT DLY) SCE GRAHAM DISVERED THE GRISLY TTH ABOUT HIS IEND AND LECTER AMED GRAHAM FOR HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAD THE PLEASURE OF TALKG TO BRYAN FULLER ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POT THE SERI, THE HOMOEROTIC NATURE OF THE SHOW AND WHETHER HE AND HIS CREATIVE TEAM EVER IGHTEN THEMSELV WH SOME OF THE GOME MURRS AND HUMAN TABLES THEY DREAM UP FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEBACKLOT: I’VE SAID TO YOU BEFORE THAT I SOMETIM EXPECT HANNIBAL AND WILL TO JT START KISSG. THE SCEN ARE OFTEN SO TIMATE. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE HOMOEROTICISM BETWEEN THE TWO CHARACTERS THAT ARE NOT GAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRYAN FULLER: I’M NOT SURE ABOUT HANNIBAL. I THK HANNIBAL IS A VERY BROADLY SPECTMED HUMAN BEG/FALLEN ANGEL, WHO PROBABLY IS PABLE AND TERTED EVERYTHG HUMANY HAS TO OFFER. WHEREAS WILL GRAHAM IS VERY FELY HETEROSEXUAL, BUT THAT DO NOT NECSARILY PREVENT OM A HOMOEROTIC SUBTEXT. IT’S PRACTILLY TEXT A UPLE OF EPISOS JT BEE WE REALLY WANT TO EXPLORE THE TIMACY OF THE TWO MEN AN UNEXPECTED WAY WHOUT SEXUALIZG THEM, BUT CLUDG A PERCEPTN OF SEXUALY THAT THE CEMA IS ACTUALLY PORTRAYG TO THE DIENCE MORE THAN THE CHARACTERS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE’S A SCENE AT DNER WHERE WE WERE TACKLG THE ED BAY BEE WAS SO TRANSPARENTLY HOMOEROTIC. THEY WERE DOG SOMETHG THAT WAS NOT SEX OR ANYWHERE NEAR SEX, BUT WAS SHOT SO SUGGTIVELY THAT THEY MAY AS WELL HAVE BEEN. I THK THAT’S THE FUN OF THIS SHOW, IS THAT PARTICULARLY AT THE END OF EPISO EIGHT, WHICH IS A VERY TIMATE MOMENT BETWEEN WILL AND HANNIBAL WHERE WILL CROSS A LE OF SORTS, WH HIS OWN PSYCHE. AND HANNIBAL IS THERE TO WELE HIM ON THE OTHER SI WH OPEN ARMS. AND IS, ONCE AGA, NOT SEXUAL ANY WAY, SHAPE OR NTEXT, BUT THE TIMACY OF THE PERFORMANC AND THE ENTHIASM OF HANNIBAL, AND PRI OF HANNIBAL AS HE LOOKS AT WILL, THERE IS HARD TO NY AN ATTRACTN BETWEEN THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND, TO BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR, IS NOT SEXUAL, BUT 'S BEYOND SEXUAL. IT IS PURE TIMACY A NON-PHYSIL WAY. BUT IS THAT TIMACY BETWEEN HETEROSEXUAL MEN THAT I’M FASCATED WH BEE DO GO BEYOND PHYSIL PARAMETERS TO THIS VERY PRIMAL BASIC MALE BONDG PLACE. THAT, AS A GAY MAN, I AM OUTSI OF, BEE IS UNIQUE. BEE IS EE OF A SEXUALY AND/OR TIMATN OF SEXUALY. YET ANYONE THE DIENCE WHO IS ATTRACTED TO EHER OF THE MEN WILL FEEL THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT JANUARY'S TCA PANEL: (L-R) CAROLE DHAVERNAS, LRENCE FISHBURNE,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRYAN FULLER, DANCY & MIKKELSEN (GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WONR IF AS GAY MEN, WE WANT TO ENURAGE THAT TIMACY STRAIGHT MEN WAY. KD OF LIKE, ‘WELL DON’T YOU WANT TO KISS HIM? HOW ULD YOU NOT WANT TO KISS HIM OR SLEEP WH HIM OR SOMETHG?’{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BF: [LGHS] WELL TO ME, I’VE NEVER BEEN ONE OF THOSE WHO IS ATTRACTED TO STRAIGHT MEN. LIKE I ALWAYS SAID, ‘YOU’RE STRAIGHT, SO THERE’S NO POT’ AND I HAVE IENDS WHO ARE PURSUERS OF THE HETEROSEXUAL MEN. THEY SEE AS NQUTS, WHICH I THK IS A DIFFERENT THG AND A MORE NARCISSISTIC THG. AND NOT NECSARILY A HEALTHY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT I’VE NEVER BEEN ONE OF THOSE TO KD OF LIKE, ‘I WANT SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHG AGAST THEIR NATURE TO TILLATE ME.’ THAT NEVER HOLDS ANY TERT. AND I ALWAYS WANT PEOPLE TO BE WHO THEY ARE AND IF THEY’RE BEG NOT WHO THEY ARE I FEEL LIKE ’S FALSE AND, THEREFORE, LS EASY TO NNECT TO. I DON’T NEED THEM TO KISS OR TO DISPLAY PHYSIL TIMACY. I THK THAT ALMOST BE TOO OBV. I LOVE PLAYG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HANNIBAL GETS A TASTE OF HIS OWN MEDICE OM MATTHEW BROWN (JONATHAN TUCKER) (NBC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN WILL BACK TO HANNIBAL AS A PATIENT EPISO 2.7, HANNIBAL SAYS, ‘OUR IENDSHIP IS OVER.’ IS THAT TE? WHAT IS THEIR IENDSHIP AFTER SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BF: YOU KNOW, I THK THE IENDSHIP ISN’T OVER, IS EVOLVG. AND SO, THE IENDSHIP THAT THEY HAD, WHERE WILL WAS BLD BY HANNIBAL’S FLUENCE AND NOW SE HIM CLEARLY IS THE DISTCTN BETWEEN THE IENDSHIP THAT DIED AND THE NEW IENDSHIP THAT IS EMERGG BETWEEN THEM AND THE NEW TIMACY THAT IS EMERGG BETWEEN THEM, BEE WILL IS OPENG UP ABOUT HIMSELF A WAY THAT IS VERY MUCH A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND ALSO HAS TO HAVE ELEMENTS OF HONTY AND GENUE SEARCHG FOR THE TE WILL GRAHAM AFTER SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED TO HIM TO AFFECT HIS INTY. DO AFFECT HOW HE SE HIMSELF? IS JT LIKE HOW THE WORLD SE HIM? SO, I THK WHAT IS POWERFUL AND WHAT IS TERTG, IS THAT HE ALMOST NEEDS HANNIBAL LECTER AS HIS TE NORTH, BEE HE NEEDS TO KNOW WHERE HE HAS TO TRAVEL BASED ON THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE... 3RD SEASON PLANS AND DREAMG UP THOSE GRISLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PHOTO: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TALK TO ME ABOUT CRAWFORD (LRENCE FISHBURNE) AND HANNIBAL BEE THAT RELATNSHIP HAS BEEN ALMOST AS PELLG AS WILL’S WAS WH HIM SEASON ONE, THOUGH ’S VERY DIFFERENT. HOW DO HANNIBAL PERCEIVE CRAWFORD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BF: EVERYONE THAT HANNIBAL APPEARS TO LIKE, HE ABSOLUTELY LIK. I THK HIS IENDSHIP WH JACK CRAWFORD IS VERY REAL. I THK HE HAS A TREMENDO RPECT FOR JACK CRAWFORD. AND AS THE VIL AND AS AN AGENT OF ILL-CURSY ABOUT THE HUMAN NDN, HE IS PUTTG JACK THROUGH HIS OWN LSONS VOLVG SPARG HIS LIFE OM ATH TO PLITE TAKE JACK’S EMOTNAL TI HANNIBAL DIRECTLY AND EVEN BEYOND THAT. THERE IS A DIFFERENT KD OF GAME THAT HANNIBAL IS PLAYG WH JACK, BUT IS THE SAME GOAL, WHICH IS, HE IS CUR WHAT JACK WILL