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Mads Mikkelsen To Play Main Villain In Doctor Strange
Jamie Lovett- 12/28/2015

Mads Mikkelsen’s role in Doctor Strange has been kept under wraps so far, but Marvel Studios has finally revealed that he will be playing the film’s main villain.

“We will take audiences through sort of a guide to the multiverse, other dimensions, and there are amazing things out there — wonders that are going to be hopefully visually extremely interesting and unique to this movie,”Marvel Studios president and Doctor Strange producer Kevin Feige tells EW. “But there are also very scary things in these other dimensions.”

Traditionally, it has been the job of the Sorcerer Supreme – like the Ancient One or Doctor Strange – to protect the Earth from such otherworldly horrors, but Mikkelsen’s character, who remains unnamed, feels differently.

“[He] believes that the Ancient One is just protecting her own power base and that the world may be better off if we were to allow some of these other things through,” Feige explains.

At first glance, this sounds a lot like Baron Mordo, who tries to bring the Dread Dormammu to earth in one of the earliest Doctor Strange stories, when he and Strange were still apprenticing under the Ancient One. However, Chiwetel Ejiofor has already been cast in the role of Mordo.

If not Mordo, the next logical guess would be Doctor Druid, the Ancient One’s backup apprentice who spent time as a villain before eventually reforming. However, executive producer Stephen Broussard makes it sound like the character isn’t such an easy guess.

“I’ve seen lots of names thrown around,” says Broussard. “No one has quite picked the name that we’ve chosen for him. It would be fun to conceal that, if we can.”

It’s worth noting that if Mikkelsen’s character is the film’s main villain, then Baron Mordo is not. That implies that Marvel is likely introducing the Baron in this film as a more long-term threat to Doctor Strange, who will probably take center stage in a sequel.

Check out when Doctor Strange and other movies are coming out in ComicBook.com's Movie Release Schedule.

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A tiny sliver of information about Mads' role in Star Wars: Rogue One

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Mads Mikkelsen reveals his character

He'd previously gone as far as to say that he isn't playing a villain. Now Mads Mikkelsen has evaded the spoiler police once again and revealed a little bit more about his role in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. If you consider such things to be spoilers, read no further, young Padawan.

So Felicity Jones is playing a rebellious soldier called Jyn Erso, and it turns out that Mikkelsen's character has what you might call a blood tie to Jones'. "I read the script and it was very beautiful," Mikkelsen told Sky News, "and Felicity is playing this lovely, strong woman and I play her father." We still don't know his character's name, but we're going to hazard that "Erso" is in there somewhere. Mr Alan Erso, perhaps. Head of the PTA at Yavin High.

Extrapolating properly, we might surmise that Erso Sr. and his daughter are somewhat estranged, since we know from the trailer that Jyn brought herself up on her own from the age of 15. Or, on the other hand, that "beautiful" might suggest early scenes or flashbacks presenting happier times before Jyn was alone. Is it possible that something happens to him at the hands of the Imperials, sending Jyn on her journey towards the Rebellion? "That was too much," apologises Mikkelsen. But he really hasn't told us much at all...

Gareth Edwards finished cranking his cameras on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story at the end of last year, with the post-production process now well underway. The story of how the rebel pilots stole the original Death Star plans arrives in UK cinemas on December 16.

For eveything we know about Rogue One, read our complete guide.

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EXCLUSIVE: 'We have more stories' Mads Mikkelsen confirms Hannibal is likely to return

DESPITE the show's cancellation last year, Hannibal's Mads Mikkelsen hasn't written off the chilling drama series yet - hinting that it could be back "within the next two to three years".

By ANDREW BULLOCK
PUBLISHED: 10:44, Fri, Apr 29, 2016 | UPDATED: 13:35, Fri, Apr 29, 2016


The door is still open for a potential season 4 of TV thriller Hannibal

Fans of the television adaptation of Thomas Harris' novels about psychopathic psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter were left outraged last year when broadcaster NBC unceremoniously axed the show after just three seasons.

Nonetheless, in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk, Mikkelsen has revealed that the story is far from over - and that there is hope for a reboot yet. When asked whether the series still has the potential to be picked up by another network, the actor revealed that the ball is firmly in show creator Bryan Fuller's court.

"It all depends on Bryan. He is the key, the base, the heart," Mikkelsen said. "We will wait and see what happens next in his career. But we all know that we can easily pick this up in two or three years, there are breaks in the stories. We could pick it up, say, four years later. If Bryan is up for it, we will all go for it."

