When Hugh Dancy was cast in NBC’s forthcoming Hannibal series, the big question was: Who will play Hannibal Lecter himself? Well, our answer is finally here.
EW reports Mads Mikkelsen (Valhalla Rising) has been cast to play the cannibalistic doctor. Mikkelsen is also playing the villain in the upcoming Thor 2.
Bryan Fuller is executive producing and writing the series. David Slade will helm the pilot. Dancy, meanwhile, is playing FBI agent William Graham.
Here is the plot crunch NBC issued earlier:
In this new drama from Bryan Fuller (“Pushing Daisies,” “Heroes”), based on the characters from Thomas Harris’ classic novels, we see where this incredible story began. Will Graham (Hugh Dancy, “The Big C”) is a gifted criminal profiler who is on the hunt for a serial killer with the FBI. Graham’s unique way of thinking gives him the astonishing ability to empathize with anyone even psychopaths. He seems to know what makes them tick. But when the mind of the twisted killer he’s pursuing is too complicated for even Will to comprehend, he enlists the help of Dr. Lecter, one of the premier psychiatric minds in the country. Armed with the uncanny expertise of the brilliant doctor, Will and Hannibal (known as a serial killer only to the audience) form a brilliant partnership and it seems there’s no villain they can’t catch. If Will only knew
