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July 1, 2009
Here's a great new bit of video from the set of Valhalla Rising. Shot during a day of filming in the studio in Glasgow last summer.
June 20, 2009
The press release from The Metrodome Group:
FLAME & CITRON
STARS MADS MIKKELSEN – VILLAIN FROM JAMES BOND SMASH HIT BLOCKBUSTER ‘CASINO ROYALE’
OUT TO BUY ON DVD & BLU RAY FOLLOWING A NATIONWIDE CINEMA RELEASE
DVD Release date: 29th June 2009
Running time: 130 minutes
DVD RRP: £19.99
BLU RAY RRP: £24.99
Cert: 15
“Hugely entertaining... Breathlessly paced” – Time Out
“This is a film with an emotional punch to match its hugely impressive craftsmanship… Tremendous performances in the lead roles" – Jonathan Ross, Film 2009
Copenhagen 1944. As World War II approaches its dying days, two hit men for the Danish freedom fighters codenamed ‘Flame’ (Thure Lindhardt)
and ‘Citron’ (Mads Mikkelsen) secretly put their lives on the line to fight the Nazis.
The fearless and uncompromising Flame is a confirmed anti-fascist and dreams of the day when the group will assemble and openly launch an armed
counterattack at the occupying power. The more sensitive family man, Citron, used to work primarily as a driver for Flame, but now finds himself
becoming more deeply involved in the group’s work.
When their immediate superior, Aksel Winther, orders them into action against two German officers, events suddenly spiral out of control.
In the fall out doubts about their leadership begin to surface, and the pair come to feel that they are on shaky moral ground. Desperate,
disillusioned and with a sense of having been betrayed, they decide only to trust each other and embark on one final mission – to assassinate
the much feared and hated chief of the Gestapo, Hoffmann.
The film is based on incredible actual events and eyewitness accounts from some of the people who experienced Bent Faurschou-Hviid
(“Flame”) and Jørgen Haagen Schmith (“Citron”) at very close range.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Al Jazeera ‘That Fabulous Picture Show’ Q&A with Mads Mikkelsen
- Filmed interviews with director Ole Christian Madsen and actor Thure Lindhardt
- Theatrical trailer
May 31, 2009
A few behind-the-scenes photos of Mads on the set ofClash of the Titans have popped up.
Source: PurePeople.com
May 24, 2009
Mads attended the premiere of Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky at Cannes along with co-stars Anna Mouglalis and Yelena Morozova, and director,
Jan Kounen. It's obvious Mads is taking a day off filming Clash of the Titans. We can definitely get an idea of what his character, Draco, is going to look like.
Be sure to check out Festival-Cannes.com for reaction to the film, as well as video
from the photocall, interview and press conference.
You can also find more photos in the Film Festival Gallery.
May 23, 2009
Here is the French trailer for Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, which closes the Cannes Film Festival tomorrow, May 24th.
May 16, 2009
According to ScreenDaily.com, Mads is to be part of a new action/drama film entiled Clean Out:
The veteran sales agent, Perrine Teze, is in town with Clean Out, a feature from Barthelemy Grossmann.
Mads Mikkelsen, Harvey Keitel, Peter Stormare, Elliot Gould and Timothy Dalton make up the ensemble with Dominic Monaghan in negotiations.
The $13.6m (€10m) action-drama sees New York’s Italian and Russian mafias working together on a money laundering scheme. When the deal’s
middle-man dies violently, the families set off for Zurich where a battle for the fortune ensues.
The darkly comedic film is executive produced by Gerald Morin with Peter Christian Fueter and Yves Gasser producing. Rai Cinema has Italian rights.
Clean Out starts principal photography on September 14 in New York and will shoot for ten weeks in NY, Zurich and Berlin. Teze is representing
the film in Cannes while, via her new outfit, she will consult and package deals for both cinema and television projects.
For the full article by Nancy Tartaglione check out
ScreenDaily.com.
April 23, 2009
Sue, who writes the Sweet On Sigma Films blog had the wonderful opportunity to interview one of her favorite actors, Jamie Sives.
