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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Silence of the Lambs

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lud — 4 years ago(January 06, 2022 01:20 AM)

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Lead
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Supporting
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Why so serious?

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AnthonyRocks — 4 years ago(January 08, 2022 12:15 AM)

Is "
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
" 1 of your Favorite Movies ?

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Woodyanders — 4 years ago(January 08, 2022 02:28 AM)

I'm going with supporting. Hopkins isn't in the movie enough to be considered the lead.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.

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ha — 4 years ago(January 10, 2022 08:24 PM)

He may not be the lead in official billing, but he walked away with that position in reality.

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rudeboymurray — 4 years ago(January 17, 2022 03:35 AM)

I voted supporting but I never thought it was such terrible fraud that he opted to push for lead. His presence is felt even when he is offscreen, and his chemistry with Foster is what made the movie the phenomenon that it was.
His Oscar win also spared us what would almost certainly have been an undeserved win for Nick Nolte in the dreadful Prince of Tides.

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bananaman — 1 year ago(October 01, 2024 05:52 PM)

Lead. It's about how important the role is to the story. Not the screen time.

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Melton1 — 4 months ago(November 20, 2025 05:29 AM)

Lead.
Who else would be the male lead in the film if not Hopkins?

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LorqVonRay1999 — 2 months ago(January 03, 2026 09:54 PM)

He was a supporting actor.
There was no lead actor in the film.
There was no lead actress in My Dinner with Andre.
Not every film has to have a lead actor and actress.