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I used to follow her blog (http://janicepoonart.blogspot.com/ http://janicepoonart.blogspot.com/) while Hannibal was still on the air. It was great. For some r

• jelliclesfarm 6y ago
  Kudos! [..] "I was asked for one episode to get Norton grapes, but Norton grapes are not in season, they're only grown in Virginia in one area, and they're very specific in their looks: a big, round, dark, purple, grape," Poon says. "In the script it calls for Hannibal to peel the grape to reveal that the grape is the same color as inside. I called everywhere, couldn't find them to save my life, and I hesitate to tell you, I even learned that Norton grapes are not the same color inside as they are outside." But, Poon says, it wasn't in her interest to go back to writer and explain that Norton grapes aren't the same color inside and out. "The whole scene hinges on that. So in my little mind, I justified it. I thought, well Hannibal lies about everything — he's telling you it's jelly when it's made from the bones of young women — so he'd lie about Norton grapes too." And Poon knew she would have to create these nonexistent grapes from scratch. "So I peeled and dipped grapes in food coloring, hung them all around my kitchen studio, dripping dye, and then once they were semi dry, because of course grapes won't dry, they're juicy, I dipped them in wax and dusted them with corn starch." That night she got a phone call from the producer asking about the grapes. He said the plan sounded fine, but she should also have a backup grape made a second way by 8:30 a.m.[..]