Mads Mikkelsen slams reporter over ‘diversity’ question at Venice Film Festival premiere

Mikkelsen’s latest film is set in 1750s Denmark and features a mostly white cast.

Mads Mikkelsen with his son Carl Jacobsen Mikkelsen arrive on the red carpet ahead of the “Bastarden” screening during the 80th Venice International Film Festival at Palazzo del Casino on Sept. 1 in Venice, Italy.“It’s not because of artistic reasons, it’s because of a lack of diversity, are you worried about it?” the man asked.Arcel intervened to suggest that the movie does include an ethnically diverse character who was a victim of racism.

“We do have a big plot line about a girl of color who is being subjected to racism … she was probably at the time the only [person of color] in the entire country of Denmark,” he explained.Mads Mikkelsen at the Venice Film Festival.“It wasn’t a thought in our mind, I think it would be a little weird — it’s just historical — how it was in the 1750s,” Arcel reasoned as Mikkelsen sipped a cup of water.

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