Now, the Agent Starling baton has been passed to Australian actress Rebecca Breeds. However, you wouldn’t know that Breeds hails from Australia as her West Virginia accent (and hair) resembles that of Foster’s.
In a new trailer ahead of Thursday’s premiere, Breeds as Starling noted, “The lambs were screaming. I tried to free them. I thought if I could save just one…but he was so heavy. I couldn’t save them then, but I will never stop trying.”
This speech is reminiscent of one given by Clarice to Hannibal in the ’91 film. So, we have a feeling we’ll see a lot of Foster in Breeds’ portrayal of Clarice—and we couldn’t be more excited.
In addition to Breeds, Clarice stars Devyn A. Tyler, Lucca De Oliveira, Kal Penn, Nick Sandow, Michael Cudlitz and Marnee Carpenter.
As for a Hannibal Lecter casting? Legally, Clarice is unable to mention Lecter due to a rights situation. So, for now, there will be no mention of the serial killer on the CBS show.
