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Bedelia Du Maurier

January 01, 1970

Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier is a fictional character in the TV series Hannibal. Unlike most characters in the stories, Du Maurier is an original creation, and does not appear in Thomas Harris' novels. She is portrayed by Gillian Anderson.

Bedelia Du Maurier
Hannibal Lecter character
Gillian Anderson as Du Maurier
First appearance"Sorbet"
Last appearance"The Wrath of the Lamb"
Created byBryan Fuller
Portrayed byGillian Anderson
In-universe information
GenderFemale
OccupationPsychiatrist
Significant otherHannibal Lecter (season 3)
NationalityAmerican

Character overview edit

Season 1 edit

Du Maurier is introduced as Hannibal Lecter's (Mads Mikkelsen) psychiatrist and colleague. During their session, she tells him that she believes he is not being completely honest with her and that she has conversations with a version of him; she believes that he wears a "person-suit" or a "human-veil".[1] It is revealed that her decision to retire came as a result of a violent incident involving a patient who was referred to her by Lecter and that this patient died during that attack.[2] She warns Lecter that he must maintain professional boundaries in his relationship with Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and that he might not be able to help him.[3] During a dinner at Du Maurier's house, she warns Lecter to be careful as "they (the FBI) are starting to see your pattern" – suggesting she may be well aware of Lecter's nature.[4]

Season 2 edit

Du Maurier terminates her psychiatrist–patient relationship with Lecter after coming to the conclusion that he is dangerous. She visits Graham in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane and tells him that she believes that Lecter framed him for murder. Lecter later goes to her house, seemingly to kill her, only to find that she has moved with no forwarding address.[5] Some time later, Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) manages to locate her. Having been granted immunity from prosecution, she admits to having killed Lecter's patient while under Lecter's influence. She warns Graham that Lecter is manipulating him as well. Du Maurier also warns Crawford that if he thinks that he is about to catch Lecter, it is only because Lecter wants him to think that.[6] In a post-credits scene in the season finale, she is seen on a plane with Lecter, whose crimes have been discovered, bound for France.[7]

Season 3 edit

Eight months after fleeing the United States, Du Maurier and Lecter settle in Florence, Italy, where they pose as a married couple under the assumed names Lydia and Roman Fell.[8] By now, she has become complicit in his crimes, standing by as he murders two people who get close to discovering his identity. Lecter even notes that, "technically", she kills one of his victims by removing the ice pick that Lecter had jammed into the side of the man's head.[9] When Crawford and Graham close in on Lecter, Du Maurier informs Lecter that she won't flee Italy with him. To create an alibi for herself, she injects herself with psychotropic drugs to make it appear as if Lecter had been drugging her into submission the whole time. Crawford and Graham question Du Maurier while she is under the influence. The Italian police – bought off by Lecter's surviving victim Mason Verger (Joe Anderson) – interrogate Du Maurier and she informs the lead detective on the case of Lecter's whereabouts to secure her freedom.[10][11]

Three years later, Du Maurier makes her living from giving lectures on Lecter, presenting a story in which he drugged her into believing she was Lydia Fell. Graham, who is investigating The Tooth Fairy murders, makes an appointment with Du Maurier to discuss Lecter. During the appointment, a flashback reveals how she killed Lecter's patient. Du Maurier had a session with Neal Frank (Zachary Quinto), who accused Lecter of performing cruel experiments on him and accused her of being in league with Lecter. When Frank had a seizure and began choking on his own tongue, she deliberately shoved her entire forearm down his throat, suffocating him to death.[12] Du Maurier justified what she did to Neal Frank by explaining to Will that when she witnesses that someone or something is vulnerable and in urgent need, rather than an act of compassion, her first thought is of an act of violence, arising out of a primal rejection of weakness which she considers to be both natural and instinctual. After The Tooth Fairy burns and disfigures Frederick Chilton (Raúl Esparza), Du Maurier suggests that Graham deliberately put Chilton in danger because he disliked him.[13]