But will Fuller be up for it?

"He loved it. It was his baby. Let's wait and see," the 50-year-old actor teased, a knowing glint in his eye.


"Silence of the Lambs was around the corner": Season 3 ended at a crucial point in the story


The team were angry and surprised to hear that NBC had not renewed the show

Fans of the novels and movies on which the show was based were eagerly awaiting the next stage in the story, which would address the events of 1991's Oscar winning movie, The Silence of the Lambs, which was in turn based on the 1988 book of the same name.

Before the show was axed, there were reports from the production that there had been trouble obtaining the rights to this section of the story, and that it was potentially impossible to include it in the TV series.

Mikkelsen revealed, however, that it was in fact beginning to look likely - news that will frustrate fans even more so.

"We were very close to solving the rights issues," Mikkelsen explained. "Silence of the Lambs was coming up around the corner, and it's such a beautiful story with great characters."


Hugh Dancy stars opposite Mikkelsen in the bloody TV drama


Season 3 saw Hannibal Lecter flee to Italy, caught, imprisoned and then accidentally released

There is truly an air of remorse from the actor, who clearly feels that it is an opportunity lost, just as the fans do.

"We are all angry. We were p****d. It's madness," the Danish actor said of the cancellation. "And season four was actually the one we thought we'd definitely get. Seasons two and three were on the verge. We didn't know whether Hannibal would be renewed. But by the time we got to season four we thought it was a definite. We were very surprised at the decision.

"We were happy to be able to do it for as long as we did. However, we felt there were more stories. We thought we ended the show in a great way, but we had more to tell."

When asked precisely what these stories were, Mikkelsen quipped: "I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you."

The series climaxed with Dr. Lecter taking part in a joint-suicide of sorts with the show's other leading character Will Graham, played by Hugh Dancy. The viewers were left with a final image of the two men falling from a cliff, as season three came to a close. But Mikkelson sees a way out of that.

"It was a soft cliff. A lucky jump," he joked.

Having played such an incredible TV role, Mikkelsen is going back to films, with upcoming movies Doctor Strange and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story scheduled for release at the end of this year. For now, he will stick to movies, he's sure of that.

Mikkelsen is currently in London as brand ambassador for XTB. Hannibal can be streamed on Amazon Prime.

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Finally some news about Mads' character in Dr. Strange! Click on the link if you want to see a photo gallery of Dr. Strange movie stills

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Mads Mikkelsen's Doctor Strange Character Revealed
Jamie Lovett- 06/20/20163



While Mads Mikkelsen was cast in Doctor Strange months ago, his character has remained under wraps. It seems that’s going to change as merchandise for the film prepares to make its way onto store shelves.

Heroic Hollywood got a sneak peek at one of the toy sets being released alongside the film. The toy’s description reveals that Mikkelsen is playing Kaecilius. Here’s the description:

"Marvel Minimates Series 70 Doctor Strange Movie 2-Pack Asst.

A Diamond Select Toys Release! The next chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is now the next entry in the long-running Marvel Minimates line! Series 70 of Marvel Minimates mini-figures travels to the world of the Doctor Strange movie, with four different two-packs: Dr. Strange with The Ancient One, Mordo with Kaecilius, the specialty-exclusive Stephen Strange with Christine Palmer and the specialty-exclusive Wong & Zealot! Each 2-inch Minimates mini-figure features 14 points of articulation and fully interchangeable parts. Each two-pack is packaged in a full-color window box."

In the Marvel Comics Universe, Kaecilius is an agent of Baron Mordo. The cinematic Baron Mordo isn’t yet an enemy of Strange, at least not overtly, so it’s unclear if there what the connection between the two will be.

The toy description also confirms that Rachel McAdams will be playing Night Nurse, as most fans assumed. Night Nurse is a character who has tended to the wounds of many superheroes in the Marvel Universe and has been a love interest for Doctor Strange.

Marvel’s Doctor Strange follows the story of the talented neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange who, after a tragic car accident, must put ego aside and learn the secrets of a hidden world of mysticism and alternate dimensions. Based in New York City’s Greenwich Village, Doctor Strange must act as an intermediary between the real world and what lies beyond, utilizing a vast array of metaphysical abilities and artifacts to protect the Marvel cinematic universe.

Check out when Doctor Strange and other movies are coming out in ComicBook.com's Movie Release Schedule.

