{"id":129931,"date":"2024-05-14T08:44:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T08:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/14\/silence-of-the-lambs-producer-slams-trump-for-praising-hannibal-lecter\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T08:44:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T08:44:18","slug":"silence-of-the-lambs-producer-slams-trump-for-praising-hannibal-lecter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/14\/silence-of-the-lambs-producer-slams-trump-for-praising-hannibal-lecter\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Silence of the Lambs&#8217; Producer Slams Trump for Praising Hannibal Lecter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-552d865039bc8f9fe77643784cbb45fa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20240513_5ca1ef7ea9bb4862b0fa274860ee875c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c65ac3f8-cfa3-4beb-82f9-39fd8c0c38a4\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5c\/4by3\/2024\/05\/13\/5ca1ef7ea9bb4862b0fa274860ee875c_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"nthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter trump Edward Saxo\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-552d865039bc8f9fe77643784cbb45fa--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-de071b953e0f689317c8b837ec3c40cc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s rant concerning the &#8220;great&#8221; Hannibal Lecter is not sitting effectively with one of many guys who helped make &#8220;The Silence of the Lambs,&#8221; and he is taking a chew out of DT&#8217;s rhetoric.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-de071b953e0f689317c8b837ec3c40cc--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c307ed8ed7d8e503faa743e9910762f3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Edward Saxon<\/strong> &#8212; a part of the Oscar-winning trio that produced the movie &#8212; tells TMZ &#8230; he has a fairly good concept why Trump is likely to be so keen to separate some fava beans and a pleasant Chianti with previous Hannibal the Cannibal.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c307ed8ed7d8e503faa743e9910762f3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-680f695f553826c26fd2cd182a4925ad\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-3a69c007-353a-4d4d-b1e1-d4da39fd1cd2-533083101-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-3a69c007-353a-4d4d-b1e1-d4da39fd1cd2-533083101-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/df\/16by9\/2024\/05\/12\/df11ae2824094e82a3768761ab1d48ad_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-680f695f553826c26fd2cd182a4925ad--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cff5b8334db1b99fc982352aa7ce14a2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He says, &#8220;My guess is, Letcer appears like a kindred spirit. Part of it could be aspirational in that Lecter is sensible and is ready to see into folks\u2019s motivations and management them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cff5b8334db1b99fc982352aa7ce14a2--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6bad4c0b8cc7e570c9a1148817cc57e0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Saxon provides, jokingly, &#8220;It could also be aspirational on a culinary degree as effectively, , to have extra elevated gastronomic tastes&#8221; &#8212; a fairly clear shot on the former president&#8217;s love of quick meals.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6bad4c0b8cc7e570c9a1148817cc57e0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ede0beb5ba87e3d3ba7b4104fbbf7acd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20240513_4b9271ca07be44e3a6e0291d7432542b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c65ac3f8-cfa3-4beb-82f9-39fd8c0c38a4\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/4b\/4by3\/2024\/05\/13\/4b9271ca07be44e3a6e0291d7432542b_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ede0beb5ba87e3d3ba7b4104fbbf7acd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-eae7ae467b2f972fd512dae80b006ab9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Of course, on a way more critical be aware, he says he would not like the concept of Trump evaluating immigrants coming into the U.S. to the murderous Lecter &#8230; telling us it is abhorrent to liken one to the opposite, which Trump boldly did throughout a weekend rally in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-eae7ae467b2f972fd512dae80b006ab9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-81c142c52ed654245ba7239b53c34ccd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-81c142c52ed654245ba7239b53c34ccd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-74297a5e2b1b33f88fb594228434c848\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As we reported &#8230; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/05\/12\/donald-trump-hannibal-lecter-immigrants-speech-rally-analogy-wonderful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>referred to Anthony Hopkins&#8217; character<\/strong><\/a> because the &#8220;late, nice Hannibal Lecter&#8221; &#8212; remembering him as an amazing man &#8230; and in the identical vein, utilizing him as a approach to describe the forms of folks which are pouring into the nation &#8230; particularly, evil cannibal varieties.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-74297a5e2b1b33f88fb594228434c848--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8e0e92c7770275071dff4e2d5aaa0c0b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Saxon says that whereas fictional Lecter is likely to be an &#8220;alluring position mannequin&#8221; for Trump &#8230; it is nonetheless not cool to make the juxtaposition &#8212; and whereas he is not shocked, he says DT simply should not go there.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8e0e92c7770275071dff4e2d5aaa0c0b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e2aedec9d880ecce22bf404e77cb8558\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e2aedec9d880ecce22bf404e77cb8558--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-396104edd980ced2d224f5fd42a55077\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He says &#8230; 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