Want to know more about “Red Dragon”? Here are some tasty tidbits we dug up:

How long did it take to apply the tattoo that Ralph Fiennes’ character, Francis Dolarhyde, had on his back?

According to Fiennes, application of Dolarhyde’s tattoo took seven to eight hours a session. Luckily, he only had four days of shooting with the tattoo, which required “two or three” sessions in all. Fiennes was able to sleep with the design, which was applied by Ken Diaz.

Are the rumors true that Anthony Hopkins was digitally altered to appear as a younger Hannibal Lecter?

Bite your tongue! There was no computer magic used on 63-year-old Hopkins. Credit a good diet, lots of exercise and great genes.

Is William Blake’s painting “The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun,” which figures so prominently in the film, on exhibit anywhere?

Blake’s masterpiece is housed in the department of Prints, Drawings and Photography in the Brooklyn Museum of Art. However, according to a museum spokesperson, “Because of conservation issues, it is rarely on view. It is not on view at present and there are no plans in the near future to display it.” Hmmm sounds like they don’t want any Dolarhyde wannabes getting their hands on it.

For the set design of “Red Dragon,” they went back to basics, tapping “Silence of the Lambs” production designer Kristi Zea for the prequel.

In fact, they paid such close attention to detail that they actually retrieved Zea’s original designs for Lecter’s cell, which had been donated to the American Museum of Moving Image in New York, and re-created it from that. As for Hannibal’s home, Zea designed the interior after studying pictures of Sigmund Freud’s living space.