well is he
2007-02-04 16:51:14 · 13 answers · asked by brick 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I wish he's real.
2007-02-06 04:36:53 · answer #1 · answered by possessed Regan 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hannibal Lector is a fictional character. Here is a 'run-down' of the Hannibal Lector character, movies, and actors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_Lecter
Buffalo Bill prob. represents Ed Gein & a bit of Ted Bundy
Check out this site for 'Who were the real killers'
Court tv crime lab site. Section on Hannibal Lector facts and fiction. You will probably find this site to be more of what you are looking for. Many other real serial killers also.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/weird/lecter/1.html
There are many killers that Hannibal may be created from.
2007-02-04 17:49:26 · answer #2 · answered by coaster14 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No! Hannibal Lecter is not real. He is a character from a series of novels that were adapted to the big screen. But I'm sure he was based on real life cannibals/serial killers.
2007-02-04 17:02:11 · answer #3 · answered by WheelchairBA 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Both the characters Lecter and Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs were inspired by serial killer Ed Gaines(who also inspired the characters of Norman Bates, and Leatherface) according to author Thomas Harris.
2007-02-04 17:01:23 · answer #4 · answered by VoodooPunk 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes and No! The character is a mix of real serial killers and their brutal crimes as was the character Jame Gumb from SILENCE (Ted Bundy, Ed Gein, Jeffery Dahlmer, ect...) but there was no specific serial killing cannibal genius Doctor. Most such characters have to be fictional as to not A: upset their victims families and B: Legal rights. Murders do still have some rights. The author,Thomas Harris, has worked with criminologists for research.Remember not to believe all you see and hear.
2007-02-04 17:58:28 · answer #5 · answered by eljefe927 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Although he is very realistic in novels and movies, he is fictitious. Nonetheless, he is a mix of real life criminals.
The author, who rarely gives interviews, has never definitively explained his influences for creating Lecter, but real-life cannibalistic murderers such as Albert Fish and Issei Sagawa have been mentioned by fans as possible influences.
2007-02-04 22:42:09 · answer #6 · answered by Sohed 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you're speaking about the actors who've performed him, Anthony Hopkins develop into in Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal and pink Dragon, Brian Cox develop into in Manhunter and Gaspard Ulliel develop into in Hannibal starting to be.
2016-11-25 02:55:13 · answer #7 · answered by blomquist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he (and other charcters such as Leather Face) were based on Ed Gaines, a serial killer.
2007-02-05 03:59:51 · answer #8 · answered by Xander 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes...it is based on real events. Inspired by another serial killer.
2007-02-04 17:16:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, he cant be, dats freaky
but there are people who do things like that in real life
2007-02-04 21:27:34 · answer #10 · answered by smiley 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