HANNIBAL
CRIME / DRAMA / HORROR
USA
2013-2015
HANNIBAL is an American psychological horror-thriller television series developed by Bryan Fuller for NBC. The series is based on characters and elements appearing in Thomas Harris' novels Red Dragon (1981). HANNIBAL consists of 39 episodes of 45 minutes.
STORY: FBI profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) is recruited by Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne), the head of Behavioural Sciences of the FBI, to help investigate a serial killer in Minnesota. Crawford decides to have him supervised by forensic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen). Lecter works to manipulate the FBI from within.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Hugh Dancy as Will Graham, a gifted criminal profiler and hunter of serial killers. He visualizes himself committing the murders he investigates to understand the killers' behaviours; throughout the series, Graham's involvement with the investigations takes a toll on his psyche. The emotional relationship between Graham and Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) forms the foundation of the series. Mads Mikkelsen as Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant forensic psychiatrist and gourmand, who is also secretly a serial killer and a cannibal, known as the Chesapeake Ripper. Creator Bryan Fuller also confirmed that his version of Hannibal Lecter is pansexual and in love with Will Graham in the NBC show. Fuller recently said he wanted to further explore a romantic relationship between the characters, but nothing came to fruition.
Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) & Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen)
HUGH DANCY (2013-2015) June 19, 1975, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
MADS MIKKELSEN (2013-2015) November 22, 1965, Østerbro, Danmark
SPECIAL: Mikkelsen and Dancy were all in on the kiss between Hannibal and Will, but showrunner Fuller knew such a moment would hit the nail on the head too much. As Mikkelsen explained, “We never went for the kiss. Bryan loved it, but he was like, 'Too much, guys. It's too obvious’.
AWARDS: ‘HANNIBAL’ nominated 1 Primetime Emmy. 24 wins & 52 nominations.
8.5 IMDB
