If you haven't seen the latest episode of Hannibal yet, his character (Neal) starts to gag during a therapy session with Bedelia. But rather than try to save him, Bedelia shoves her
hand down Neal's throat, forcing him to choke on his own tongue.
"I’ve always admired and wanted to work with Gillian, and Bryan [Fuller]
and I had a conversation in which it seemed like that could be possible
so I just jumped at the chance."
Quinto said the experience brought them closer together. "Suffice it to
say, we’re definitely friends now, said Quinto. "You know, you don’t go
through something like that with another actor and not come away with
some connection. She’s actually up in Vancouver right now filming The X-Files, so while we’re doing Star Trek we’ll have dinner and just hang out. She’s great; I adore her."