The star of the classic horror film The Silence of the Lambs says he has come to regret the “unfortunate” way it addressed gender identity.
Ted Levine, who played serial killer Buffalo Bill in the 1991 film starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Saturday that he now believes his character perpetuated harmful stereotypes about trans people.
“It’s unfortunate that the film vilified that, and it’s f---ing wrong. And you can quote me on that,” he said of the character, who murders women to make and wear a “woman suit,”
The post Hollywood Actor Apologizes for Role That Made Him Famous appeared first on The Daily Beast
