Mikkelsen said that he couldn’t tell Craig was nervous at all, and added, “There was not one second that was in doubt that you would be the best Bond ever since we did the first scene together. And then it was joyful, because it was just an acting scene.” And I remember that day, knowing that the scene was good, knowing that it was like kind of on the edge and you came in and you just smacked it out of the park. Because everything was just so important. “I can’t imagine the person I was that you saw back then, because I was so uptight – not uptight – you know, jangling nerves about everything.

In an interview with Vulture, Mads Mikkelsen revealed that he almost lost out on the role of Le Chiffre because he forgot to take the script of the 2006 James Bond film home with him after a flight. Mikkelsen said: “It was a wonderful day for me-you, maybe not so much! Eight hours of you screaming your lungs out.” To which Craig responded that it was a time where he was nervous about everything. Mads Mikkelsen Forgot Casino Royale’s Script On A Plane Mads Mikkelsen in Indiana Jones 5. The video covers many topics, including the casting of the film, but most prominent is a discussion about the torture sequence at the end of the film.

Daniel Craig and Mads Mikkelsen got together over Zoom recently to chat about their time on 'Casino Royale' in 2006 for the first in a new series called 'Dream Teams' for Variety.