Mads Mikkelsen (On his Casino Royale character, LeChiffre): Every good character, if it's good or bad, they have to have that dualism inside of them. If you play the baddie, you have to find something likeable about them, and that goes with the good guy as well, find something unlikable and that's what we tried to do with this one as well.
Mads Mikkelsen (On the Danish film industry): We make about 25 films a year. For a small country of 5 million people, it's good. They all have been released in theatres, strong governmental support. I think it enables us to make a lot of different films every year, and I think that's what makes a strong industry. We have like 35-40% of people watching films are Danish films and the rest will be American and English.
Mads Mikkelsen (responding to a question asking if he thinks the movie "Casino Royal" will change his life): I think that it takes more than one movie to do that, but I wouldn't be surprised if it happened. I'm sure people will recognise me but still believe I will be able to go on vacation.
Mads Mikkelsen: I would like more action scenes - I am a former gymnast after all.
Mads is 5' 11?" (1.82 m) in height.
Mads recently received the not so flattering award "guldkrukken" from a Danish gossip magazine, the award refers to his somewhat bad temper when it comes to the press. The magazine pointed out that Mads has gone from a Danish TV darling to an angry old man who refuses to be interviewed or have his picture taken if it's not on his terms. Whether or not Mads received this award because he sued the magazine for half a million Dkr. is unknown.
Mads was at the Toronto International Film Festival, promoting the Danish movie "After the wedding" where he got a lot of credit for his acting.
Mads collects first edition cartoons albums - he has A LOT!
In 2005 Mads was awarded with a "Bodil" (Danish movie award) for best male lead in the movie "Pusher 2"
Mads has starred in 16 Danish movies and two American ('King Arthur' and 'Casino Royal').
In 2004, Mads Mikkelsen made his American movie debut in the movie "King Arthur", playing Tristan.
Mads Mikkelsen stars in the Danish movie "Efter brylluppet" (2006) aka "After the Wedding" (International English title) which is going to be released in the USA in the spring 2007.
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