Here I am, sipping some coffee and mindlessly scrolling down my Twitter feed. I randomly wonder what Rogue One is up to these days. Just like that, the clouds of Heaven opened up and beamed on a tweet saying that Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal) just revealed his role on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
This is may be hitting spoiler territory. Read at your own risk. Like, seriously… This is pretty huge.
In an interview on Sky News, the interviewer asks about the upcoming Star Wars film, Rogue One, to which Mikkelsen replies, “I can say absolutely nothing about it. Well, I can, but I’d have to kill you and the entire audience.” But it doesn’t take a whole lot of begging to get him to say more. “I wasn’t really sure if I was wearing a stormtrooper outfit or anything like that. I read the script was very beautiful. There’s this lovely, young, strong, woman, and I play her…father.”
What what WHAAAAT?! There we have it. Mads is going to play Jyn Erso’s father. I guess we know what that means: he’s a bad guy. A Star Wars leading hero is nothing without a few parent issues. I wonder how prominent he will be in the movie overall. Will he be a supporter of the Empire, or an actual ranking officer on the Death Star?
To watch Mikkelsen’s full answer, click here.
Source: HitFix