“The tear is actually Hannibal’s, because you come back from that tear and you see Jack is not crying. So that’s to suggest that Hannibal did have a genuine, authentic emotional attachment to Bella, and he was absolutely sincere when he wrote this note to Jack.”
Interviewer: Hannibal is so far from normal, and yet he does seem to have genuine emotion for people…
Mads Mikkelsen: I think the way we’ve done it so far, and this is the way we’re going to continue, is that he has never emotionally lied. There’s no scene where he’s been lying with his emotions. The thing is, he contains all the empathy in the world, but he’s not at the mercy of his empathy. He controls it. He chooses when to be happy, when to be sad, when to be melancholic, but they are all true and honest feelings. The people [in that house] all meant a tremendous amount to him, but at the same time, they wouldn’t listen! So there’s got to be another family out there for him.
"Technically, you killed him." 