Hopkins' Hannibal could return for third time
Sir Anthony Hopkins has said he has not yet lost his taste for doing another turn as Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.
Hannibal, the sequel to 1991's Oscar-winning The Silence of the Lambs, opens in the UK on Friday.
US audiences also apparently haven't tired of the blood-hungry genius, with studio MGM saying the film could reach £42 million at the box office in its opening weekend.
Hopkins says the enduring appeal of a character like Hannibal comes from the inner conflict within all people.
The Oscar-winning actor, has been attending the Berlin international film festival, said: "I would like to do one more sequel, which is being discussed. Hopefully, that will be fairly soon, maybe next year.
"We are fascinated by the darkness in ourselves. It's part of our mechanism, the duality in our psyche, the light and the dark. Hannibal Lecter - he is the pure paradox of human nature."
