Für die Titelstrecke der Herbst Fashion Ausgabe der L'OFFICIEL HOMMES USA fotografierte Charlie GRAY c/o LGA MANAGEMENT den dänischen Schauspieler Mads Mikkelsen, der aktuell fleissig die Werbetrommel für seinen neuen Film 'The Promised Land' rührt.
Mads spielt einen dänischen Soldaten, der im 18. Jahrhundert die Heide von Jütland fruchtbar zu machen versucht und sich dabei in der Welt der Reichen und Adligen behaupten muss. Der Film basiert auf dem Roman 'Kaptajnen og Ann Barbara' von Ida Jessen. Der Film heisst im Original 'Bastarden' und wurde von Dänemark als Beitrag für die Oscarverleihung 2024 als bester Internationaler Film eingereicht.
Die L'OFFICIEL schreibt : “Most will recognize Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen as the sadistic Le Chiffre who cries tears of blood from his scarred eye in ‘Casino Royale’, the first James Bond installation starring Daniel Craig. The film opened the doors of Hollywood to the then 40-year-old actor, who had never seen a 007 film before auditioning for the role.
Others associate him with the NBC series Hannibal, in which Mikkelsen convincingly played the titular cannibalistic psychiatrist. In fact, the actor is so believable in his roles as a villain that he also portrayed one in the music video for Rihanna’s ‘Bitch Better Have My Money’. True to form, Mikkelsen candidly admitted in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel that he had never heard of the global powerhouse singer before being contacted by her team.”
Seit den Dreharbeiten zum James-Bond-Film 'Casino Royale' zählt Mikkelsen Poker zu seinen Hobbys; prompt gelangte er Ende 2006 in den Fokus der internationalen Boulevardpresse, als er an einem von der Polizei per Razzia beendeten illegalen Turnier in Kopenhagen teilnahm. Nach seiner Aussage wusste er allerdings nicht, dass es illegal war.
Das Magazin führt aus : “The actor prefers a slower pace of life, splitting his time between Skovshoved, a former fishing village north of Copenhagen, and Majorca. Born in a working-class neighborhood in the Danish capital, Mikkelsen trained as a gymnast and worked as a contemporary dancer for ten years before transitioning to cinema, studying at the Danish National Theatre School. His film debut as a drug dealer in the 1996 crime thriller ‘Pusher’ was a runaway success, and the actor went on to star in several Danish films and TV shows before gaining global recognition.
His latest film, ‘The Promised Land’, which premiered at the 80th Venice Film Festival, is a period epic set in 18th-century Denmark. Mikkelsen stars as Captain Ludvig Kahlen, an impoverished war veteran who answers the King’s call to clear and attempt to cultivate the barren and lawless Jutland heath on the promise that, if successful, he would receive a royal title. This is Mikkelsen’s second project with director Nikolaj Arcel, coming eleven years after ‘A Royal Affair’, the true story of the relationship between a doctor and Queen Caroline Matilda, played by Alicia Vikander in her first major role.
As ‘The Promised Land’ begins its festival circuit, Mikkelsen looks back on his decades-long career.”
Das Interview mit dem Schauspieler findest Du in der aktuellen Ausgabe. Styling by Jay Hines.
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