Fannibals were understandably thrilled and shocked by the season finale of 'Hannibal,' where Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) joined forces to defeat Francis Dolarhyde (Richard Armitage) in a glorious bloodbath. However, 'The Wrath of the Lamb' also proved that the union would be short-lived because the pair took an unexpected dive off a cliff. Safe to say, there is no possibility for a fourth season.
Or is there?
Hugh Dancy spoke to Entertainment Weekly about Will's strange reaction to the Red Dragon's murder as well as what to expect in 'Hannibal' Season Four.
Dancy was quick to explain why Will Graham said, "It's beautiful" after the brutal death of the Tooth Fairy.
"I think he's referring to the fact that in a way, in that final sequence, Hannibal realizes his longheld dream," he said. "By the very end, he and Will have killed someone in a kind of ritualistic, cold-blooded fashion. And they're both there, literally - I remember very clearly - dripping in blood, and that's kind of what Hannibal wanted to put into effect between them at the end of Season 2. That's kind of what he imagined - they go off to Europe like slaughtering people or something. And Will is acknowledging to Hannibal that it was as extraordinary an experience as it was for Hannibal."
If the experience was so beautiful, why did Will tackle Hannibal and launch the both of them off the cliff?
"I think Will realizes that the only way he's ever going to destroy Hannibal is probably to destroy himself," Dancy said. "And in that moment, the part of him that's always fighting against the darkness inside him also thinks, 'Not only is that the only way I'm going to kill Hannibal, it's better that I should go too. I actually have to end both of us.' So that's what he does."
"Yeah, just chilling on a beach," Dancy said. "Drinking something out of a coconut. Or a skull."
Hugh Dancy also confirmed that he is eager to work on the follow-up to 'Hannibal' Season Three.
"Yeah. I would definitely be up for it, for sure," he said. "Partially because I think everybody enjoyed working on the show, but also specifically because what [showrunner Bryan Fuller] described sounded like so much fun."