In the series finale, "The Wrath of the Lamb", Graham consults with Du Maurier on a plan to bait The Tooth Fairy, Francis Dolarhyde (Richard Armitage), by allowing Lecter to escape police custody. Du Maurier is horrified, believing that Lecter will kill her and everyone else if freed. She is last seen in a post-credits scene, sitting alone at a beautifully set dinner table and obviously under heavy sedation caused, most likely, by the same psychotropic drugs that she used upon herself in Italy. Du Maurier remains seated, the very picture of elegance, with her hair perfectly coiffed and wearing a luxurious gown, all while the entrée, her impeccably prepared leg, is plated in front of her as the table’s centerpiece; in a similar manner to Lecter's victim Abel Gideon (Eddie Izzard). As the scene ends, Du Maurier takes the table's carving fork and hides it in her lap. As the camera zooms out, it is revealed that not only is the table set for three but it is also located in the same room of her home where she once conducted therapy sessions with Hannibal and where she killed her patient, Neal Frank.[14]

Etymology edit

Bryan Fuller stated in an interview with The A.V. Club that he was inspired to name the character "Bedelia" after a character in Creepshow, and because it has "a classic, old-world style to it". Fuller, an Alfred Hitchcock fan, said that he named character "Du Maurier" after Daphne du Maurier, the author of Rebecca and "The Birds".[15]

Conception edit

The original intention was to cast an older actress, with Angela Lansbury the first choice for the part. When schedule conflicts prevented the hiring of Lansbury, Fuller decided on rewriting the character for a younger actress (Gillian Anderson). After the airing of the second episode of season two, in which Du Maurier outsmarts Lecter, Fuller tweeted "Bedelia is the smartest character on the show".[16]

On the decision to extend Du Maurier's character in season 3, Fuller said "The cast and crew of Hannibal are positively giddy to be welcoming Gillian to season 3 as a series regular. A striking presence on stage and screen, she brings wit, grace and intelligence to every role she embodies. Screenwriting is so much easier when you're inspired by a great actor and Gillian has filled the Hannibal writers room with wonderful inspiration".[17]

Fuller said, "The most important thing about the Bedelia–Hannibal relationship is one of two adults knowing exactly what they are getting into and navigating their own exit strategies for their respective best interests. Bedelia is always going to be Hannibal Lecter's psychiatrist, first and foremost. A lot of her fascination with this man and her willingness to join him on this journey is for her own edification as someone who's fascinated with the mind of killers. She is absolutely in control of her actions... I love her character and I love how Gillian Anderson portrays her".[18] He added, "... the more interesting route for me as a storyteller is for that character to have her own drive, with her own curiosities about the human condition. That was a very important point for us to make with that storyline because I feel like we would be doing the actress and the character a disservice if we just made her a drug-induced pawn of Hannibal Lecter's plot".[19] In another interview, he said that portraying Du Maurier as being in thrall to Lecter "would dishonour both the character and the actress [and] that's not how Gillian has been playing Bedelia".[20]

Vincenzo Natali, who directed four episodes of the third season, shared his perspective on the relationship between Du Maurier and Lecter, "From Bedelia's side, she's approaching it a little bit like a scientist – she's very much there to observe Hannibal in his natural habitat. And for Hannibal's part, I mean, I think he really adores her".[21]

"When I first started working on the series, it was just Mads [Mikkelsen] and I sitting across from each other, in a psychiatrist–patient relationship, and her cadence is born from that," Anderson said. "It's born from a need to remain on a particular level because she can't... reveal anything to him about what she's thinking. She's quite bold, but she's very self-aware and aware of how she's adjusted herself to fit him. That, ultimately, is where the cadence comes from. I do think that she is the smartest [person] in the room, and I do think that she's potentially one step ahead of him at times. So, she's always on her toes, but she also pushes his boundaries, and she pushes her own boundaries with him."[22] Anderson added, "I think that it's wonderful that she's inscrutable to the audience, and I think that's really important... we're told too much these days about what to think and how to feel and know too much before we see it, and I think one of the things that intrigues me about some of the characters that I choose to play is that they're enigmatic, and I like to keep them enigmatic".[23]

