{"id":92402,"date":"2016-10-28T13:41:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T12:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=92402"},"modified":"2016-10-28T13:41:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T12:41:44","slug":"mads-mikkelsen-on-doctor-strange-hannibal-and-being-bruce-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/interviews\/mads-mikkelsen-on-doctor-strange-hannibal-and-being-bruce-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Mads Mikkelsen on Doctor Strange, Hannibal and being Bruce Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doctor Strange<\/strong><\/em> easily has some of the best casting of the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far: Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock<\/strong><\/em>)\u00a0as the brilliant but arrogant surgeon and Sorcerer Supreme. Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave<\/strong><\/em>)\u00a0as the powerful Mordo. Tilda Swinton (Only Lovers Left Alive<\/strong><\/em>)\u00a0as the ethereal yet mighty The Ancient One.<\/p>\n

The exquisite casting also extends to The Ancient One’s evil ex-student Kaecilius, played by the brilliant Mads Mikkelsen of\u00a0Hannibal<\/strong><\/em> and\u00a0Casino Royal\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>fame. Villainous roles seem to gravitate to him, but it’s easy to see why; he’s damn good at playing the bad guy.<\/p>\n

“[Those roles] come to me, but the good guys also come to me,” Mikkelsen tells us. “There\u2019s a tendency for\u00a0the good guy parts to come\u00a0from Europe though, but I don\u2019t mind that at all. I chose to embrace both worlds and I\u2019m grateful for that.”<\/p>\n

\"Mads<\/a>
Mads Mikkelsen being cool as always as Kaecilius in Doctor Strange<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joining\u00a0Doctor Strange<\/strong><\/em> was a no-brainer for Mikkelsen.\u00a0After a phone call from director Scott Derrickson, who pitched the story to him, he was instantly on board.<\/p>\n

“First of all it\u2019s Marvel, right?” he says. “Benedict is going to play Doctor Strange, which I thought was an amazing choice. And then within that brief pitching of the story, Scott said the magic words to me; he said \u2018flying kung fu\u2019. I was sold completely.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s been something I wanted to do since I was a kid. Not necessarily be an actor, absolutely not, I didn\u2019t even dream of that. I just wanted to be Bruce Lee. Now I get the chance to be a slightly older version of him. Not as sharp, but I\u2019m doing my very best!”<\/p>\n

With the chance to chat with\u00a0Mikkelsen, we obviously had to ask about\u00a0Hannibal\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>and the show’s disappointing (read: devastating) cancellation. Happily, he’s well up for getting the gang back together and making some more, if only someone would renew it.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ve left it, but I do bump into it occasionally when people ask or if I read about it in the news,” he tells us. “Whenever it happens, it reminds me of how wonderful a time we had doing it, and how clever Bryan Fuller is. If something comes up, I think we\u2019re all game.”<\/p>\n

\"Mads<\/a>
Mads Mikkelsen making reading more awesome, also in Doctor Strange<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Doctor Strange<\/em> is in cinemas now. Read our review of the film here.<\/a> Get all the latest superhero movie news with every issue of SciFiNow.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n