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23 TV Shows Every Horror Fan Should Watch
Because you’ve already watched American Horror Story and The Walking Dead too many times.

posted on Aug. 25, 2016, at 5:29 p.m.
Caitlin Jinks
BuzzFeed Staff, Australia

We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community what TV shows they think every horror fan should be watching. Here are some of their best recommendations.


2. Hannibal


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“Almost every scene was a tableau of gore and elegance. It was the deadliest game of cat and mouse with some of the most unexpected scenes on network television. You know you wanna watch.” – Belinda Cech, Facebook.

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Mads looks scary as hell in Dr. Strange, but what else is new.

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The makeup is crazy-good! I'm on the fence about this movie, but I might end up seeing it just because of Mads.

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Aug 26, 2016 20:20:23 GMT -5 wanderingstar78 said:

The makeup is crazy-good! I'm on the fence about this movie, but I might end up seeing it just because of Mads.

That's my plan, work permitting that time of year. The previews look good. My only hesitation is that I was about half motion sick just watching the previews, with all the tilting buildings.

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Aug 27, 2016 12:57:03 GMT -5 ohva said:

Aug 26, 2016 20:20:23 GMT -5 wanderingstar78 said:

The makeup is crazy-good! I'm on the fence about this movie, but I might end up seeing it just because of Mads.

That's my plan, work permitting that time of year. The previews look good. My only hesitation is that I was about half motion sick just watching the previews, with all the tilting buildings.

Yeah, that can really go either way. I worry a bit about that too. I have every confidence in Mads, but I think Bene is somewhat overrated. I'm not sure how well he'll do in a sci-fi/fantasy film, but I'll give it a shot.  Assuming the film editing doesn't make me puke 

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Marvel's Doctor Strange: Open Your Mind Sneak Peak Released
Matthew Mueller- 08/30/2016



The world of magic is an intimidating place, especially for someone like Stephen Strange, a believer in science and the practicality of medicine.

That's why it's important to have someone there to help ease the good doctor in, and that will fall to The Ancient One's right-hand man, Karl Mordo, who is being played in the film by Chiwetel Ejiofor. Ejiofor explained his role in the anticipated film in a new behind the scenes featurette.

"Well, he certainly is the intro to Doctor Strange entering this universe. Mordo is very close with the ancient one played by Tilda Swinton. Together both the Ancient One and Mordo sort of begin his training."

While Strange's introduction to the Marvel Cinematic Universe will, of course, be a focal point, the other focus will be on one of the more criticized aspects of most Marvel films, the villains.

"We're excited about villains in this film," said Marvel Studios Head Kevin Feige. "We call them the zealots, these are people who become seduced by what they find on the other side. He (Kaecilius) is interested in spilling the barriers between these dimensions."

You can watch the entire trailer in the clip above. Doctor Strange sets down into theaters on November 4th.

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Mads Mikkelsen: From James Bond to Star Wars, an interview with Denmark's biggest star



Mads Mikkelsen
'You don’t have to love your character, but you have to defend them' CREDIT: JASON BELL
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Mads Mikkelsen is said to be the most famous man in Denmark – Hans Christian Andersen aside – but never have I met anyone who is so completely the opposite of hygge – or ‘hue-gah’, as the 51- year-old corrects me, in a bemused fashion, as I clumsily attempt to ask him about the Danish concept of comfort and geniality that is currently being used to sell everything from wine to cashmere cardigans.

It’s not that Mikkelsen is unfriendly – quite the opposite – it’s just that he doesn’t seem particularly cosy, though perhaps this is simply down to his face. You could stare at it for hours and still not work it out (believe me, I’ve tried).

He has a brutalist look to him: chiselled, serious, stark. Glancing at him, you wonder: is this an exceedingly handsome man, or an exceptionally creepy one? Does he want to talk to me, or eat me? This is not such a ridiculous thought, given that he played the titular role in the TV series Hannibal.


Mikkelsen plays Galen Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, estranged father of Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones)

Indeed, Mikkelsen is very good at being bad. He was the Bond villain who wept blood in Casino Royale, and played Benedict Cumberbatch’s nemesis in Marvel’s Doctor Strange. Now he is entering the world of George Lucas, with a leading role in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the first in a new series of Star Wars spin-off films.

What he can tell me about his character is somewhat limited, given the lock-and-key element to anything set in a galaxy far, far away. Is he… ‘Is he a man?’ Mikkelsen says, smiling, when I try to prise some information out of him. ‘Yes, he is. And he’s a father. He’s the father of [leading lady] Felicity Jones and he’s a scientist. He’s a man working on something that can change the world completely.’

