Mads Mikkelsen Interview: Dust Bunny, Hannibal, and Geeking Out Over Sigourney Weaver

[Editor's note: The following contains major spoilers for Dust Bunny.]

As a longtime Bryan Fuller fan, I was there for every episode of Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls. I’m a Fannibal who’s still waiting for another season for the duo that is Mads Mikkelsen as Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Hugh Dancy as Will Graham to do their darkly sinister and delicious dance around each other. And if Pushing Daisies returns, I will definitely be watching. So, not only was I excited to see Fuller’s feature directorial debut Dust Bunny, I jumped at the chance to chat with Mikkelsen about his role as the Intriguing Neighbor.

In the wickedly fantastical tale, a 10-year-old girl named Aurora (Sophie Sloan) is sure that there’s a monster under her bed that’s eaten her family. When she decides to hire her hitman neighbor to help her, his guilt over concerns that they may have actually been the victim of assassins that could have been after him, he steps up to handle the monsters, whether real or fantastical.

When I got the opportunity to chat one-on-one with Mikkelsen about reuniting with Fuller in a role that was written specifically for him, he discussed why he so enjoys their collaborative relationship, the fun in playing this character, how the chicken homages came about, shooting a fight scene in pajamas, how impressed he was that his young co-star learned her American accent from watching TikTok, getting to work with a giant puppet, and having to keep from getting starstruck while sharing scenes with Sigourney Weaver. He also said that he’s still game to return for more episodes of Hannibal and that he’s surprised that hasn’t happened yet.

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