Following in the footsteps of Scott Glenn (in The Silence of the Lambs), Harvey Keitel (in Red Dragon) and Dennis Farina (in Manhunter), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix Trilogy, CSI) will play the role of FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit leader Jack Crawford in NBC's upcoming 13-episode Hannibal - all according to EW.com.
Hannibal, of course, is based on novelist Thomas Harris' characters of Hannibal Lecter and FBI Agent Will Graham, with Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale) and Hugh Dancy (King Arthur) playing the roles respectively.
Brought to small screen by Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies), Hannibal will attempt to retcon the relationship between Lecter and Graham, pairing them up to work on more cases than Harris indicated in his novel, Red Dragon. Fishburne's Crawford is Graham's boss - a character that Harris partially based on real life FBI profiler, John Douglas.
“Laurence Fishburne is an iconic man who has been making his cinematic mark since Apocalypse Now and it’s a thrill not only to work with him but to see such a brilliant, sophisticated actor step into the shoes of Thomas Harris’ brilliant, sophisticated character,” Fuller told EW.com. “I cannot imagine a better cast for Hannibal than the one we’ve assembled.”
It's also worth noting that this is the second instance of "color blind" casting involving Fishburne, who will be seen next Summer as Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel.
Source : ign[dot]com