DO CERTA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND I THK WHAT’S TERTG ABOUT HOW LRENCE FISHBURNE HAD BEEN PLAYG JACK CRAWFORD, IS THAT HE’S PLAYG VERY CLOSE TO THE VT. YOU SEE JACK TAKG , PROCSG, AND NOT MTG TO A DIRECTN OF BELIEF…BUT THE MOMENT MIRIAM LASS (ANNA CHLUMSKY) SHOOTS CHILTON (RL ESPARZA), JACK KNOWS SOMETHG’S UP. ALL THAT IS PERCEIVED IS NOT WHAT IS REAL. AND WE FELY AL WH THAT [ EPISO 2.8], WHERE JACK IS VERY CLEAR ON WHAT’S HAPPENG AND NOW HE HAS TO SET ABOUT BAG A TRAP.  FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS ALREADY PROVEN THEMSELV IMPOSSIBLE TO TCH. SO, HOW DO YOU TCH THE IMPOSSIBLE PREY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TALK TO ME ABOUT THE FACT THAT HANNIBAL IS NOW SLEEPG WH WILL’S EX, ALANA (CAROLE DHAVERNAS). HOW DO THAT CHANGE THGS MOVG FORWARD FOR ALL OF THEM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BF: WELL, I THK THE TERTG PART IS THAT YOU HAVE ALANA, WHO HAS KNOWN HANNIBAL LONGER THAN ANYBODY AND IS CLOSER TO HIM THAN ANY OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS ARE THE SHOW. AND SO, SHE HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME LAYERG HER EY WH BRIS, FOR HER TO NOT SEE HIM. FOR ME, OVERSEEG THE STORY OF THE CHARACTERS, SEEMS LIKE IF THERE’S ANYBODY WHO ULD HOLD ON TO HANNIBAL’S NOCENCE LONGER THAN THE OTHERS, WOULD BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THEN WHEN, OF URSE, ALL IS REVEALED, WE SEE HOW SHE FEELS. AND SO THAT WILL BE AN TERTG BRIDGE TO CROSS WH THE CHARACTER AND HOW THAT RMS ALL OF THE OTHER STORI. AND THE PIEC THAT NEED TO BE PICKED UP OM THE TRIANGLE. BEE THE TRIANGLE BETWEEN WILL AND HANNIBAL AND ALANA IS VERY MUCH ALIVE AND SOMETHG TO BE EXPLORED. AND IS EXPLORED EPISO TEN A VERY SEXY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M CUR ABOUT THE FACT THAT MANY WAYS I’M ROOTG FOR HANNIBAL, WHICH I’M GUSG IS PART OF YOUR SIGN, SO TO SPEAK. BUT WAS EVER A NCERN THAT THE DIENCE MIGHT NOT ROOT FOR HIM OR AT LEAST BE PTIVATED BY HIM ENOUGH TO FOLLOW HIM ON THIS JOURNEY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BF: I THK THAT THAT’S THE BETY AND THE NFN OF THE DIENCE WH ANY SORT OF ANTIHERO, YOU KNOW? ANYBODY WHO IS PABLE OF DOG TERRIBLE THGS, YOU DON’T WANT THEM OUT THE WORLD, BUT YOU N’T HELP BUT RPECT THEIR GENUY AND THEIR SAVVY AND THEIR TELLIGENCE AS THEY GO ABOUT THEIR DASTARDLY EDS. SO I THK THERE LI THE NFN BEE THAT WAS VERY MUCH WHY HANNIBAL NEED TO KILL [SPECIAL AGENT] BEVERLY KATZ (HETTIENNE PARK). TO SLAP THE DIENCE AND SAY, ‘HE’S THAT GUY! HE’S THAT GUY!’ AND STGS WHEN YOU GET THAT SLAP AND IS A TERRIBLE THG TO ENDURE THAT LOSS. BUT IS A NECSARY BUT UNFORTUNATE REMR THAT HE IS A VILLA AND HE DON’T KILL JT PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO KILL, HE KILLS PEOPLE THAT YOU DON’T WANT HIM TO KILL. AND ’S A NECSARY REMR OF WHAT HE’S PABLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PHOTO: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE WAY THAT BEVERLY KATZ WAS LAID OUT, SO TO SPEAK, AFTER SHE HAD BEEN KILLED [SHE WAS SPL VERTIL PIEC AND PLACED SI PRENTATNAL GLASS], DO YOU AND YOUR WRERS SURPRISE YOURSELV AT WHAT YOU E UP WH? YOU REGULARLY HAVE THE DIFFERENT SCENARS AND PRENTATNS THAT ARE VERY THEATRIL, WHICH I KNOW THE SHOW HAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BF: WE WORK VERY HARD TO E UP WH STRIKG CEMATIC ATHS, BEE I THK, THAT IS PART OF THE TONE OF THE SHOW. IT IS THIS, YOU KNOW, IS A PURPLE OPERA AND IS OVER THE TOP AND YOU KD OF EHER HAVE TO GO WH OR NOT. BEE WE ARE NOT PLAYG TO BE ROOTED REALY ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. WE ARE REALY ADJACENT. BUT CEMA AND EMOTN TMP REALY FOR ME. AND SO, BEG ABLE TO DO TO A PERSON WHAT [ARTIST] DAMIEN HIRST DID TO SHEEP AND WS HIS EXHIBS, WAS NSTANTLY BLURRG THE LE BETWEEN WHAT IS TOLERABLE FOR A HUMAN BEG AND WHAT IS TOLERABLE FOR AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND REALLY THERE IS KD OF AN ANIMAL-LOVG AGENDA ON THIS SHOW, BEE WE OFTEN DO TO PEOPLE WHAT PEOPLE ARE VERY FORTABLE WH DOG TO ANIMALS WHOUT A SEND THOUGHT. AND IF WE N GET ANYBODY TO THK TWICE ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THGS THAT WE DO TO ANIMALS AND TO MAKE AN EMOTNAL NNECTN TO THEM BEYOND A PIECE OF MEAT OR A THG THAT IS NOT ALIVE. AND REGNIZE THAT IS ED ALIVE AND DO HAVE AN EMOTNAL TELLIGENCE AND DO HAVE SOPHISTITN AND A NNECTN TO THE WORLD THAT IS MAKG VERY MUCH A NON-HUMAN PERSON, I THK THAT’S A VICTORY FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I N’T IMAGE NOT SEEG MORE OF HANNIBAL AFTER SEASON TWO WRAPS UP. WHAT’S YOUR GUT TELLG YOU? DO YOU THK WE’LL GET A THIRD SEASON?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BF: YOU KNOW, WE’RE HAVG THIS NVERSATN RIGHT NOW. WHAT DO SEASON THREE LOOK LIKE? AND I GUS ONCE AGA, IS A PLETE GAME CHANGER AT THE END OF THE SEND SEASON. LIKE AT THE END OF THE FIRST SEASON THE ENTIRE PARADIGM IS TOSSED OUT THE WDOW AND AT THE END OF SEASON TWO THE ENTIRE PARADIGM IS TOSSED OUT THE WDOW. AND SO, SEASON THREE IS A WHOLE NEW CHAPTER AND OF SELF. AND SO, WE’RE TALKG ABOUT, IS THAT CHAPTER FANCIALLY POSSIBLE GIVEN OUR MOL?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE KNOW THAT NBC, WHO HAS BEEN CREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE SHOW, WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO BRG THE SHOW BACK, BUT THERE’S ALSO NEGOTIATNS WH THE FACTNS OF NBC TALKG ABOUT THE PROS AND NS OF THAT PICK-UP. BEE WE ARE A VERY LOW-RATED SHOW AND WE’RE ON A NIGHT WHERE PEOPLE DON’T GENERALLY WATCH TELEVISN. AND IS THAT A THG THAT IS SECURY FOR OR IS THAT A THG THAT IS NOT NECSARILY HELPG ?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HANNIBAL AIRS FRIDAYS AT 10PM ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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