For those of you familiar with Mads Mikkelsen's movies you will know he has co-starred with Jamie in two movies, Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself and the upcoming Valhalla Rising.
Well, Sue got the scoop on now a third project for the actors. Jamie has joined the cast of the newly announced Clash of the Titans!
Here is a brief excerpt of her interview:
"I'm working with him again at the moment on the re-make of Clash Of The Titans. We're in rehearsals for that and had the first read-thru today.
Although I only play a small role in the film, some of my stuff will be with Mads. That will be the third time. I think we may get married.
I'm looking forward to it. It's a big-budget, Hollywood movie with an incredible cast and by far the biggest thing I've ever worked on.
I sat next to the beautiful Elizabeth McGovern at today's read-thru and she told me that Wilbur was her favourite movie and I her favourite actor.
I was bowled over."
To read the entire inteview with Jamie visit Sweet On Sigma Films.
April 10, 2009
Yes, the trailer for Valhalla Rising has finally surfaced!
Thanks to Sue at Sweet On Sigma Films for the link!
March 19, 2009
Here is some video of The Fabulous Picture Show, featuring Mads and Flame & Citron, from the
Al Jazeera English Channel.
Denmark's Mads Mikkelsen, one of Europe's hottest actors joins Amanda Palmer for a question and answer with the cinema audience to
discuss his role as Citron, a hero beset by inner demons.
The acclaimed director Ole Christian Madsen's epic follows two of Denmark's most celebrated resistance fighters as they assassinate Nazis
and Danish collaborators.
Far from another run of the mill look at Nazis and the Second World War, Flame And Citron provides a fresh, exciting perspective on
the Nazi occupation of Northern Europe.
Thanks to Deanna on MAMM for the link!
March 16, 2009
Thanks to Colin Ross Smith of Foghorn Films, we have a couple behind-the-scenes photos of Mads with Scottish actor Robert Harrison on the set of Valhalla Rising.
Robert played one of the Vikings in the film and is starring in a new Scottish TV Pilot called The Crews.
You can find the full size copies of these as well as a few other new photos from the film in the
Valhalla Rising Photo Gallery.
For more on Robert, check out his Official Website.
March 14, 2009
The Fabulous Picture Show begins its new season on the Al Jazeera English network this week.
The new run begins with a special screening of Flame and Citron.
Mads Mikkelsen joins Amanda Palmer for a question and answer session with the FPS audience to discuss his role as Citron.
The Fabulous Picture Show can be seen from Monday March 16 at the following times GMT:
Monday 1230; Tuesday 0330 and 1400; Wednesday 0630 and 1900; Thursday 0130 and 1030; Friday 0330 and 1000; Saturday 1730; Sunday 0430 and 2030
Source: AlJazeera.net
March 14, 2009
Mads was featured in an interview last week on the Metro.co.uk website:
Bond villain: Daniel can't play poker
By KIERAN MEEKE - Sunday, March 8, 2009
Mads Mikkelsen hit the big time in Casino Royale.
Springing to fame facing 007 as the villain Le Chiffre in Casino Royale, Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, 43, plays the hero in a local film,
Flame & Citron, out today on DVD. Filmed in Germany and Prague, it is the story of two Danish Resistance fighters in World War II.
Swatch named a range of a watches after Bond villains. Can you send me one?
I only got one of mine. They took me to Switzerland and it was really cool to get one and meet Richard Kiel [Jaws]. It’s the second best thing
if you don’t get the action doll.
Did the film give you the gambling bug?
I already had it. I’d been playing poker for many years. All the crew played so the per diems were flying back and forth – mostly forth.
I got a Royal Straight Flush one day and everyone else had good hands, so that was a big pot.
Did you ever beat Daniel Craig?
He never played. I’m not sure he knew a spade from a diamond. Ha-ha. He had to be up every day at 5am so he didn’t have the chance to play.
I’ll catch him later.
You can read the entire interview at
Metro.co.uk.
February 18, 2009
We here at Madsonline are privileged to be able to present a unique chance for four lucky fans in the UK to attend a special preview screening of
Mads’ new WWII drama Flame & Citron!
