{"id":51665,"date":"2026-11-14T16:34:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T15:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/mads-mikkelsen-delivered-his-best-performance-in-this-unforgettable-2012-movie\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T16:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T15:34:54","slug":"mads-mikkelsen-delivered-his-best-performance-in-this-unforgettable-2012-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/mads-mikkelsen-delivered-his-best-performance-in-this-unforgettable-2012-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Mads Mikkelsen Delivered His Best Performance In This Unforgettable 2012 Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/2310337\/mads-mikkelsen-best-performance-2012-movie-the-hunt\/\" data-post-id=\"2310337\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"Mads Mikkelsen Delivered His Best Performance In This Unforgettable 2012 Movie: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen) wearing glasses in a forest in The Hunt (2012)\"\/>                                            <\/p>\n<p>Zentropa                      <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Few European actors have found the blend of native and international success that Mads Mikkelsen has. Born in Denmark, he became a star in his home country during the 1990s and 2000s, his career kicking off with Nicolas Winding Refn&#8217;s 1996 crime thriller &#8220;Pusher.&#8221; He&#8217;s since become a favorite of Hollywood productions, too, starting with his role as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1019094\/mads-mikkelsens-casino-royale-casting-all-came-down-to-location\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Bond villain Le Chiffre in &#8220;Casino Royale.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Since then, Mikkelsen has remained a go-to Hollywood bad guy, appearing in blockbusters like Marvel Studios&#8217; &#8220;Doctor Strange.&#8221; He&#8217;s also one of the privileged few to have played arguably the most famous screen villain ever, Hannibal Lecter. More than a few would argue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1767654\/hannibal-lecter-actors-ranked\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mikkelsen&#8217;s Lecter in the 2013 TV series &#8220;Hannibal&#8221; is even better than Anthony Hopkins in &#8220;The Silence of the Lambs.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mikkelsen&#8217;s razor-sharp cheekbones, intense stare, and European accent instantly code him as &#8220;villain&#8221; in Hollywood language.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/2310337\/mads-mikkelsen-best-performance-2012-movie-the-hunt\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zentropa Few European actors have found the blend of native and international success that Mads Mikkelsen has. Born in Denmark, he became a star in his home country during the 1990s and 2000s, his career kicking off with Nicolas Winding Refn&#8217;s 1996 crime thriller &#8220;Pusher.&#8221; He&#8217;s since become a favorite of Hollywood productions, too, starting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":51666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[2511,36],"class_list":["post-51665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-moviestv","tag-drama-movies","tag-mixtv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}