<P> Lecter's plan to brainwash Starling ultimately fails, as she refuses to have her own personality sublimated . She then opens her dress and offers her breasts to Lecter; he accepts her offer and the two become lovers . They disappear together, only to be sighted again three years later entering the Teatro Colón opera house in Buenos Aires by former orderly Barney Matthews, who had befriended and respected Lecter while he was incarcerated in Baltimore . Fearing for his life, Barney leaves Buenos Aires immediately, never to return . </P> <P> In the film adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs, Starling's role remains relatively unchanged from the book . However, the film adaptation of Hannibal significantly diverges from the novel's conclusion . In the film, Lecter neither attempts to brainwash Starling nor feeds her Krendler's brain (although he does feed portions of it to Krendler himself); instead, Starling tries to apprehend Lecter, but he overpowers her and she handcuffs both of them to the refrigerator in an attempt to keep him in the house before the imminent arrival of the police . Lecter then cuts off his own hand and escapes, leaving Starling to explain the situation to the police . He is later seen on a plane, apparently fleeing the country again . </P> <P> Although she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing Starling in The Silence of the Lambs, Jodie Foster decided not to reprise her role in Hannibal . Julianne Moore portrayed the character in the sequel, with Anthony Hopkins himself recommending her for the role after his previous experience working with her in the film Surviving Picasso . </P> <P> In May 2012, Lifetime announced that they are developing a television series centered on Clarice Starling after her graduation from the FBI academy, titled Clarice, which will be produced by MGM . </P>

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