Gong Li is joining the cast of "The Lecter Variation," Production Weekly reports. The film, directed by Peter Webber, will be filmed in France and Lithuania beginning in May. The film tells the tale of Hannibal Lecter’s childhood in 1940s Europe. Li is best known in America for her work in "Raise the Red Lantern" and "Farewell My Concubine"; she will appear in the forthcoming "Memoirs of a Geisha."
