Unsurprisingly, Hannibal 's producers did indeed try to bring Foster back as Clarice, and in , the actress expressed confidence that she and Hopkins' Hannibal would share the screen again. By though, Foster had backed out of the project, and producers weren't sure at first if they wanted to risk recasting Clarice. For her part, Foster said in an interview that she was displeased with Hannibal 's script, and thought it betrayed Clarice's established character.
Jonathan Demme is also said to have declined to return as director for similar reasons. Considering the book ended with Clarice and Hannibal actually becoming lovers - a plot point hated by many fans of both characters - one imagines that anything similar in an early script would've put Foster off. Thankfully, Ridley Scott ended up rejecting that ending as well, and a new one was written for the film. Additionally, at least according to producer Dino De Laurentiis, Foster asked for an unreasonably high salary to return, but it's unclear if that's simply sour grapes on his part.
Michael Kennedy is an avid movie and TV fan that's been working for Screen Rant in various capacities since Julianne Moore then played Clarice in Hannibal , an effort that received mixed-to-negative reviews. Many felt Moore's performance paled in comparison to Foster's. She addressed her decision not to return to the role of Clarice Starling, stating it ultimately comes down to her lack of involvement with Hannibal. Taken at face value, it sounds like Foster means she wasn't asked back for Hannibal.
However, past reports as well as comments from Foster herself suggest otherwise. It seems more likely that Foster is simply sad she wasn't able to make Hannibal work, and missing out on that took her enthusiasm away.
As Hannibal put Clarice in a far different situation than The Silence of the Lambs, Foster might not be too frustrated about avoiding it, but who knows? Audiences will likely never see Foster play Clarice again, and that's okay. Her first performance was already one for the ages. Lecter and the absence of Foster's commanding, understated screen presence. To their credit, both Demme and Foster remained largely quiet about the state of Hannibal when it finally reached theaters.
When pressed on her absence from the film in a revelatory interview with Total Film , Foster continued to take the high road, slyly claiming it was her desire to direct her long-gestating passion project Flora Plum that ultimately kept her away. The official reason I didn't do Hannibal is I was doing another movie, Flora Plum [a long-cherished project that has yet to be shot]," she said. But Clarice meant so much to Jonathan and I, she really did, and I know it sounds kind of strange to say but there was no way that either of us could really trample on her.
When asked if she'd seen Hannibal in the same interview, Foster admitted she had before offering, "I won't comment.
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