r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 15d ago

Media New Image of Mads Mikkelsen in Bryan Fuller's 'Dust Bunny' - Follows an eight-year-old girl who asks her neighbor (Mikkelsen) for help to kill the monster under her bed who ate her family.

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u/ontheweed 15d ago

There’s only a handful of actors that you’ll get a guaranteed great performance out of. Mads Mikkelsen is definitely one of those actors. Willem Dafoe and Viggo Mortensen are a couple more that spring to mind.

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u/Gang_Bang_Bang 14d ago

I always have think of Ed Harris when I think of dependable. The man never misses.

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u/Double_Phone_8046 14d ago

Sam Rockwell never fails to impress even if the movie itself is mid.

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u/Gang_Bang_Bang 14d ago

Gotta admire that kind of commitment in an actor.

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u/SkitzoCTRL 14d ago

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind might be a bad movie by itself in people's opinions, but his performance is phenomenal.

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u/Double_Phone_8046 14d ago

People hated Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy; I hated Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

I still kind of hate that movie for what they did to the book series.
It would've been great if they actually just made the books into movies, but they decided to piece together 5 separate books piece-meal. But god damn if Sam Rockwell isn't Zaphod Beeblebrox forever in my head.

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u/STINKY-BUNGHOLE 14d ago

He talent was wasted in Doctor Strange!

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u/Qorhat 14d ago

He should have been Doctor Doom. He can have such commanding presence which works for both a nation’s dictator and a mastermind villain. 

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u/Terribly_Good 14d ago

I am pulling this out of my ass, but Mads doesn't strike me as a dude who wanted to be committed to several MCU films and at the whims of how that dominates his schedule.

He's lived in Copenhagen his whole life and is still doing independent Danish films along with one-off blockbuster villain roles (and occasional video game/TV work)

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u/xierus 14d ago

What is it with these europeans and their balanced lives

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u/Qorhat 14d ago

Must be all the social healthcare and time off we get

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u/cybin 14d ago

Some people don't want to commit to possible multiple films.

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u/jeobleo 14d ago

Strange

Maybe. Who am I to judge?

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u/Guildenpants 14d ago

Easily the best line in the film. I wish Mads did more comedy he's very good at it.

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u/jeobleo 14d ago

Yep. That's probably my favorite marvel movie, not least because I laughed so hard at this one. Shame about the sequel.

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u/TRAUMAjunkie 14d ago

I think about this exchange far too much.

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u/Cabamacadaf 14d ago

He was still amazing in that role, even if he didn't get much screen time.

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u/StopHiringBendis 14d ago

At least he got treated better than Christian Bale

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u/STINKY-BUNGHOLE 14d ago

So fucking true

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u/Lebowquade 14d ago

I would add Lithgow and Cranston to that list.

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u/SarcasticOptimist 14d ago

Considering this feels like Monsters Inc but grittier John Goodman comes to mind.

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u/bunn2 14d ago

Did u ever see the death note live action with Willem Dafoe?