Mads Mikkelsen Lands New Role Hannibal Fans Are Guaranteed to Love

Another horror-ish role is coming for Mads Mikkelsen’s resume with a future movie that will be presented for sale in Cannes, and this might be an even more exciting news for those still having Hannibal on rewatch.

It’s fair to say Mads Mikkelsen boasts of a bunch of prominent roles kept under his belt, but there’s no other that would pop up in mind just as quickly as his eponymous character from NBC’s psychological thriller show.

The series itself wrapped up after 3 seasons back in 2015, and the actor since then moved to other numerous projects. However, now it seems like he’s getting back to, well, his disturbing roots in a prison drama that will also feature Narcos’ star Boyd Holbrook.

Mads Mikkelsen to Become a Death Row Chef in Ramin Bahrani’s Last Meals

The actor’s next movie will see him captured in the prison bars background as, according to Variety, Mikkelsen has landed the role of Walter Karat, “a former White House Chef whose fall from grace lands him in the kitchen of a maximum security prison cooking for death row inmates.”

Mikkelsen’s co-star Boyd Holbrook, mostly known for the role of DEA agent Steve Murphy in Netflix’s hit crime drama Narcos, will portray Jeffrey Reed, “a death row inmate who decides to go on a hunger strike and whose constant rejection of his meals frustrates him at every turn.”

Last Meals’ official synopsis also states that “their animosity reaches a boiling point until Walter confronts Reed, triggering an unexpected deeper connection — Walter starts to believe Reed is innocent. As the two bond, Walter is determined to find out the truth”.

So far, the movie’s production is scheduled to start sometime later this year.

Mads Mikkelsen Is ‘Thrilled’ About His Role in Last Meals

The actor’s latest and most prominent acting credits do suggest he isn’t one of those to take on easy roles, which also proves his part in Bahrani’s Last Meals might be just as challenging and compelling as Mikkelsen’s feature role of Hannibal.

“Every now and again a story comes your way where instead of dissecting it to pinpoint weaknesses, you find yourself completely immersed into its characters and tone. A story that manages to be non judgemental and at the same time makes us feel like judges. A story full of recognizable, normal people in situations that are everything but normal. Lost dreams, hope, redemption and great love for the unexpected. ‘Last Meals’ is such a story. Combined with a dream team of producers, actors and Ramin at the center, I couldn’t be more thrilled to go to work”, the actor said in a statement.