Gillian Anderson Joins NBC’s Hannibal as A Series Regular for Season 3

<p>Gillian Anderson&comma; best known for her role as Dana Scully in <em>The X-Files<&sol;em>&comma; will be the latest actor to become a series regular on NBC’s <em>Hannibal<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Introduced in the first season as Hannibal Lecter&&num;8217&semi;s psychiatrist&comma; Dr&period; Bedelia Du Maurier&comma; Anderson made the occasional appearance as the character over the course of two seasons&comma; but it’s now confirmed she will be taking on the role full-time in an eagerly awaited third season&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Spoilers from season 2 are listed below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Hannibal<&sol;em>’s season 2 finale was climactic from beginning to end&comma; as Jack Crawford confronted Hannibal Lecter for the crimes he committed as the Chesapeake Ripper and failed in apprehending him&comma; with a whole host of characters’ fates &&num;8212&semi; Will Graham&comma; Abigail Hobbs&comma; Alana Bloom and Jack Crawford &&num;8212&semi; left unanswered following the bloodbath that occurred at the Lecter residence&period; The final few minutes of the episode closed with Hannibal Lecter and Bedelia Du Maurier flying off to Europe&comma; which is where season 3 will resume from&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bryan Fuller&comma; developer and writer on NBC’s <em>Hannibal<&sol;em>&comma; revealed earlier this year at San Diego Comic-Con that there would be some major changes implemented in the show during season 3&comma; including the return of certain characters&comma; introduction of new faces and the course that the story will take with Hannibal now on the run from the FBI&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;BryanFuller&sol;status&sol;510174116003852288<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The cast and crew of Hannibal are positively giddy to be welcoming Gillian to Season 3 as a series regular&comma;” Fuller told <a title&equals;"Hannibal Season 3&colon; Gillian Anderson Is a Full-Fledged Series Regular" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;tvline&period;com&sol;2014&sol;09&sol;11&sol;gillian-anderson-hannibal-series-regular-season-3&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">TVLine<&sol;a>&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;A striking presence on stage and screen&comma; she brings wit&comma; grace and intelligence to every role she embodies&period; Screenwriting is so much easier when you’re inspired by a great actor and Gillian has filled the Hannibal writers’ room with wonderful inspiration&period; I can’t wait for audiences to see her make a bigger meal out of the Cannibal than ever before&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Staring Mads Mikkelsen&comma; Hugh Dancy&comma; Laurence Fishburne and&comma; of course&comma; Gillian Anderson&comma; NBC’s <em>Hannibal<&sol;em> is scheduled to return with season 3 in 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;