Thanks for the correction.

In a similar vein, there is Hannibal (a film I'm rather fond of BTW).

The novel ruffled many feathers, no less Jodie Foster who refused to be in the film if it was a straight adaptation of the book.

The script was reshaped to try an entice her into returning to the role but she was 'busy' with other projects so Julianne Moore was cast instead.

Rather than doing the obvious thing of returning the script to match the book (which is better than the final film) they carried on with the Jodie Foster lure script which I think weakened the project.

It also suffered cuts of some really interesting material which made the film tie together both in itself and also with Silence Of The Lambs.