It is thought that the film focuses on a group of rebels who set out to capture the plans for the Death Star. It is, Mikkelsen says, a very different kind of movie from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the instalment directed by JJ Abrams that was released last year to universal praise.

Rogue One, which is set after the terrible prequels but before A New Hope (the very first film, from 1977), is the baby of the young British director Gareth Edwards, who made the sci-fi hit Monsters with a crew of five before going on to helm the acclaimed 2014 reboot of Godzilla.

‘Mads is phenomenal,’ Edwards says, when I speak to him on the phone from San Francisco, where he is about to watch the final cut of Rogue One. ‘He’s a very, very smart guy and he has a very good sense of storytelling. He was a really good ally in that we tried to create a situation whereby even though there were about 400 people on set, we would be able to create a little bubble around the camera.

‘Just the cameraman, the sound guy, me and the actors. We could convince ourselves at times that we were making a much more intimate film. And that’s what we wanted to try to combine: the sort of emotions and performances you get from a smaller and more independent film, but with the backdrop and epic scope of a blockbuster.’

Edwards knew he wanted Mikkelsen after seeing him in The Hunt, the Danish movie for which he won the Best Actor award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. In it, Mikkelsen plays a teacher accused of sexually abusing one of his pupils.

‘What I saw in that was this incredible contradiction to Mads,’ Edwards says. ‘There’s this tough, stoic armour that he can wear very easily. But there’s also a real emotional vulnerability that he’s able to pull out of the bag when he wants. As soon as I saw that I thought, “OK, this has to be [Felicity Jones’s] father. We have to get this guy.” He’s the coolest guy. He just takes everything in his stride. Nothing fazes him.’

It’s true. Mikkelsen seems remarkably unbothered by the fact that he is about to be at the centre of one of the biggest movie franchises of all time. Even the secrecy surrounding it has amused him. ‘Normally you get sent the script, but this was encrypted with passwords,’ he says. ‘It didn’t include the last seven pages.

[Galen Erso] is a man working on something that can change the world completely
‘The interesting thing to me about this universe is that this is the only film I’ve ever worked on where everyone wants to spoil it for themselves by knowing the whole plot and how it finishes.’ He raises an eyebrow quizzically.

He would not call himself a Star Wars geek, but he is a big fan. What he likes most about the films is that they are so much more than science fiction. ‘That’s the reason it has been so successful – it keeps being something we can relate to. They are family films, family stories. They are about lost fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, and that is universal.’

What he loves about this film is that, even with CGI, ‘you didn’t have to go full ballistic at a tennis ball on a stick, pretending it was a giant scorpion, you know? Sure, this had the budget of 10 Danish films, but we kind of forgot it. We were out there on location, in the pouring rain, Gareth on the floor with us, forgetting everything.’


Mikkelsen in The Hunt (2012), for which he won Best Actor at the Cannes Film festival

I meet Mikkelsen on a cold but bright November morning in Copenhagen. He is casual, in sports gear, eating muesli and boiled eggs (though not together); later he will politely ask the PR from Disney if he can go out for a cigarette. This is the first interview he has done for Rogue One, and he is relaxed about what is to come.

He has worked solidly since the beginning of his career and is not about to get ideas above his station simply because he has scored the hat trick of starring in a James Bond film, a Marvel movie and now a Star Wars one. ‘We’re not allowed to be famous here,’ he laughs. Why not? ‘Because it’s Denmark, for f—’s sake!’

Mikkelsen came to acting relatively late, when he was almost 30, after a youth in gymnastics and dance. He was born in Copenhagen, the second son of a nurse and a bank clerk (his elder brother, Lars, also an actor, has starred in The Killing and House of Cards).


Mikkelsen as Kaecilius in Dr Strange (2016) CREDIT: 2016 MARVEL

‘We grew up listening to radio plays – we would act them out,’ he says. ‘We knew them by heart. We mimicked them and had fun doing that, but we never thought about being actors. It was not like, “Oh, we can become actors.” No. We wanted to become characters. That is how it should be.’

His brother took an interest in juggling and street theatre; Mikkelsen got into gymnastics and dance. ‘Through that I discovered theatre. I was more in love with the drama of the dancing thing. I did little parts in some productions and loved it, so I applied for drama school and I got in. It was four years of education. In the middle, I did an audition for a film and got it.’

That film was his fellow Dane Nicolas Winding Refn’s internationally successful Pusher, in which he played a drug dealer. ‘That was a revelation. I graduated when it came out. I did not have to go out and knock on doors for that reason. So that was cool.’

