i am brought in to work on a , who isjack crawford lawrence fishburne's character. that starts, he immediately starts to get concerned about me and my state of mind. so he brings in an outside expert to assess may. and that outside expert is hannibal lecter. at this point, he is a practicing psychiatrist and a chef. tavis: what pulls us into the character initially? >> he is superficially a very appealing person. kind of debonair. he is a great chef. he is a host. he is witty. he is even caring in this very bleak, dark world that the show takes place in. he is this extraordinary peacock of a character. he hosts dinner parties and someone. -- ink beyond that is tavis: i don't know who is in , but he is ating perfect villainous character. he plays it so well. >> talk about a difficult role to step into. i was thought that the primary characteristic of any actor that they hired was going to have to be basically cajones. you need to put aside the fact that it has been done so well before. the second thing is that he has an incredible nuance in his performance sites that