Mads Mikkelsen talks candidly about working on the Star Wars prequel ‘Rogue One’

Mads Mikkelsen reflects on the ‘Rogue One’ script: ‘It kept changing’

Mads Mikkelsen plays Galen Erso Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Although the 2016 film was a huge hit, the star now reveals that the film’s script was not completed even during filming.

“It kept changing,” he says. diverse. “One would think that’s already been done. I don’t think they closed the draft at all.”

However, Mads adds that the “unsurprisingly incomplete” script was due to the creators’ efforts to improve it.

“I think they kept working on it and improvised and went back and reshot things and then came up with a better idea, which is appropriate for a character like mine. I mean, I had my mission,” he points out.

Although this twist in the script went well with Mads, he found it difficult for the film’s lead duo.

“I knew what it was, but it was clearly a difficult matter for the two young heroes, as they did not know exactly what they were carrying into the baggage room.”

the Fantastic beasts The actor also recalls an emotionally heavy scene in Rogue One, but as the story kept changing, it became difficult to film.

“That was a brutal day, but it was days, because there were a lot of changes in the story,” says the actor, referring to his “Must Be Destroyed” scene.

“We went back and forth, and it was raining. When you do artificial rain, it’s almost impossible to do it in a long scene without ice cold water. So I was lying there, freezing to death, trying to keep my eyes open,” Mads concludes.

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