Silence of the Lambs

The role of Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs was turned down by Sean Connery, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and others. Silence of the Lambs would go on to be the 3rd film in history to win all “Big 5” Academy Awards and upon release in 1991 on VHS, became the most rented film in the United States.