Reception edit

Anderson's portrayal of Du Maurier was praised, particularly for the third season of the series. Anderson received a nomination of the 2013 Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in the first season.[24] In 2015 and 2016, she won the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards for Favorite Supporting Actress on Television for the second season and the third season.[25][26] In 2016, Anderson was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for her portrayal of Du Maurier in the third season.[27]

References edit

  1. ^ "Sorbet". Hannibal. Season 1. Episode 7. May 9, 2013. NBC.
  2. ^ "Fromage". Hannibal. Season 1. Episode 8. May 16, 2013. NBC.
  3. ^ "Relevés". Hannibal. Season 1. Episode 12. June 13, 2013. NBC.
  4. ^ "Savoureux". Hannibal. Season 1. Episode 13. June 20, 2013. NBC.
  5. ^ "Sakizuke". Hannibal. Season 2. Episode 2. April 11, 2014. NBC.
  6. ^ "Tome-Wan". Hannibal. Season 2. Episode 12. March 7, 2014. NBC.
  7. ^ "Mizumono". Hannibal. Season 2. Episode 13. May 23, 2014. NBC.
  8. ^ "Antipasto". Hannibal. Season 3. Episode 1. June 4, 2015. NBC.
  9. ^ "Secondo". Hannibal. Season 3. Episode 3. June 18, 2015. NBC.
  10. ^ "Dolce". Hannibal. Season 3. Episode 6. July 9, 2015. NBC.
  11. ^ Eichel, Molly. "Hannibal: “Dolce” Sisters, doing it for themselves" The A.V. Club. July 15, 2015.
  12. ^ "And the Woman Clothed in Sun". Hannibal. Season 3. Episode 10. August 8, 2015. NBC.
  13. ^ "The Number of the Beast Is 666...". Hannibal. Season 3. Episode 12. August 22, 2015. NBC.
  14. ^ "The Wrath of the Lamb". Hannibal. Season 3. Episode 13. August 29, 2015. NBC.
  15. ^ VanDerWerff, Emily (July 26, 2013). "Bryan Fuller Walk Us Through Hannibal's Debut Season". The A.V. Club. San Francisco, California: j2 Global. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  16. ^ Fuller, Bryan (March 8, 2014). "BEDELIA IS THE SMARTEST CHARACTER ON THE SHOW #HANNIBAL #EMBRACETHECULTURE @GillianA". Twitter. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  17. ^ Ausiello, Michael (September 11, 2014). "Hannibal Season 3: Gillian Anderson Is a Full-Fledged Series Regular". TVLine.
  18. ^ Hibberd, James (June 4, 2015). "Hannibal showrunner on making season 3, and what comes next". Entertainment Weekly. Meredith Corporation. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  19. ^ Easton, Anne (June 3, 2015). "'Hannibal' EP Bryan Fuller Talks Creating a Complicated Cannibal Love Story". The New York Observer. New York City: Observer Media. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  20. ^ Alexander, Thomas (May 27, 2015). "Bryan Fuller on Hannibal Series 3 – Part 1". HeyUGuys. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  21. ^ "Hannibal - Post Mortem - Episode 306". youtube.com. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  22. ^ Slezak, Michael (June 18, 2015). "Hannibal's Gillian Anderson Talks Bedelia's Motivation: 'She's Teasing the Devil — and She Gets Off on It'". TVLine. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  23. ^ Produm, Laura (July 2, 2015). "'Hannibal' Star Gillian Anderson on Bedelia's Grand Plan". Variety. Los Angeles, California: Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  24. ^ . Online Film & Television Association Awards. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  25. ^ . Fangoria. June 1, 2015. Archived from the original on June 27, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  26. ^ . Fangoria. May 10, 2016. Archived from the original on May 10, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  27. ^ "42nd Annual Saturn Awards - Television Nominations". Saturn Awards. February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.

