Recast Roles In Film And TV You Didn’t Know Happened

Clarice Starling Goes From One Award Winning Actress To Another

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Jodie Foster played Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs in 1991. The movie won Best Picture at the Academy Awards while Foster took home the Best Actress trophy. Being the fourth highest grossing film of the year, the studio jumped at the chance to make the sequel; Hannibal.

Foster refused to return, however, saying the new movie was going to be too gruesome. The producer claimed he fired her for demanding $20 million. Whatever the reason was, Julianne Moore was recast as Clarice Starling and Hannibal in 2001. In 2015, she won an Academy Award for her performance in Still Alice. It was her fourth career nomination.