While promoting his new movie Another Round, actor Mads Mikkelsen revealed he was already hard at work on
Fantastic Beasts 3 as Gellert Grindelwald, having worked a few days already the past week.
Mikkelsen briefly commented on the new COVID protocols on the Leavesden Studios set in the UK, where all of the
Harry Potter and
Fantastic Beasts movies have been shot, and how it compares to his famous work as Hannibal Lecter.
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Have you been on set yet for anything in the COVID era?
Mads Mikkelsen: Yeah, I worked there. I worked for the last three days. It’s a wonderful atmosphere. The cast is fantastic, the crew is great, and David [Yates] is absolutely wonderful to work with.
How is it with all the protocols?
Mikkelsen: Yeah, it’s tricky. I think they’ve done it for a while now – quite a few months, so they have a rhythm that works. And I think I’m one of the guys that have to get used to it. But there are protocols, and it works for them.
Is the process of becoming Grindelwald at all similar to assuming the role of Hannibal, given that you are stepping into another character that already has strong associations from a well-known actor?
Mikkelsen: No, it’s a little different. I mean, obviously, Hannibal we knew had been done to perfection before. But this was a different animal. We were doing a TV show, so we could start from scratch and do our own thing. Here, obviously, we have a reference to an actor who has just done it. We’ve been thinking a lot. We’re trying to make some bridges and connections but still do our own thing.
The third installment, out July 15, 2022, will be directed by David Yates, and will bring back the cast of the series including Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore along with Ezra Miller (Credence / Aurelius Dumbledore), Callum Turner (Theseus Scamander), Alison Sudol (Queenie Goldstein), Dan Fogler (Jacob Kowalski), Katherine Waterston (Tina Goldstein), Victoria Yeates (Bunty), William Nadylam (Yusuf Kama), Poppy Corby-Tuech (Vinda Rosier), and Jessica Williams as Professor Eulalie “Lally” Hicks.
Mads Mikkelsen comments on COVID protocols, already filming 'Fantastic Beasts' 3 
