Of course, the most famous blooper is the one they left in. The original line is “I ate his liver with some navy beans and a nice Bordeaux,” but Hopkins deliberately said “fava beans and a nice Chianti” as a joke. These would, of course, be disastrous pairings with organ meats, enhancing the already acrid taste of the human liver while doing nothing to balance with sweet or savory tones. (In the reaction shot, you can see Jodie Foster, an oenophile herself, struggle to avoid bursting into laughter.) But Demme decided that it was a perfect symbol of Lecter’s insanity and kept it.
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