 When Jodie Foster (qv) declined to reprise the role of Clarice  Starling, Julianne Moore (I) (qv) beat  Gillian Anderson (I) (qv), Cate Blanchett (qv),  Hilary Swank (qv), Angelina Jolie (qv),  Jennifer Jason Leigh (qv), Winona Ryder (qv) and  Helen Hunt (I) (qv) for the role. Anderson fell out of the running  early on when it was discovered her contract to _"X