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Hannibal showrunner Bryan Fuller wanted to gift Mads Mikkelsen Lecter’s red suit (but Mads had already stolen it)

Mads Mikkelsen swiped Hannibal’s red suit from set, not realizing that the show was getting cancelled

If you ever get a chance to peek inside Mads Mikkelsen’s closet, you might find a familiar outfit. Mikkelsen is the current owner of Hannibal’s infamous 3 piece red suit. The one the character infamously wore in season 2, which has been used in numerous series photos.

However, Mads didn’t exactly have permission to take the suit home…at least at first. “I took a 3 piece suit, a red suit, home,” Mikkelsen says during the Hannibal reunion panel on the Emerald City Comic Con 2025 Main Stage powered by Xfinity. “And then we heard the story that we were not coming back. And then Bryan [Fuller] called me and said, ‘Mads, I really want to give you this red suit, but I can’t find it, so I’ll give you something else.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, that’s because I have it Bryan.’”

Why the red suit? Because it’s just as daring as Hannibal himself.  “It was amazing. It’s daring. It’s something that you have to be brave enough to wear it, but it’s beautiful,” Mikelsen says. In other words, it suits him.

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.


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Joshua Lapin-Bertone

Joshua Lapin-Bertone: Joshua is a pop culture writer specializing in comic book media. His work has appeared on the official DC Comics website, the DC Universe subscription service, HBO Max promotional videos, the Batman Universe fansite, and more. In between traveling around the country to cover various comic conventions, Joshua resides in Florida where he binges superhero television and reads obscure comics from yesteryear.

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