Brian Cox: "I think I’m the best Hannibal Lecter there ever was"

Brian Cox: "I think I’m the best Hannibal Lecter there ever was"

Some of our finest actors have portrayed novelist Thomas Harris's cannibal killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter – most notably Anthony Hopkins in three movies between 1991 and 2002 and Mads Mikkelsen in a 2013-15 television series.But the first performer to bring the character to the screen – albeit credited as "Hannibal Lecktor" – was the Emmy-winning actor Brian Cox, who played the role in Michael Mann's 1986 cult classic film Manhunter.The film – an ad…