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Dr Bedelia Du Maurier is a fictional character in the TV series Hannibal Unlike most characters in the stories Du Maurier is an original creation and does not appear in Thomas Harris novels She is portrayed by Gillian Anderson Bedelia Du MaurierHannibal Lecter characterGillian Anderson as Du MaurierFirst appearance Sorbet Last appearance The Wrath of the Lamb Created byBryan FullerPortrayed byGillian AndersonIn universe informationGenderFemaleOccupationPsychiatristSignificant otherHannibal Lecter season 3 NationalityAmerican Contents 1 Character overview 1 1 Season 1 1 2 Season 2 1 3 Season 3 2 Etymology 3 Conception 4 Reception 5 References 6 External linksCharacter overview editSeason 1 edit Du Maurier is introduced as Hannibal Lecter s Mads Mikkelsen psychiatrist and colleague During their session she tells him that she believes he is not being completely honest with her and that she has conversations with a version of him she believes that he wears a person suit or a human veil 1 It is revealed that her decision to retire came as a result of a violent incident involving a patient who was referred to her by Lecter and that this patient died during that attack 2 She warns Lecter that he must maintain professional boundaries in his relationship with Will Graham Hugh Dancy and that he might not be able to help him 3 During a dinner at Du Maurier s house she warns Lecter to be careful as they the FBI are starting to see your pattern suggesting she may be well aware of Lecter s nature 4 Season 2 edit Du Maurier terminates her psychiatrist patient relationship with Lecter after coming to the conclusion that he is dangerous She visits Graham in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane and tells him that she believes that Lecter framed him for murder Lecter later goes to her house seemingly to kill her only to find that she has moved with no forwarding address 5 Some time later Jack Crawford Laurence Fishburne manages to locate her Having been granted immunity from prosecution she admits to having killed Lecter s patient while under Lecter s influence She warns Graham that Lecter is manipulating him as well Du Maurier also warns Crawford that if he thinks that he is about to catch Lecter it is only because Lecter wants him to think that 6 In a post credits scene in the season finale she is seen on a plane with Lecter whose crimes have been discovered bound for France 7 Season 3 edit Eight months after fleeing the United States Du Maurier and Lecter settle in Florence Italy where they pose as a married couple under the assumed names Lydia and Roman Fell 8 By now she has become complicit in his crimes standing by as he murders two people who get close to discovering his identity Lecter even notes that technically she kills one of his victims by removing the ice pick that Lecter had jammed into the side of the man s head 9 When Crawford and Graham close in on Lecter Du Maurier informs Lecter that she won t flee Italy with him To create an alibi for herself she injects herself with psychotropic drugs to make it appear as if Lecter had been drugging her into submission the whole time Crawford and Graham question Du Maurier while she is under the influence The Italian police bought off by Lecter s surviving victim Mason Verger Joe Anderson interrogate Du Maurier and she informs the lead detective on the case of Lecter s whereabouts to secure her freedom 10 11 Three years later Du Maurier makes her living from giving lectures on Lecter presenting a story in which he drugged her into believing she was Lydia Fell Graham who is investigating The Tooth Fairy murders makes an appointment with Du Maurier to discuss Lecter During the appointment a flashback reveals how she killed Lecter s patient Du Maurier had a session with Neal Frank Zachary Quinto who accused Lecter of performing cruel experiments on him and accused her of being in league with Lecter When Frank had a seizure and began choking on his own tongue she deliberately shoved her entire forearm down his throat suffocating him to death 12 Du Maurier justified what she did to Neal Frank by explaining to Will that when she witnesses that someone or something is vulnerable and in urgent need rather than an act of compassion her first thought is of an act of violence arising out of a primal rejection of