It’s not often that two Oscar rivals share a role. Granted, Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”) and Mads Mikkelsen (“Another Round”) play different characters in the films they’re up for consideration for now, but one of the best known roles for both actors is the same. They both famously played Hannibal Lecter.

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Hannibal, of course, is the cannibalistic serial killer created by author Thomas Harris and portrayed by multiple actors on screen, starting with Brian Cox in “Manhunter” (1986). But it was Hopkins’s portrayal in “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991) that made the character iconic. The film won Best Picture at the Oscars, and Hopkins won Best Actor. He went on to reprise the role in the sequel “Hannibal” (2001) and the prequel “Red Dragon” (2002).

That was a tough act to follow,...