The screening is scheduled for the evening of Tuesday 3rd March 2009 at a central location in London. There is a strict guest list for this event,
therefore to prevent advertisement of the venue, further details of where exactly the event is to take place will be emailed to the winners once
they have been selected.
This exciting offer comes courtesy of Metrodome Distributions. Therefore I wish to convey our sincerest gratitude and thanks to Metrodome,
in particular their marketing manager Sarah Faithfull, for giving us and you this fabulous opportunity!!
Please note this event takes place in London, UK on Tuesday 3rd March, so please make sure you will be free to attend, especially if like me,
you face a long journey to the capitol!
Good luck and hope to see you there!!
Any questions prior to allocation of tickets should be sent to me at jacqui@madsonline.net
See below for details of how to enter the draw.
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To celebrate the release of FLAME & CITRON, in cinemas 6th March, we have 2 pairs of tickets to giveaway for a special screening of the film on Tuesday 3rd March in central London, with a drinks reception before hand. Flame & Citron is set in Copenhagen 1944. While the Danish population hopes for a swift end to the war, freedom fighters Bent Faurschou-Hviid (23), a.k.a. Flame and Jørgen Haagen Schmith (33), a.k.a. Citron, secretly put their lives at stake fighting for the resistance group. Click here to view the trailer: Flame & Citron To be in with a chance to win a pair of tickets all you have to do is send an email to flameandcitron@metrodomegroup.com with your name and ‘Flame & Citron/MadsOnline’ in the subject header, by Thursday 26th February. Winners will be emailed with further details of the screening. FLAME & CITRON will be in cinemas from 6th March. |
January 27, 2009
I received an email from Mariayah Kaderbhai who is the Screenings Coordinator for The Fabulous Picture Show on the Al Jazeera English network. She asked that I pass along the following information:
They are hosting a screening of Flame & Citron in London on Friday, January 30th. Mads will be attending and answering questions from the audience after the film. It is a private event, though tickets are still available at the time of this post.
VENUE: Everyman Cinema Club, 5 Holly Bush Vale, Hampstead, London, NW3 6TX
Buses: 46, 268, N5 / Underground: Hampstead, Northern Line (Edgware Branch)
TIME: Audience members must arrive by 12:00pm and the event will end around 4:30pm
RSVP ESSENTIAL: This is a private event – If you would like to request tickets please e-mail fps@aljazeera.net with your name and phone number. Please put FPS Guest in the subject line of the email. This is a free event and includes refreshments
For more details click on the photo below.
Thank you, Mariayah, for the information. If anyone has a chance to attend we would love to hear about the experience.
November 5, 2008
We have the first stills from Chanel and Stravinsky thanks to TwitchFilm.net:
Paris 1913, Coco Chanel is devoted to her work and madly in love with the handsome and very wealthy Arthur ‘Boy’ Capel.
At the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Igor Stravinsky premieres his “Rite of Spring”. Coco attends the premiere and is mesmerised.
But the revolutionary work is too modern, too radical: the enraged audience boos and jeers. A near-riot ensues. Stravinsky is inconsolable.
Seven years later. Now rich, respected and successful, Coco is devastated by Boy Capel’s death. She meets Stravinsky again -
a penniless refugee living in exile in Paris after the Russian Revolution. The attraction between them is immediate and electric.
More at TwitchFilm.net
September 18, 2008
According to the Toronto Star filming is scheduled to begin next week on Chanel and Stravinsky:
DAVID LIVINGSTONE
Special to the Star
And there are duelling Cocos in the works. Next week filming starts on Chanel and Stravinsky, an adaptation of a novel inspired by the relationship
between the designer and the Russian composer. Originally the project was to be helmed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist); now it's Dutch director
Jan Kounen. Chanel is being played by Anna Mouglalis, a French actress and the face of Chanel's Allure fragrance; Stravinsky, by Mads Mikkelsen,
the Danish actor who played the villain in the Daniel Craig version of Casino Royale.
