Monday, October 15, 2012

TVLine: Gina Torres is Phyllis "Bella" Crawford


Gina Torres, star of Cleopatra 2525, Alias, and Firefly, has been cast as Jack Crawford's wife, Phyllis "Bella" Crawford, who has a big impact in The Silence of the Lambs.

Their meeting is described in The Silence of the Lambs:
"They had met in Livorno, Italy. He was Army, she NATO staff, and she was Phyllis then. They walked on the quays and a boatman called "Bella" across the glittering water and she was always Bella to him after that. She was only Phyllis when they disagreed."

It is worth mentioning that the events of The Silence of the Lambs won't occur
within the timeframe of the seven seasons of Hannibal. In The Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal says he has been incarcerated at the Chesapeake State Hospital for the
Criminally Insane for eight years, and this incarceration will start at around the end of
Season 2 or start of Season 3 of Hannibal (assuming each season corresponds to
one year).
 
Gina Torres previously worked with Bryan Fuller as grifter Lila Robinson on Pushing Daisies. She will juggle this recurring role with her full-time job on USA Network’s Suits.
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This is brilliant casting not only because Gina Torres is a fantastic actress,
but she is also married to Laurence Fishburne (Jack Crawford) in real life:

3 comments:

  1. How can Lecter's imprisonment start in season 2 or 3, if season four includes the events of Red Dragon? Or is that information wrong?

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  2. Unless Lecter was already in prison for a couple years before Red Dragon, but I thought he was imprisoned only just before.

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  3. In Red Dragon it says "Dr. Hannibal Lecter did that with a linoleum knife. It happened a year before Molly met Graham, and it very nearly killed him." and I think he was dating Molly for a year at the start of RD, so he's definitely a couple of years in jail. But they can skip around the timeline, they could skip a few years between season 3 and season 4, if you know what I mean, the opening credits of season 4 could say "Previously on Hannibal ... And Now 3 Years Later!", etc.

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