Hollywood actor Mads Mikkelsen recently shared his experience working on the 2016 ‘Star Wars’ prequel, ‘Rogue One’. He noted that the script was “surprisingly unfinished” during the filming process.
Mikkelsen explained, “It kept changing. One would think that that was already done. I don’t think they ever locked a draft. I think they kept working on it and improvised and went back and reshot stuff and then came up with a better idea, which is kind of livable for a character like mine. I mean, I had my mission.”
He added, “I knew what it was, but it was obviously tricky for the two young heroes, not knowing exactly what they were carrying into a room of baggage.”
In ‘Rogue One’, Mikkelsen portrayed Galen Erso, starring alongside Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso, Diego Luna as Cassian Andor, Ben Mendelsohn as Orson Krennic, and Donnie Yen as Chirrut Imwe. Directed by Gareth Edwards, the film follows a group of resistance fighters on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star.
Mikkelsen also recalled the challenge of re-shooting the scene where he states, “It must be destroyed” amid heavy rainfall. “That was a brutal day, but it was days, because there were a lot of changes in the story. We went back and forth, and it was raining. When you do artificial rain, it is almost impossible to do that in a long scene without having ice-cold water. So I was lying there, freezing to death, trying to keep my eyes open,” he shared.
Reflecting on other notable roles, Mikkelsen discussed his time on ‘Casino Royale’, revealing that he and co-star Daniel Craig were asked to stop improvising during filming, adding that Craig was the only cast member who didn’t know how to play poker.