weakness which she considers to be both natural and instinctual After The Tooth Fairy burns and disfigures Frederick Chilton Raul Esparza Du Maurier suggests that Graham deliberately put Chilton in danger because he disliked him 13 In the series finale The Wrath of the Lamb Graham consults with Du Maurier on a plan to bait The Tooth Fairy Francis Dolarhyde Richard Armitage by allowing Lecter to escape police custody Du Maurier is horrified believing that Lecter will kill her and everyone else if freed She is last seen in a post credits scene sitting alone at a beautifully set dinner table and obviously under heavy sedation caused most likely by the same psychotropic drugs that she used upon herself in Italy Du Maurier remains seated the very picture of elegance with her hair perfectly coiffed and wearing a luxurious gown all while the entree her impeccably prepared leg is plated in front of her as the table s centerpiece in a similar manner to Lecter s victim Abel Gideon Eddie Izzard As the scene ends Du Maurier takes the table s carving fork and hides it in her lap As the camera zooms out it is revealed that not only is the table set for three but it is also located in the same room of her home where she once conducted therapy sessions with Hannibal and where she killed her patient Neal Frank 14 Etymology editBryan Fuller stated in an interview with The A V Club that he was inspired to name the character Bedelia after a character in Creepshow and because it has a classic old world style to it Fuller an Alfred Hitchcock fan said that he named character Du Maurier after Daphne du Maurier the author of Rebecca and The Birds 15 Conception editThe original intention was to cast an older actress with Angela Lansbury the first choice for the part When schedule conflicts prevented the hiring of Lansbury Fuller decided on rewriting the character for a younger actress Gillian Anderson After the airing of the second episode of season two in which Du Maurier outsmarts Lecter Fuller tweeted Bedelia is the smartest character on the show 16 On the decision to extend Du Maurier s character in season 3 Fuller said The cast and crew of Hannibal are positively giddy to be welcoming Gillian to season 3 as a series regular A striking presence on stage and screen she brings wit grace and intelligence to every role she embodies Screenwriting is so much easier when you re inspired by a great actor and Gillian has filled the Hannibal writers room with wonderful inspiration 17 Fuller said The most important thing about the Bedelia Hannibal relationship is one of two adults knowing exactly what they are getting into and navigating their own exit strategies for their respective best interests Bedelia is always going to be Hannibal Lecter s psychiatrist first and foremost A lot of her fascination with this man and her willingness to join him on this journey is for her own edification as someone who s fascinated with the mind of killers She is absolutely in control of her actions I love her character and I love how Gillian Anderson portrays her 18 He added the more interesting route for me as a storyteller is for that character to have her own drive with her own curiosities about the human condition That was a very important point for us to make with that storyline because I feel like we would be doing the actress and the character a disservice if we just made her a drug induced pawn of Hannibal Lecter s plot 19 In another interview he said that portraying Du Maurier as being in thrall to Lecter would dishonour both the character and the actress and that s not how Gillian has been playing Bedelia 20 Vincenzo Natali who directed four episodes of the third season shared his perspective on the relationship between Du Maurier and Lecter From Bedelia s side she s approaching it a little bit like a scientist she s very much there to observe Hannibal in his natural habitat And for Hannibal s part I mean I think he really adores her 21 When I first started working on the series it was just Mads Mikkelsen and I sitting across from each other in a psychiatrist patient relationship and her cadence is born from that Anderson said It s born from a need to remain on a particular level because she can t reveal anything to him about what she s thinking She s quite bold but she s very self aware and aware of how she s adjusted herself to fit him That