Toronto Star
September 8, 2008
Mads was in Bregenz, Austria last week promoting the new line of Swatch watches. Also attending the event was Richard Kiel, who played the villain
'Jaws' in two older 007 movies. The collection features 22 new watches, bringing to mind villains of the 22 Bond movies released since 1962, including the upcoming
Quantum of Solace.
You can read the full article here and visit
Photopress for photos from the event.
A few photos from the Flensburg, Germany premiere of Flammen og Citronen (Flame & Citron), Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Director Ole Christian Madsen and actors Stine Stengade, Christian Berkel & Mads Mikkelsen.
More new photos from the Highlands. Word has it that filming has moved off the mountain so maybe we will be seeing some photos of the Viking longship
that was to be built for this production.
There is also a good article in the Daily Record
where Mads talks of filming in Scotland and also a bit about making Casino Royale.
There's a few more in our new Valhalla Rising Gallery
Photos: Dean Rogers, Blind Eye Production
More photos of Mads Mikkelsen in the Viking film Valhalla Rising are featured in an article on the Danish site
EkstraBladet. The article is in Danish, but the pictures speak for themselves.
There is also a link on the page to a great bit of video (also in Danish) where you get a good look at 'One-Eye'.
Photos: Dean Rogers, Blind Eye Production
Translation of the article:
It's wet, and it's cold, and thousands of small mosquitoes orbit a silent one-eyed man who sits on a mountain top and scouts not far from the
beautiful river Affric. He is filthy and dressed in leather clothes from top to toe and has the company of two other rough-looking men as well
as a little boy. It's a strange group who somehow bond with nature. But death is present all the time.
We are on a mountain top in the north of Scotland for the filming of Nicolas Winding Refn's next film "Valhalla Rising" where Mads Mikkelsen's
character is the dumb Viking One-Eye who, with the boy Are, face the hardest of lives, a dog’s life so to speak, and together with a crowd of
Vikings end up in America.
“It has been one of the Devil's hardest and most insane filming. We film in all types of weather here in the middle of the harsh nature.
I remember one day, for example, where I had to struggle with four stuntmen with a chain around my neck and full war paint for hours on end.
We fought in mud to the knees while the rest of the camera crew was dressed in mosquito nets and survival suits. And we shook with cold,”
Mads Mikkelsen says and adds with a small wry smile, “After a day like that, I looked right at my birth certificate and thought:
This is crazy! It would have been much better to make this film as 26-year old instead of as 42-year old.”
Mads Mikkelsen, also, reports that he had great problems with the fight scenes in the beginning because in the role of Enøje, he only has one eye.
“With only one eye, you lose depth perception. Therefore, we don’t use so many weapons in the film. This is more about coming all the way in on the body of
your opponent and then killing him with your bare hands. But I have my large axe, of course,” says Mads, who thinks that his character One-Eye becomes
a stylistic mixture of one of world-famous Japanese director Kurosawa's silent samurais and the western director Sergio Leone's nameless cowboys.
Can you recognize something in One-Eye with you?
“Yes, I recognize some things that I just enlarge. I can, for example, recognize Enøje's isolation. And I also recognize his energy and his
huge bitterness…a bitterness which just waits and waits on finding expression, and once it finally reaches its way out, it'll be quite ugly.”
How are you with the fact you can’t say a word in the film because you are mute?
“I got used to it very quickly because I, also, only have an eye. I could almost become claustrophobically insane because of it. But Enøje is
consequently not a normal human being. He cannot be shocked or be happy. He has an extreme neutrality and is more like a mirror other human beings
can look into,” says Mads, who also thinks that he has become a more quiet person because of the role as Enøje.
“I am normally a hyperactive person who has a hard time sitting quietly. But acting as the rather minimalistic Enøje has made me much more quiet of
a person the last three months. It has almost been a meditation-like yoga training to play Enøje.”
Mads Mikkelsen has climbed up and down steep mountains, fought formidable fights with Vikings and Red Indians, stood in pouring down rain and faced
tons of irritating mosquitoes daily over the last two months far from his family in Denmark who consist of his wife Hanne Jacobsen and the couple's
two children, Viola at 15 and Carl at 10 years of age.
