![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katikat
Mads Mikkelsen talked about the relationship between his Hannibal and Hugh Dancy's Will Graham:
As previously reported, Hannibal deals with the relationship between Lecter and FBI profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy, The Big C), characters introduced in Thomas Harris’ Red Dragon novel. (Lecter, of course, later became the centerpiece of Harris’ Silence of the Lambs and its big-screen adaptation.) Mikkelsen says the interaction between the two men, though a bit rocky in the beginning, is rooted in true affection – at least, on Hannibal’s part. “When he sees Will, he recognizes himself to a degree,” the actor says.
Both men have a knack for knowing how other people feel; the difference is, Hannibal can turn the ability on and off. Will “has a lot of empathy, but he has no idea of what to do with it,” Mikkelsen adds. “And that’s a nice opportunity: ‘I will help this young man to open his eyes and see his real potential eventually’… And he also sees an opportunity for a friend, which he’s probably not had too many of.” Despite whatever manipulation may take place, Mikkelsen asserts, "Hannibal really, really loves Will."
In real life, Mikkelsen and Dancy have been friends since they both appeared in Antoine Fuqua’s 2004 King Arthur. “We did not have a lot of scenes together. We were basically just sitting on a horse for six months and killing people,” the actor recalls. “I think we all need to feel comfortable when we’re working on the ground that is, as you say, ‘iconic.’ We need to be comfortable around each other. And Hugh is definitely somebody who does that for other people.”
Source
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Do you hear the dolphin noises I'm making? \o/ Like \o/ And only 14 DAYS TO GO!
And yeah, it's on NBC so it will more than likely flop and they will air just the 13 episodes ordered. But you know what? I would be okay with this being a "mini-series". I wouldn't mind if the show ended before Lecter and Graham turned enemies, if they had left the clash between them to our imagination. I mean, imagine if Smallville had ended before all that shit between Clark and Lex hit the fan? If it had had just a season or two and had ended on a high not between them? How much heartache we would've been spared? So yeah, I'll just consider it a mini-series and won't even hope for a renewal. 13 episodes of perfection will be enough.
