Producer Dino De Laurentiis visited producer and director Sir Ridley Scott on the set of Il gladiatore (2000) to offer him the job of directing this movie. Scott misunderstood which Hannibal he meant, thinking De Laurentiis was speaking of the General and historical figure from Carthage, who nearly brought down the Roman Empire back around 200 B.C., so he replied: "Basically, Dino, I'm doing a Roman epic right now. I don't wanna do elephants coming over the Alps next, old boy." Dino then clarified "No, Hannibal LECTER". Ridley immediately accepted.

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