Hannibal 3x04: "Aperitivo"
So this was the week that the hammer dropped.
NBC Has Canceled "Hannibal"
I did not take it well.
( Executives are a sometimes food )
NBC Has Canceled "Hannibal"
I did not take it well.
( Executives are a sometimes food )
If you have to recast a character on this show, "Mason Verger" is the one and "after he loses his face" is the time, so the switch to Joe Anderson is less distracting than it could have been. His performance is very different, however--interestingly, he seems to be taking his continuity cues from Gary Oldman rather than his show predecessor. Does it work, psychologically speaking? For me it does, but not for everyone, from comments I've seen; it's not unreasonable, IMO, that a post-defacening Mason would have a more vengeful personality, his sadism brought to the fore. A deeper voice and a heavier drawl, though? Is it plausible as the character putting on a performance? Hard to tell. We only have a brief scene of "faceless" Michael Pitt behind a mask at the end of 2x12, his final appearance on the show, to hear how he might have played this season. I'm inclined to give everyone the benefit of the doubt on this one, considering ( ... )
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