Gene Hackman’s Dual Identity

There’s a fan theory that says Gene Hackman was playing the same character in two espionage thrillers , released 24 years apart. Hackman starred as Harry Caul in The Conversation in 1974. Then he played Edward “Brill” Lyle in Enemy of the State in 1998. A theory has been floated that these two characters are the same person. From the Wikipedia page for The Conversation : Hackman's character Edward…