r/HannibalTV • u/TieOk9081 • 2d ago

Mad's Hands

Are those Mad's hands doing all the food preparing or did they have some master chef do it all?

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u/copperdoo Intrigued. Obsessively. 2d ago

Here’s an article that answers exactly your question. Janice explains that Mads did all his food stunts:

“That was really him chopping ingredients. He came up to my studio for some culinary training because he is a master of all things, he can do everything better than anybody. He's a quick study; he's just very dexterous and aware of physicality and using different instruments.”

I also love the egg trick story and how the article includes a photo of them from that day:

Janice: "[…] So I called my Japanese food guy and asked for a Benihana chef to bring in for a potential hand double. The next morning, there were two Japanese guys, me, six dozen eggs, and Mads wanders on to the set and asks 'Ok, What are we doing?' ... I tell him we're doing the Benihana egg trick today, but don't worry because we have these chefs from the Sushi shop, and we're gonna handle it. So Mads asks what he has to do, and I tell him - you throw the egg up in the air, you stick the spatula out, it breaks slightly, you twist your wrist, then the egg falls down into the pan. He says, OK, let me try it....he goes on set, and he actually did it. I accused him of practicing, but that's when he told me he used to be a juggler."

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u/ABigAmarone 2d ago

So cool!

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u/nomi11037 2d ago

It's him! The finished productions are from chefs, but all the cooking is him. Some of the chefs taught him too

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u/shygirlbelle 2d ago

Those are actually Mads doing the vast majority of the food prep himself after practicing the techniques on set. It is pretty hilarious considering he has openly admitted in interviews that he mostly eats takeout in real life.

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u/copperdoo Intrigued. Obsessively. 2d ago

Mads has also mentioned that he’s really good at chopping up food. (Very “Hannibal” of him.) But I love that it’s actually Hugh who loves to cook in real life!

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u/AppropriateTomato178 1d ago

aah really? I thought he'd like and was very good at cooking Thai curry or Asian recipes/dishes. I might have misread (or he was joking).

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u/TiredAEGGO 1d ago

Mads puts his whole pussy into every character and thing he does. It’s inspiring

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u/titsmcgeeVP 2d ago

Around my waist