Mads Mikkelsen Still Wants More HANNIBAL and Says “It’s All About Finding a Home for It"
Bryan Fuller’s short-lived NBC series Hannibal was such a great show, and it’s a story that a lot of fans would love to see continue. Even its star Mads Mikkelsen wants more, and he’s ready to return to the role of Hannibal Lecter if it ever happens.
While on the red carpet for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Mikkelsen was asked about the return of Hannibal, and he says that while there’s a chance it could happen, it needs to happen sooner rather than later. He said:
“Always a chance… there’s always a chance. It’s all about finding a home for it. Of course, we’re running out of time. We can’t wait 20 years… but in the next couple years, if someone finds a home, we are all ready to take it up again.”
NBC pulled the plug on the show back in 2015, but it’s something that Mikkelsen has wanted to return to. He explained in a previous interview that if they were to make a fourth season of Hannibal, he’d like to dive into Hannibal Lecter’s most iconic story, Silence of the Lambs, which is the direction the series was leading up to, so it would make sense for some kind of version of that story to be told.
“I don’t think it’s a secret that if it does happen, we would love to go into Silence of the Lambs. That’s always been an issue because they didn’t have the rights for that book. But that’s obviously the most famous part and we’d love to go in there.”
A few years ago, Fuller offered an update on the return of Hannibal saying, “No one has given up! I've made it clear I want to do it, the cast wants to do it and Martha wants to do it. We just need a network or a streaming service that wants to do it, too. I don't feel there's a clock on it or an expiration date for the idea. We just need someone to bite.”
It’s crazy to me that no one has jumped on board to make this happen!