TV and Movies·Posted on Mar 25, 2014Hannibal Lecter Almost Had A Very Different MaskApparently, Silence of the Lambs could've been about a catcher or a knight.by Jaimie EtkinBuzzFeed News ReporterLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail There is perhaps no horror movie mask as horrifying as the one Anthony Hopkins wore as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs. But video-distribution company The Criterion Collection unveiled footage of Hopkins trying on some alternatives when the film shot in 1989. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Luckily, those bars were added over his mouth. I mean, without them, the catcher's mask would've done a better job at preventing cannibalism. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF