AttentionHannibalfans:Mads Mikkelsensees you and your ship preferences.
Me and Hugh were like, ‘Why not?
We have a couple of takes.
Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter, left, and Hugh Dancy as Will Graham on ‘Hannibal.'.Brooke Palmer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Let’s do one.
It might be cool.'"
Although the moment was discussed, the actors never ended up going for it in the final shot.
“[ShowrunnerBryan Fuller] loved it, but he was like, ‘Too much, guys.
It’s too obvious.’
And he was absolutely right,” said Mikkelsen.
“But I think we were just stuck on that.
And a lot of the Fannibals wanted it as well.
It’s been a subject of homoerotic fan art.
And for good reason, because they are so united as twins in many ways.
But we never wanted it to be a physical thing.
It was something much bigger than that.”
Hannibalaired on NBC for three seasons.
“We knew that there was a fourth season,” Mikkelsen toldVulture.
“We had something more up the sleeve, but then it didn’t happen.”
“I would love to go back,” said Mikkelsen.
