A superhero story just isn’t very exciting without a good villain. Generally, the more you hate them the better the story. Marvel’s Doctor Strange (in theaters November 4th), hit the jackpot with their bad guy – Mads Mikkelsen as Kaecilius. We had a chance to sit down with Mads and ask him a few questions about his oh-so-important role in Doctor Strange.

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Does Mads Feel Typecast as a Villain?
“Well, I am to a degree over here, but if the alternative is not to work over here, I’ll take the villain. Luckily I do a lot of different things back home in Europe, so I’m not starving in the sense of like, ‘Why am I always the villain?’ If it’s this kind of villain, I’ll take it any day.”
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Who Has Influenced Him in His Villainous Roles?
“Some of my favorite actors have been playing villains as well. Christopher Walken is a hero of mine and I think he has the ability to somehow make the villains likable. Whether it’s his personality, or whether it’s that he chose a part that was dualistic in the way it was written so it makes sense, I don’t know. It’s just that some of the great actors can do that. The joker is a fantastic example. We love to hate him, you know?”
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The Appeal of the Role of Kaecilius
Director Scott Derrickson pitched Mads the story on the phone. Mads said he remembers Scott sayint “And then it’s a lot of Kung Fu stuff, flying, but don’t worry – we got stunt guys for that.” Mads interrupted the conversation saying, “Wow, hold on. What’d you say? Rewind back. Kung Fu? I’m in.” Mads said ” I always wanted to be Bruce Lee when I was a kid. I waited until I was 51 years old to be a slightly older version of him, just less good of course. But, it was fun. It was something I’ve always wanted to do when I was a kid.”
About recently joining both the Marvel universe, as well as the Star Wars…
It feels fantastic. As a Dane who started out acting 20 years ago back home (I was a late starter), I never imagined that I would work in America at all – little less that I would work in a Marvel film. So, it feels as if I’m a very fortunate person.
Will Mads be collecting himself as a toy figure?
I’ve been waiting 51 years for that. So I think yes.
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Janet W. says
I’ll definitely have to see this soon! Looks great!