Hugh Dancy's first encounter with Hannibal

According to IMDB (and "The Hannibal Files" by Daniel O'Brien, page 210), Hugh Dancy's role as Will Graham will not be his first encounter with Hannibal, he auditioned for the role of Hannibal Lecter for the 2007 movie "Hannibal Rising": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367959/trivia