Mads Mikkelsen is a famous Danish actor known for his role in Daniel Craig’s James Bond film, Casino Royale. Some popular works of the actor include The Hunt, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, A Royal Affair, Kung Fu Panda 3, and more. He had a chance to work with the singing sensation, Rihanna in a short film.
The star cherishes the opportunity to work with the pop singer even though he had not heard much of her music when she approached him.
Mads Mikkelsen felt complacent about working with Rihanna
Clash of the Titans actor Mads Mikkelsen worked with singing superstar Rihanna in the short film B*tch Better Have My Money. In the video, Mikkelsen played the character of the accountant who cheated on her, hence, she plots revenge by abducting his wife.
The actor revealed in an interview with GQ about his first-ever shoot in America,
“I was there for two days. I think that’s the only time I ever shot in America. All the American films I’ve done have been shot in Europe. so, thanks to Rihanna, I finally got to shoot in America.”
Talking about how he bagged the role in the film, Mads Mikkelsen shared,
“Yeah, I don’t know how it landed. I never asked her, She must have seen something I’ve done, I believe something Danish. She called my agent and it’s like, ‘Do you want to be in a Rihanna film?’ and I was like, ‘Yeah’. I respect Rihanna, but I’m not big on music so obviously, I was kind of complacent. And then I heard some of her music, ‘Oh yeah she’s cool’. My son, for the first time, I think was impressed with what I do. He wanted to come with me on set and he is a young teenager, I don’t think so.”
Mads Mikkelsen became quite popular with his role in the video.
Mads Mikkelsen is happy to be Rihanna’s B*tch
In the music video, the singer-actress is seen torturing Mads Mikkelsen to get her money back. She also refers to him are her B*tch, however, the actor does seem to mind being called that. In the interview, Mikkelsen appreciated the singer for her sweet nature,
“She was so sweet, and then she’s so good.”
Talking about bizarre visuals in the film, he recalled,
“It became a really crazy video. I didn’t like the the push of things, in the sense that there was a story. I think we shot 10 percent of that story because it went in all kinds of crazy directions all of a sudden. So, it became more like an idea of this, as opposed to a solid, clean story. So, it was very visual, but yeah I’m pretty proud of being her b*tch. That’s fine.”
Rihanna and Mads Mikkelsen’s video B*tch Better Have My Money released in 2015. It was written by Rihanna and Bibi Bourelly. The producers include Deputy, Kanye West, Travis Scott, and WondaGurl were additional producers.
Source-GQ
