In an interview to promote Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets, Mads Mikkelsen criticized method acting, saying he doesn’t think method is the reason actors do their jobs so well. Read more here!
As there is less and less to go Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets hit theaters, some of the actors are giving interviews to promote it. One of them is Mads Mikkelsenwho joined the renowned franchise to replace Johnny Depp What Gellert Grindelwald. During an interview, the Swedish actor talked about his role and shared that he never used the strategies of method actors, as he finds it “stupid”.
Lately method acting is on the lips of many. Exaggerated for some or unbelievable for others, the actors who use quite particular or extreme techniques to play the part in the best way, continue to increase over time. The list is long, but the names range from Lady Gaga Y Jeremy Strong until Daniel Day-Lewis either Jared Letowho delayed the filming of Morbius every time he had to go to the bathroom, since he limped and went with the character’s crutches.
Mikkelsenwho now adds to Harry Potter to his list of great franchises in which he participated (James Bond, Star Wars, Marvel), does not agree with the method and believes that “it’s stupid”. During an interview with GQ, the actor talked about preparing, saying, “It can drive you crazy. What if it’s a shitty movie? What do you think you achieved? Does it have to impress me that you haven’t gotten out of character? You should have ditched it from the start! How do you prepare for a serial killer? Are you going to spend two years testing?”
Being against method acting does not mean that Mikkelsen don’t be meticulous and don’t have significant preparation when it comes to bringing a character to life. Yes, maybe it doesn’t stay on the paper until the film is finished, but for example, to King Arthur (2004), the actor learned to ride a horse and wield swords, while for Michael Kohlhaas (2013) learned to speak French.
Mads Mikkelsen believes that the great fame method acting has is thanks to the press: “The media says, ‘My God, he took it so seriously, so it must be fantastic; let’s give him a prize. Then you start talking about it, and everyone knows it, and it becomes a reality.”
On the other hand, and despite the fact that the actor does not agree with the method, he indicated that he would like to work together with a dedicated method actor like Daniel Day-Lewis: “I would have a blast just trying to get him out of character constantly. ‘Am I smoking a cigarette? This is from 2020, not 1870, can you live with that? It’s just pretentious. Daniel Day-Lewis He is a great actor. But he has nothing to do with this.”
The first reviews that came out of Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets agree that it is better than the previous film and praise the performance of Mads Mikkelsen What Gellert Grindelwald. The actor said in the interview that he sees his role as an extension of the character of Deppnot like a reboot, compared it to following Anthony Hopkins What Hannibal Lecter: “Copying it would be creative suicide… We had to make it our own.”
Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets opens in theaters on April 14 and has a cast consisting of: Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Mads Mikkelsen, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams, Richard Coyle, Victoria Yeates, William Nadylanamong others.