Despite not landing an Academy Award recognition for his performance, his work in Another Round did earn him his first BAFTA nomination as Best Actor in a Leading Role, and once again earned Denmark an Oscar for Best International Feature Film. Throughout the film, Mikkelsen displays the boredom of feeling settled down at work, the momentary vigor from alcohol’s aid, and the downfall when drinking casually becomes an addiction. Although things seem to lighten up at the beginning of the experiment, their drinking habit goes overboard when the dosages increase uncontrollably.

As a teacher that lacks any motivation inside the classroom, Mikkelsen's character Martin decides to team up with a group of his teaching colleagues and raise their alcohol consumption per day to test if it will boost their energy as teachers. Casino Royale star Mads Mikkelsen counts as one such person, as the man who played the dastardly Le Chiffre didn’t know how 'big' of a deal 007 was when he landed the part. While whether Casino Royale is Craig's best Bond is obviously a matter of personal preference, there's no denying that it ushered in an entirely new era for the character and put Craig into the conversation of the best actors to undertake the role.Last but not least, Mikkelsen’s latest collaboration with Danish director Thomas Vinterberg (who worked with him in The Hunt) featured another outstanding performance from his two-decade-long career. Skyfall, on the other hand, is closer to a more traditional Bond, featuring an older version of the character as he struggles to understand his place in the new world of espionage. Although No Time To Die was generally well-received and served as an adequate sendoff for Craig's character, the real debate regarding which of Craig's movies in the franchise is the best is really between Casino Royale and Skyfall.Ĭasino Royale is clearly the grittiest Craig Bond movie, following the character as he becomes 007 and essentially takes on his first big mission.

Quantum of Solace and Spectre are generally regarded as lesser entries of Craig's while Skyfall is a major high point. Like all actors who played the role before him, though, Craig's tenure as Bond was a little hit and miss. Although there may have been skepticism at first about Craig's ability to play the role of 007 after the likes of Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore, and Sean Connery, Casino Royale ultimately proves that he's more than up to the task. Mikkelsen's comment, of course, speaks to Craig's talent as an actor, with his lack of poker knowledge not at all coming across on screen.

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