“It has been hard to be away from my family for such a long time. But on the other hand, I have also had periods where I have been home for half a
year. I have also ensured that both Hanne and the children came here to Scotland to have a good experience,” says Mads Mikkelsen, who also reveals
that perhaps he is on the way to yet a major international role.
“I am currently in the process of some negotiations for a role in a great international film. But I will not say more before there is a final
signature.”
Thanks to Melisa for the translation and link!
This is the video mentioned above. Thanks to twitchfilm.net for uploading it so I can embed it here.
The first photo of Mads Mikkelsen as 'One Eye' in the Viking film Valhalla Rising has surface on the Danish news site
B.T.
Photo: Dean Rogers, Blind Eye Production
Cineuropa
reported a few days ago:
July 9, 2008
Production – France
Mikkelsen and Mouglalis to star in Kounen’s Chanel & Stavinsky
After an eventful start, the film project exploring the love affair between fashion designer Coco Chanel and Russian composer Igor Stravinsky
is taking shape. Shooting on Chanel & Stavinsky, l’histoire secrète (“Chanel & Stavinsky: The Secret Story”) will kick off in late September and
the cast will include French actress Anna Anna Mouglalis (Romanzo criminale) and Danish star Mads Mikkelsen
(Casino Royale, Adam's Apples, Pusher and currently filming Nicolas Winding Refn’s Valhalla Rising).
The title will be directed by Jan Kounen whose latest work, 99 Francs, has enjoyed considerable success (1.23m admissions in France).
Adapted by Chris Greenhalgh from his novel Coco and Igor, the film will be set in early 20th-century Paris, from 1913 to the 1920s.
Rising fashion star Coco Chanel crosses paths with Igor Stravinsky, who is exiled with his family after the Russian revolution and trying to
impose his avant-garde style (epitomised by his major work The Rite of Spring).
A race to the finish line seems to have begun with Anne Fontaine’s project Coco avant Chanel (“Coco Before Chanel”) starring Audrey Tautou.
The latter film will start shooting in October, whereas Chanel & Stavinsky, l’histoire secrète is expected to wrap up in mid-December and be ready
for release by spring 2009.
Produced by Claudie Ossard and Chris Bolzli for Eurowide Film, Chanel & Stavinsky, l’histoire secrète has a €12m budget, which includes co-production
support from Japan and Wild Bunch. The latter will also handle international sales.
Fabien Lemercier
Thanks to Melisa for the link!
Filming has begun on Valhalla Rising and you can expect exclusive updates from Scotland on our new Valhalla Rising ~ On Set page thanks to Johnny, who is working as an extra on the film.
So be sure to keep checking back for the latest news on this long awaited Viking epic!
MadsOnline.net has been chosen as the Celebrity Site of the Day for July 15th, 2008. This should create more traffic for the site!
Here's a clip of an interview with Mads and his co-star, Jessica Schwarz, during filming in Germany.
From hobnox.com.
Thanks to Kim on MAMM for the link!
From Denmark's TV2 5/19/2008:
Mads Mikkelsen is, according to the free daily newspaper Urban, in negotiations about a leading role in the film "Black Heart."
The film is a political thriller about illegal arms trading, and has two brothers at its center.
It's the role as one of the brothers that Mikkelsen is a candidate for.
The British actor Sam Riley is negotiating the role of the other brother, the film magazine Screen tells, according to Urban.
The film is produced with partners from Britain, Italy and South Africa. The director is the Italian Cristiano Bortone.
Ipso Facto who is producing Valhalla Rising is the British and primary producer of "Black Heart:
SYNOPSIS:
1978. BLAKE, a young and idealistic Interpol officer discovers that his long lost brother JOHN has become a ruthless mercenary in Africa.
When Blake is sent to Kenya by his superiors at the agency to track his brother and bring him in, he uncovers that John is in fact looking
for secret files that prove the Western involvement and complacency in the illegal ivory for arms trading.
A political thriller based on the real life diaries of ex-mercenary Jean Vaudrec.
Thanks to Melisa for the info and translation!
