Watch Kristen Wiig, Jane Fonda and more try out for the role of Hannibal Lecter

Based on this fabricated reality, W Magazine has produced the audition tape of Wiig and a few others reading for the role of Hannibal Lecter. Wiig tries her darndest to make the role work for her, but even if she had the best possible line reading, the expectation that Wiig’s performance is sarcastic and a quasi-serious tonal affectation leaves viewers just waiting for her to break.

Jane Fonda, on the other hand, totally pulls off the grizzly creepiness necessary for the part. Her tone is full of life, but in that life is internal sociopathic nothingness. Conversely, Mya Taylor’s reading comes off as a bit too Broadway, while Carey Mulligan and Greta Gerwig aren’t on screen long enough to get a solid read on their performances. Regardless, Anthony Hopkins was probably the right choice for the role, but if the film were to get a Ghostbusters-style female-led reboot, Fonda could definitely be in the running to play the unsettling lead.