The producer Hal B.Wallis had originally intended on having the lead role played by Irene Dunne, and then Norma Shearer or Ginger Rogers.She proposed saving his parents as she watched them being intimidated by Yang, who took the Elixir over to the opened coffin: "Once this touches him, the Emperor will rise to rule again.The police inspector questioned Lecter after producing dog-tags found in his room, and accused him of murdering Dortlich and cannibalizing his cheeks, but he had no proof." She called him a "Barbarian," and insisted that Sophia sleep in her bedroom, to keep a watchful eye on her.