From Denmark's TV2 5/17/2008:
The film has Mads Mikkelsen in the leading role as the harsh Viking One-Eye who discovers America after a chance escape from a Scottish prison.
Mikkelsen is the only Dane in the film.
The 40 million crowns' film will take place in Scotland and in the US, Ekstra Bladet writes.
There is a similar article on the B.T. website.
Thanks to Melisa for the info and translation!
A little more info on Past Perfect (Die Tuer) filming in Germany -
Mads is in Berlin filming his new movie Past Perfect, which has a German title of Die Tuer (The Door).
(Not sure if they will be changing the English title.) Here are couple brief articles from German sites about the film:
From movie-infos.de:
As March ended in Berlin, the first door to the exciting thriller Die Tuer (The Door) opened. The film introduces the failed painter, David, to
the tempting possibility of a new beginning that gradually turns into a veritable nightmare.
After a fatal decision that results in the death of his seven-year-old daughter, Leonie, the once successful painter, David (Mads Mikkelsen),
loses control of his life. But one day, he discovers a door, which gives him the chance to go back and start again. What begins as a promising opportunity
for a fresh start soon turns into a true horror scenario, because in the past, not everything is as it seems.
From Bild.de:
This article gives the same basic synopsis of the plot, but tells that Jessica Schwarz plays Mads' wife in the film and that they are in Hamburg,
not Berlin. Mads says he has not seen much of Hamburg yet, "Just the hotel and the film set. No time."
Thanks to René for the links!
Please excuse my translation....if it's not quite right please let me know!
From propworld.nu:
Mads appeared at the Convention in Malmö, Sweden last weekend - April 5 - 6
Photos from flickr.
Mads is the cover story of the May 2008 issue of Danish Arena Magazine.
Here's a bit of the article and pictures:
"Just call me Mads"
Mads Mikkelsen stops in the intersection between Noerrebrogade(Northbridge
Street) and Moellegade(Mill Street). He's ready to throw the small Mini Cooper car to the left,
and while he keeps an eye out for people on bicycles, he puts the car in gear and turns. He's the kind
of driver who turns the wheel with the palm of his hand instead of gripping the wheel. Mads Mikkels drives
50 meters along the street.. He then pulls to the side and puts the car in neutral in his childhood neighborhood.
Two pedestrians stop talking and look down at us. True, Mads Mikkelsen grew up on Noerrebro, but Denmark's most
feted actor is still a rare sight on his old hunting grounds. He leans to the right and points: "In there was my backyard.
They've removed some of the buildings, but there was a factory that had a goods elevator. All the kids had to ride up in it
at one time. Then you sat up there for a couple of hours," says Mads Mikkelsen, putting the car in gear, and continuing on Moellegade.
"Everybody had to do it. That's just how things were."
Photos by Franne Voigt
Arena Magazine
Thanks to Anne on MAMM for the translation!
The Door - Photocall -
HAMBURG, GERMANY - APRIL 03: Actor Mads Mikkelsen and co-star, Jessica Schwarz, attend a photocall for the movie 'The Door' ('Die Tuer') on April 3, 2008 in Hamburg, Germany.
(Photos by Krafft Angerer/Getty Images)
Check out the Gallery here for more pics from the photo shoot.
The opening gala of Mads' new film Flammen og Citronen (Flame & Citron) was held Tuesday, March 25th in Copenhagen.
The Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary attended, as well as Mads Mikkelsen and Thure Lindhardt, the two stars in the title roles.
The crown prince and his wife met both the surviving resistance fighters and the actors when they participated in Tuesday evening's opening night of "Flammen and Citronen" at the Imperial-SIC movies.
96-year-old Elisabeth Bomhoffs was the first who got permission to shake the hands of the crown prince, Frederik, and crown princess, Mary.
Bornhoffs had the Flame living in her basement during the occupation.
The main characters themselves died fighting against the Germans during Anden Verdenskrig.
Links:
Se og Hør
Berlingske.dk Video
tv2.dk Video
Se og Hør Video (wmv file)
Thanks to Monalisa on MAMM for the info!