We set ourselves a limit and cut characters which weren't so vital.
These scenes deal with what happened before Hannibal Lecter was captured for the first time.
Mr Tony Hopkins says he's willing to do it if he likes the script.
It's a fantastic review. Sixty percent of the American reviews are sensational, 20% are mixed, not so good.
Italian industry was so poor we had no money for studio, to create the set, to go anyplace. We had to shoot everything in the street.
I have the rights to all the books where the character of Hannibal Lecter appears, I acquired these by buying the rights to Red Dragon.