ultimately is where the cadence comes from I do think that she is the smartest person in the room and I do think that she s potentially one step ahead of him at times So she s always on her toes but she also pushes his boundaries and she pushes her own boundaries with him 22 Anderson added I think that it s wonderful that she s inscrutable to the audience and I think that s really important we re told too much these days about what to think and how to feel and know too much before we see it and I think one of the things that intrigues me about some of the characters that I choose to play is that they re enigmatic and I like to keep them enigmatic 23 Reception editAnderson s portrayal of Du Maurier was praised particularly for the third season of the series Anderson received a nomination of the 2013 Online Film amp Television Association Award for Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in the first season 24 In 2015 and 2016 she won the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards for Favorite Supporting Actress on Television for the second season and the third season 25 26 In 2016 Anderson was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for her portrayal of Du Maurier in the third season 27 References edit Sorbet Hannibal Season 1 Episode 7 May 9 2013 NBC Fromage Hannibal Season 1 Episode 8 May 16 2013 NBC Releves Hannibal Season 1 Episode 12 June 13 2013 NBC Savoureux Hannibal Season 1 Episode 13 June 20 2013 NBC Sakizuke Hannibal Season 2 Episode 2 April 11 2014 NBC Tome Wan Hannibal Season 2 Episode 12 March 7 2014 NBC Mizumono Hannibal Season 2 Episode 13 May 23 2014 NBC Antipasto Hannibal Season 3 Episode 1 June 4 2015 NBC Secondo Hannibal Season 3 Episode 3 June 18 2015 NBC Dolce Hannibal Season 3 Episode 6 July 9 2015 NBC Eichel Molly Hannibal Dolce Sisters doing it for themselves The A V Club July 15 2015 And the Woman Clothed in Sun Hannibal Season 3 Episode 10 August 8 2015 NBC The Number of the Beast Is 666 Hannibal Season 3 Episode 12 August 22 2015 NBC The Wrath of the Lamb Hannibal Season 3 Episode 13 August 29 2015 NBC VanDerWerff Emily July 26 2013 Bryan Fuller Walk Us Through Hannibal s Debut Season The A V Club San Francisco California j2 Global Retrieved January 7 2020 Fuller Bryan March 8 2014 BEDELIA IS THE SMARTEST CHARACTER ON THE SHOW HANNIBAL EMBRACETHECULTURE GillianA Twitter Retrieved September 4 2015 Ausiello Michael September 11 2014 Hannibal Season 3 Gillian Anderson Is a Full Fledged Series Regular TVLine Hibberd James June 4 2015 Hannibal showrunner on making season 3 and what comes next Entertainment Weekly Meredith Corporation Retrieved December 11 2018 Easton Anne June 3 2015 Hannibal EP Bryan Fuller Talks Creating a Complicated Cannibal Love Story The New York Observer New York City Observer Media Retrieved December 11 2018 Alexander Thomas May 27 2015 Bryan Fuller on Hannibal Series 3 Part 1 HeyUGuys Retrieved December 11 2018 Hannibal Post Mortem Episode 306 youtube com Retrieved August 17 2015 Slezak Michael June 18 2015 Hannibal s Gillian Anderson Talks Bedelia s Motivation She s Teasing the Devil and She Gets Off on It TVLine Retrieved December 11 2018 Produm Laura July 2 2015 Hannibal Star Gillian Anderson on Bedelia s Grand Plan Variety Los Angeles California Penske Media Corporation Retrieved December 11 2018 2012 13 The Season of American Horror Story Asylum Online Film amp Television Association Awards Archived from the original on October 6 2014 Retrieved February 26 2016 The 2015 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Winners and Full Results Fangoria June 1 2015 Archived from the original on June 27 2017 Retrieved February 26 2016 The 2016 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Winners and Full Results Fangoria May 10 2016 Archived from the original on May 10 2016 Retrieved June 25 2016 42nd Annual Saturn Awards Television Nominations Saturn Awards February 24 2016 Retrieved February 26 2016 External links editBedelia Du Maurier on IMDb Portals nbsp Speculative fiction Horror nbsp Television nbsp United StatesBedelia Du Maurier at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Quotations from Wikiquote Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bedelia Du Maurier amp oldid 1191901099, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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