ROTTEN TOMATOES: Bondmakers "Mads" About Their New Villain

Bondmakers "Mads" About Their New Villain

by Scott Weinberg | February 16, 2006

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Look like the next Bond flick, "Casino Royale," will feature not only a brand-new actor as 007 (Daniel Craig) but a relatively unknown Dane called Mads Mikkelson as the lead villain. Director Martin Campbell confirmed the news that Mads will play a villain named "Le Chiffre."

From Variety: "The evil Le Chiffre will be played by Danish thesp Mads Mikkelsen ("King Arthur"), announced "Casino Royale" helmer Martin Campbell on Wednesday.

As for the more burning question of who will play the Bond girl. Campbell disclosed the choice is now down to "two or three" but added, "You'll just have to wait to find out." Eva Green and Olivia Wilde are thought to be the finalists.

Bond himself will show his more sensitive side, Campbell said, in that the film, based on the first of Ian Fleming's 007 books, reveals how he became "the Bond we all know and love."

Cast and crew jet off to the Bahamas shortly to shoot a chase sequence at a seaside construction site, then return to Prague for studio and location work and move on to Italy and the U.K.'s Pinewood Studios."

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Fans of foreign flicks might recognize Mr. Mikkelson from titles like "Open Hearts," "Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself," and two "Pusher" flicks.

Incidentally, there's already been a movie version of "Casino Royale," kinda. It was a comedy released in 1967, and it wasn't very good.

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Aoiboy writes:
on Feb 16 2006 07:17 AM

[b]New Bond Chick[/b]
I read elsewhere that Eva Green is already confirmed as the new Bond Girl. I hope she is. She was the only thing good about "Kingdom of Heaven"...

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nogard64 writes:
on Feb 16 2006 10:35 AM

[b]nice![/b]
I'd be all over that sh*t if its true! In kingdom of heaven they did something to her eyes and they literally just glowed like 2 bright stars! Eva Green is a hottie and a half!

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gta0012 writes:
on Feb 16 2006 10:38 AM

In reply to this comment (#831201)
I think Daneil Craig (sp?) is going to be a kick ass Bond. And whoever the bond girl is going to be hot :P

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lovelykeira writes:
on Feb 16 2006 01:02 PM

I though Edward Norton was the best part of Kingdom of Heaven as the leper king. But I do want Green to get the role over Wilde.

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IMAmoose24 writes:
on Feb 16 2006 04:26 PM

Either would be fine with me. Eva and Olivia are both hot stuff. Ive read the novel and its definately the darkest of them all.

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UselessRob writes:
on Feb 16 2006 06:02 PM

Has anyone read the novel? It's good, but not actually action packed for a Bond film. It's mainly card playing with the evil Le Chiffre. It's more to introduce Bond, but since we all know who he is already I'm not sure that will work? I'm guessing they aren't sticking to the book too closely?

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dbo writes:
on Feb 17 2006 06:56 AM

[b]Mads Mikkelsen[/b]
I am looking forward to this movie now. Being a Bond fan and a Mads Mikkelsen fan I think it's a great choice. I feel better about Mads as Le Chiffre than I do about Daniel Craig as Bond. But I always give the new Bond a chance before I decide. I'm not real familiar with Craig's work, so I'll just have to wait and see on that one.
But Mads Mikkelsen does every role convincingly, he is a great actor, has a very strong presence and I'm sure will make Le Chiffre memorable as only he can!

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evil Jacquie writes:
on Feb 17 2006 07:48 PM

[b]Let the Madsness in...[/b]
Yay! I love Mads Mikkelsen, he may be unknown to most Americans but he is an extremely talented actor, I love him in the dark comedy "The Green Butchers" and he is undeniably sexy in "Open Hearts". I admit it was his silently compelling Tristan in King Arthur that first got me interested, his death dealing dance and snarky comments were among of the things that made me want to see more of him.

Can't wait to see him on the big screen again, I have had to settle for what Netflix has to offer - happily found several real gems, like TGB, OH and Flickering Lights.

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Reel 2/Dialogue 2 writes:
on Feb 18 2006 09:48 AM

In reply to this comment (#831205)
[b]Is this a requel or a premake?[/b]
If they do, they might amp up the action by treating the card games like Yu-Gi-Oh.

:: soap in mouth ::

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DjMovieGoer writes:
on Feb 18 2006 10:00 AM

i dont know about you guys, but pierce brosnan IS james bond and nothing can take that away from him

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hellhole writes:
on Feb 20 2006 12:04 PM

I'll always think of Connery as the number one Bond myself, and I don't think I'm alone. That said, Brosnan did do an excellent job in my opinion.

I'd also like to point out that Bond films often take huge liberties with the books they're based on, when they're not being totally rewritten outright. I wouldn't worry about the lack of action in the Casino Royale novel, because you can bet that there will be plenty to chew on in the movie.

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TheAnswerMVP2001 writes:
on Feb 20 2006 05:26 PM

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You must be too young to rememeber someone named Sean Connery, he was Bond, everyone else were imitators.

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