Michelle Ffeefer worked for the first time with Director Athonnan DEM The criminal comedy in 1988 "married with the crowd". Ffser was played by Angela de Marko, a wife of a mafia -growing mobster, played by Alec Baldwin. When killed, Angela must find a way to live a normal life away from the Ganglandian Angujork. It proves to be difficult: every time they think it's out, they pull it. DEMM was impressed by Ffser's performance and immediately wanted to act in his next directing project, an adaptation to Thomas Harris Airport in 1988 "Silence of the Lambs".

As we all know, DEMM ended up making "silence of the lambs" with Foster. The "Lambs" tells the story of the FBI rookie named Claris (Foster) who seeks the help of a closed cannibal killer named Hannibal Neutter (Anthony Hopkins) to catch another serial killer (Ted Levin). It was, of course, gigantic success, achieved over $ 272 million on the $ 19 million budget. Launched a fun franchise that lasted for decades; There was a sequel, a foretold, a remake and two TV series. The 1991 film won the Big Five Academy Awards (that is: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Screenplay). It's a cultural touch, even if It is extremely problematic in the treatment of trans.

Ffser was offered Claris' role and was Demme's first choice for the role. She refused, however. Given the success of the film, it can be expected that Pfeiffer will regret the issue. But she seems to have refused because she was not pleasant with the murderous themes of the film. In Interview of 2021 with a newujorerFfser said she was clearly clear that the script was because it was too much evil.

The article in the Yorkujorker pointed out how the success of Pfeiffer as actress allowed allowed to be election with her roles. Once one of Hollywood's most famous actresses was offered dozens and dozens of films in which she simply refused to participate. She once rejected Virginia's role in Barry Levinson's "Bugsi", a role that eventually went to Annette Benning. That film gloriously led to a long-term romance between Benning and her director/co-Starvala Warren Beatty. Between "Bugsi" and "Silence of the Lambs", it can be assumed that Pfeiffer has a few mild regret.

As it turns out, no. Ffser has clear reasons to refuse to make certain pictures and is proud of what it was involved in. The closest to which there were some jobs in connection with conflict scheduling. "The Silence of the Lambs", however, was a flat "no". As he explained:

"(C) Ometamus, I just sorry you can't do both things. With" Bugsy ", I was also offered" Frankie and Johnoni "and I really wanted to do it. Then, with" silence of the lambs ", I was fever.

Indeed, the serial killer is released at the end of the "silence of the lambs".

"Frankie and Johnoni" was a romance directed by Gari Marshall, which allowed Ffser to play the romantic co-lead opposite Al Pacino. It wasn't a big hit, but it was pleasant and funny. Pfeiffer also moved directly to playing Catwoman in Tim Burton's blockbuster in 1992 "Batman is back", So she got a huge hit on her own.