‘Hannibal’ death scene fails to get green light for being too disgusting

Image: NBC Hannibal official website

The “Hannibal” TV series has gained a reputation for showing some of the most gruesome murders in the history of television. However, showrunner Bryan Fuller admits there was one murder scene which didn’t get approved because it was too much for TV.

An interview with Entertainment Weekly had Fuller talking about a proposed death scene on the first season’s “Rôti” episode. The initial plan involved Dr. Abel Gideon’s psychiatrist dying by disembowelment through a ceiling fan connected to an incision in the abdomen. Turning the fan on would essentially rip out the psychiatrist’s innards and have them splatter all over the place.

“[It] essentially disembowels him by spinning the fan, all in one fell swoop,” said Fuller. “That was the only one where NBC was like, ‘I just don’t know how you’re going to do it.’”

Apparently the idea was partially inspired by a scene in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. This scene showed a whip getting caught in a fan and a would-be assassin meeting his Maker because of it.

A tweet by Fuller back in August hinted on a possible season four for “Hannibal”. Alfred Bayle/JB

Image: Twitter/@BryanFuller

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