At the time, Mikkelsen and Craig were both relative strangers to big-budget films.
Mikkelsen revealed that the torture scene-the very same one where Bond yelps, 'Now the whole world will know that you died scratching my balls!'-almost went even further. In a new interview with Vulture, Mikkelsen talks about watching Rafael Nadal smack around tennis balls, his first moments of finding fame, his leading role in Hannibal, and of course, his time filming Casino Royale.