--- title: Uzo Aduba as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs description: Glamour's new video series, Role Reversal, gives actresses a go at re-imagining iconic roles originally portrayed by men. canonical: https://time.com/4145858/uzo-aduba-eerie-performance-of-hannibal-lecter-in-the-silence-of-the-lambs/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-11T18:09:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:58.022Z og:title: Watch Uzo Aduba Give an Eerie Performance of Hannibal Lecter og:description: It will creep you out og:url: https://time.com/4145858/uzo-aduba-eerie-performance-of-hannibal-lecter-in-the-silence-of-the-lambs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Uzo Aduba Give an Eerie Performance of Hannibal Lecter twitter:description: It will creep you out twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Uzo Aduba Give an Eerie Performance of Hannibal Lecter in _The Silence of the Lambs_ > Sponsored content. 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No Intermission._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 11, 2015 6:09 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 11, 2015 6:09 PM UTC A new video series shows actresses reimagining iconic roles originally played by men. _Glamour_‘s [Role Reversal](http://video.glamour.com/) allows female stars to show their versatility by performing influential film scenes popularized by male characters. In one of the first episodes, released on Thursday, _Orange is the New Black_ star [Uzo Aduba](http://time.com/4054308/uzo-aduba-tituss-burgess-dascha-polanco-diversity-television/) takes on Anthony Hopkins’s maniacal serial killer Hannibal Lecter from _The Silence of the Lambs_. Aduba delivers Lector’s [infamous “rube” monologue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMVqIISyp60) so convincingly that it’s hard to remember Hopkin’s now-iconic portrayal of the character. 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