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When you’re in the eye of the hurricane, it’s hard to get a sense of what’s going on outside of your immediate circle. This was the case for Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy when they starred on the television series Hannibal. Although the show struggled with ratings, the viewers who watched it were passionate. The viewers, dubbing themselves the Fannibals, discussed the series online, made fan videos, and dissected every scene between Mikkelsen’s Hannibal Lecter and Dancy’s Will Graham.

Dancy and Mikkelsen had no idea.

“It’s taken on a life of its own,” Dancy notes during the Hannibal panel at Emerald City Comic Con 2025 this weekend. “Somebody asked me today a question about whether there’s anything I thought that everybody had got wrong. But it’s not mine anymore. It’s kind of out there. That’s an amazing feeling. That’s unusual.”

Mikkelsen believes he missed most of the original hoopla because he barely went online.

“I don’t believe I was online 10 years ago, so I had no idea. I think it was after the first couple of seasons when we did a panel, and we realized that the Fannibals existed,” Mikkelsen says.

“We thought it was like four people,” Dancy adds.

“We went to Japan, and it was Japanese Fannibals, and so on,” Mikkelsen continues. “It’s just been growing and growing since then. It’s just amazing to see that. As you said, it has a life of its own.”

You can watch A Taste for the Unforgettable: Hannibal Reunion with Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy from ECCC 2025's Main Stage powered by Xfinity for yourself as part of Popverse's all-encompassing coverage of Emerald City Comic Con 2025. Be there from anywhere.

Here's how to watch the Hannibal movies and TV shows in order.