Glamour Casts Uzo Aduba As Hannibal Lecter, More Women In Classic Men’s Roles

On the day of the annual Golden Globe nominations, Glamour has released a web series that puts a new spin on award-winning films. The Conde Nast-owned publication is behind Role Reversal, which imagines female actors in roles made famous by men.

The three movies featured in Role Reversal’s initial slate of episodes are all modern classics: Fight Club, Silence of the Lambs, and There Will Be Blood. Instead of highlighting the performances of Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Daniel Day-Lewis, Glamour’s series turns to a trio of actresses, who put their own signatures on the films’ famous monologues. Abigail Breslin delivers Tyler Durden’s generational manifesto, Julia Garner tells her audience “I drink your milkshake,” and, in the cleverest casting of the three episodes, Golden Globe nominee Uzo Aduba performs her own version of Hannibal Lecter:

For Role Reversal, Glamour worked with Cailin Yatsko and Ani Simon-Kennedy of Bicephaly Pictures, who produced and directed the series. “In a time when women actors complain of the absence of meaty roles to sink their teeth into—and women make up only 30 percent of characters who even get to speak in top-grossing films—Glamour is proud to showcase some of this generation’s most talented young women taking on these memorable roles,” said Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive in a press release. “Each one of these scenes is riveting in a new, wholly unique way—and Uzo Aduba makes an unforgettable Hannibal Lecter.”

The “gender-flipped classic: has emerged as its own subgenre in the world of online video, but few series have inhabited that space as smoothly as Role Reversal. You can check out all three current episodes on Glamour’s website and YouTube channel.