Mikkelsen was with his wife, the choreographer Hanne Jacobsen, by this point, and they had a young daughter, Viola, now 24 (they also have a son, Carl, 19). He believes this grounding worked in his favour.

‘I was always a very energetic person; I am still a very energetic person. There were a lot of things I needed to have a base for before I could make up my mind about what I liked about drama. I was able to pinpoint what I loved about films because I was a certain age. I learnt what was not me. You say, “To be frank, I suck at it. Let’s move on.” So I think it was good for me that it happened later in life.’

He is refreshingly unaffected when discussing the process of acting. He thinks method acting is ‘a very boring technique that is not alive’. He does research, if it is required, ‘but not dressing up like your character four months before, going and living on a mountainside by yourself making shoes, and not talking to anyone because you want to get into character.


Mikkelsen as super villian Le Chiffre in Casino Royale (2006) CREDIT: LLC AND UNITED ARTISTS CORPORATION

‘I’ll learn how to ride a horse. I’ll do my very best to learn to speak French. I will try hard to be a brain surgeon if that’s the case. I will follow the guy for three months and see how it works if it takes up a big part of the film. But if [the character] is just a brain surgeon [in passing]…’ Mikkelsen rolls his eyes. ‘I don’t want to spend time with that. That is f—ing ridiculous!’

A chuckle.

‘[Actors] who go home and their family have to call them another name. That is where I go, “You are f—ing crazy.” That’s got nothing to do with acting. Some of the actors who do this are good, but they are not good because of it. They are already good actors. If you ask me what makes you good, it is finding an honesty in there. Something you believe you can identify with in every character. You don’t have to love your character, but you have to defend them.’

I don’t have a goal; I don’t have an ambition. My ambition has always been the project I am on.

We talk a bit about Scandi noir, the genre that has come to define his home country. It is safe to say he finds it rather amusing. ‘It’s all very dimly lit and people wearing very boring clothes.’

Does he think it’s become a bit of a cliché? His eyes light up. ‘Do I think so?’ He roars with laughter. ‘It’s f—ing mad. I mean, it’s just f—ing mad! The technique they are using is as skilful as hell. The actors are good and the filmmakers are good.

‘But the storytelling itself… I mean, I love watching it, but it does become, you know, when you see The Killing – I’ve never in my life seen that many suspects that are 100 per cent sure. “Oh he did it, they did it. Oh no, it’s the dog who did it. No, it’s the dog’s wife’s mother.” It is like a Monty Python sketch. It’s so well done that I don’t mind watching it, but in terms of going, “Oh, this feels real”? No. No guys.’


Mads Mikkelsen

'This is the only film I’ve ever worked on where everyone wants to spoil it for themselves by knowing the whole plot' CREDIT: JASON BELL

Though we can assume he will not be appearing in any Scandi crime series, Mikkelsen has no plans for 2017 yet. ‘I don’t have a goal; I don’t have an ambition. My ambition has always been the project I am on. This sounds pretentious. The pretentiousness is that I just see a little too often that people have been ambitious in their careers. This is what they want to do, and all these little things are just stepping stones to get there.’

He looks me straight in the eye. ‘But you will never get there [like this]. You will always be a little off target. And this will have just been in vain then. So, why don’t you just make this project your favourite project in the world? Then the next one.

‘Then all of a sudden everything has been worthwhile. That has always been my philosophy. And so I have no idea where I’m going to end up.’

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Mads Mikkelsen
Born
Copenhagen. November 22, 1965

Family
Married Hanne Jacobsen in 2000. They have two children Viola, 24, and Carl, 19

Breakthrough film
Pusher (1996). Nicolas Winding Refn's directorial debut was Mikkelsen's first film out of drama school. He played Tonny, sidekick to Kim Bodnia's Frank, a drugs dealer facing the consequences of a deal going spectacularly wrong

Best Known For
His role as Le Chiffre in Casino Royal (2006); supervillian card shark with a disconcerting tendency to weep blood when under pressure

Career Highlight
Winning Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 for his portrayal of a teacher accused of child abuse in The Hunt

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I saw Rogue One and it was very good, much better than The Force Awakens. The story takes place between Episodes 3 and 4 and details how the Rebel Alliance obtained the blueprints for the Death Star. The story was original and the movie was well executed. Mads doesn't have a lot of screen time, but his character is central to the story. Fares has about 2 minutes of screen time and 5 lines of dialogue. I'm not sure if he'll be in future movies or not. It's worth a watch. I very much enjoyed it.