Mads Mikkelsen

At Venice, a journalist questioned Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Arcel about the film's predominantly Nordic cast and the Oscars' diversity rules. Mikkelsen rejected the question and asked the journalist to answer it himself.

State of the evidence

press conference exchange documented

Legal status — source text

no legal proceedings

Attribution

personal responsibility for his response

Mikkelsen replaced Johnny Depp in Fantastic Beasts. Amid controversies surrounding J.K. Rowling and trans rights, he urged people to understand exactly what had been said before condemning others and criticised an era in which people were cancelled right and left.

State of the evidence

recasting and direct statements documented

Legal status — source text

no personal legal proceedings

Attribution

controversies involving Depp, Rowling or Miller are not attributed to Mikkelsen; only his own statements are attributed to him

Mikkelsen argued that public debate had become so punitive that a single wrong word could destroy someone, citing Matt Damon and a culture of outrage.

State of the evidence

direct statements documented

Legal status — source text

no legal proceedings

Attribution

direct personal responsibility

Mikkelsen claimed that science was divided over the human contribution to climate change, a position that the Guardian contrasted with the scientific consensus.

State of the evidence

direct statements and scientific context documented

Legal status — source text

no legal proceedings

Attribution

direct personal responsibility

Mikkelsen described the treatment of Lars von Trier following his Cannes remarks as terrible character assassination and as a manifestation of political correctness that had become beastly.

State of the evidence

direct statements documented

Legal status — source text

no legal proceedings

Attribution

direct personal responsibility for his remarks

Swedish activist Ellen Tejle claimed that at Cannes, Mikkelsen refused a discussion about women's representation, saying he was not interested if it involved a Swedish feminist issue, and subsequently treated her dismissively.

State of the evidence

public testimony and Danish media coverage documented

Legal status — source text

no legal proceedings

Attribution

personal responsibility limited to the reported exchange; Mikkelsen's full account not found

Mikkelsen plays the accountant who is the target of Rihanna's revenge in a highly graphic music video that sparked feminist debate over the torture of a woman, violence and misogyny.

State of the evidence

cultural controversy and Mikkelsen's role documented

Legal status — source text

no personal legal proceedings

Attribution

Mikkelsen plays the man targeted in the video; he neither wrote nor directed the content