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The Bond franchise was essentially re-invented with. A lot of pressure was riding on the 2006 Bond film following the somewhat lacklustre entry from the Pierce Brosnan Bond era with Die Another Day. And while his face-off with gambling villain Le Chiffre at the baccarat table drives the plot of Casino Royale, it’s the mystery of who is betraying 007 by giving information about him to various bad actors that keeps the pages turning. Casting director for Casino Royale, Debbie McWilliams, has revealed that Mads Mikkelsen wasn't her original choice to play the film's villain. Bond’s entanglement with another agent, Vesper, defines his choices (and misogynistic outlook) in future adventures. Fleming, who drew on his own experience spying for Britain to develop the novel, created an iconic killing machine whose suave exterior is explicitly designed to hide a brokenness within. Mads Mikkelsen says Casino Royale costar Daniel Craig actually sucked at poker 'It was the worst thing ever that he, of all people, had to beat my character and win all my money,' he jokes. The Times of India spoke with Indian actor Gulshan Grover (The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo) who confirmed that he has indeed been cast as 'the ultimate villain' in the next James Bond film. Despite not landing an Academy Award recognition for his performance, his work in Another Round did earn him his first BAFTA nomination as Best Actor in a Leading Role, and once again earned Denmark an Oscar for Best International Feature Film.Ian Fleming’s first-ever installment in the James Bond series, published in 1953, establishes what would become standard tropes in the 007 books and film adaptations for decades to come, including Daniel Craig’s first outing as the British spy in a film of the same name. Throughout the film, Mikkelsen displays the boredom of feeling settled down at work, the momentary vigor from alcohol’s aid, and the downfall when drinking casually becomes an addiction. His death by a co2 filled bullet was a little.

Although things seem to lighten up at the beginning of the experiment, their drinking habit goes overboard when the dosages increase uncontrollably. No list of villains would be complete without including Le Chiffre from Casino Royale. As a teacher that lacks any motivation inside the classroom, Mikkelsen's character Martin decides to team up with a group of his teaching colleagues and raise their alcohol consumption per day to test if it will boost their energy as teachers.

Last but not least, Mikkelsen’s latest collaboration with Danish director Thomas Vinterberg (who worked with him in The Hunt) featured another outstanding performance from his two-decade-long career.

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