Mads Mikkelsen chats with Access at the 2013 Independent Spirit Awards

Access: Now, you have a big show coming up, "Hannibal".

Mads: Yeah.

Access: Alright tell us about "Hannibal", tell us how much it is inspired, or whatever, by "Silence of the Lambs".

Mads: Well, I think it's super-inspired. It's the characters, but it's taking place before the books, so it's a "pre"-thing, and you might even see Hannibal being fairly sane in situations. He needs to make friends and that is how it starts out, [Hannibal] making friends with the main characters.

Access: Well Hannibal has a certain culinary, you know, taste. Are we going to see him enjoying some odd food?

Mads: Yeah, and not only him, he's having a lot of parties, he's throwing a lot of parties.