Mads Mikkelsen shuts down reporter who questions 'lack of diversity' in his new film

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[@Just_another_turtle]

Imagine people wanting to tell a story that is authentic to their history and culture. How dare they.

[@BasicMaffs]

Imagine a pro-Russian bot praising the atrocities taking place in Ukraine.

[@BlancheNuit]

It's only authentic if there are black people in it.

[@hugeladchad]

@@BasicMaffs ironic coming from a reddit bot

[@walter1515]

Only if its white history or culture, cant forget that part

[@grandrtiv26]

@@BasicMaffsFunny how so many of the anti-woke crowd miraculously end up supporting Ukrainian genocide.

[@dougsmalls5459]

They would never dare question the lack of diversity in a story about Africa or Asia

[@itsgonnabeokay9341]

And that's exactly what the reporter highlighted in the follow up question.

[@AmericaFirst-1]

Im sure they will leave out that Africans are 1 of the largest sellers of slaves in history of humanity.

[@reinoldi1097]

black panther isnt diverse enough.. also the main character should be a white redhead! 🤣

[@dougsmalls5459]

@@ghostbravo7127 the last samurai was about a U.S. army guy going to Japan to train the Japanese imperial army

[@keaganhunter5365]

​@@ghostbravo7127what do you mean by "and not even a white samurai"?

[@tehprimelime1063]

Mads is a gem, 100% love his work and agree with his attitude

[@Tommysimonsen]

@@CheekyHussar The reporter was 100% correct, this movie is to white to win awards, by the rules of racist US award shows. No whitey awards.

[@aligmal5031]

@@CheekyHussar he has a movie called the hunt it is a foreign movie but omg it is such a good movie

[@Battledragon4]

Sad to see, that the reporter here always gets depicted as an idiot. All he wanted was to ask how the actors and the rest feel about not being able to participate in the Oscars because of the changes/new rules he mentioned regarding the diversity minimum.

[@Tommysimonsen]

@@aligmal5031 If you want to watch his Danish movies, Pusher 1. 2. 3. Blinkene lyghter/Flickering light. De grønne slagter/The Green butchers. are way better.

[@chaost4544]

He's damn good in "Hannibal".

[@ATigerShark]

We should make a game about a 17th century African country and ensure that there are plenty of White, and Asian characters that everyone in the game just accepts as totally normal for said 17th century African country. Or a historic game about Italy with a single NPC of each diversity check box all standing in a single room tucked away where their only lines of dialogue are, "I'm (demographic here) representation. I check X number of diversity check boxes."

[@ATROFlAR]

A game about people starving in mudhuts until Europeans arrive?

[@eyeofthasky]

U know that the Romans and greeks where already in africa before the whole Jesus stuff? Yeah maybe by the 17th century literally everyone said, no thanks wont stay, shit weather too hot in here... or maybe one or two did stay, wouldnt be unlikely .... We had people from the british isles already 5000BC living in the Balkans, so just stop dumbing down the past simply cuz U never took an archaeological journal into ur hands . . .

[@MsAAAAAA222]

@@ATROFlAR they wuz kangs of dat mudhut boy

[@yannikakapralli]

@@ATROFlAR White People are the Reason Africa is poor and they still live in mudhuts...dont you know that? xD I'm getting too old for this woke stuff..

[@anon7596]

would love to see a game about the civil war, but all the characters are asian.

[@steven1813]

According to Netflix there was a Black queen of England, Hannibal Barka was black, Cleopatra was black, and there were Black Norwegian queens.

[@Shiirow]

Im sure once they are done ruining european history and egyptian history, they will move on and assert that Ghengis Khan was black as well.

[@grienardus12]

I dont think charlotte counts as it never claims to be real history, but black cleopatra was a crazy thing from an even crazier woman.

[@HouseTargaryen24601]

​@@grienardus12 "Cleopatra" was also not a documentary. It was a "docu-drama".

[@HouseTargaryen24601]

Those shows were all fictional. Maybe look up what that means.

[@steven1813]

@@HouseTargaryen24601 There was a documentary on Netflix a few years ago saying Hannibal was the first black man to bring Rome to it's knees. Maybe learn to google before commenting.

[@Steroyd666]

I partly blame the reporter in how he framed the question but that clip also done the reporter dirty, the full context is that he further clarified that a South Korean film Parasite is eligible for the Oscars because it has a diverse cast of 100% Koreans but a movie based in a Nordic country in the 1750's wouldn't be eligible for the same Oscars because it's not diverse even though they both have the exact same amount of diversity. The reporter wanted to highlight the hypocrisy of Hollywood. Edit: Spelling and Grammar, Parasyte is a worthwhile anime :p

[@raketensven3127]

The point is still bad bc no1 cares about the Oscars anymore. Been like that for the last 5 years already. Make good movie, make money, win.

[@Miragexe]

Because it's just an anti-white narrative, the West has the most accepting and tolerant people on the planet, go try being white in Africa, Asia or Japan, you think they're going to go out of their way to include you? They are openly racist, if not worse, towards white people and outsiders in general, yet fuckers come to our countries and expect everything and more, but we won't get anything in return if we'd go to theirs.

[@rykehuss3435]

Damn, thats some dirty cutting then

[@silverhawkroman]

gotta love anti white racism!

[@wickedraptor2651]

awesome. i don't care about hollywood or the oscars. the less people talk about them the better

[@Jingokou]

I actually feel sorry for the reporter. He wanted to point out that a Movie with an all Korean cast was eligible for Oscar nominations, so why wouldn't a movie with an all Danish cast be eligible? The Oscar rulings are just flat out racist against caucasians.

[@HankWilliams-kp3io]

The system hates whites so much that when people defend them, they use words like Caucasian because “White” has been so vilified that people feel that putting it in a positive sentence might get them in trouble. And that feeling isn’t completely unfounded

[@RAIZOtheASSASSIN]

A historic movie is just that. Its about history… why would there be diversity when there wasnt any back in the day. The reporter should use common sense instead of the woke nonsense

[@willchurch8376]

First off, who gives a shit about the Oscars. Secondly, 99% of the Oscars have gone to white people, white films and white ideologies. You look stupid when you say they're 'racist against whites'

[@borismaric130]

@@RAIZOtheASSASSIN all Korean cast was eligible because Oscar said it was diverse but all Danish cast is not diverse

[@Jingokou]

@@RAIZOtheASSASSIN Literally nothing about what the reporter said was woke, when you listen to the full context of his question. If anything he was pointing out Hollywood's hypocrisy.

[@Ozzull]

"1750, diversity" 😂

[@Feelingfruity]

the weird thing is that the Danes (as were the Swedish and other Scandinavian countries even though most people of England, Portugal and Spain )were part of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade so it is not a stretch to have black people in a movie set in 1750s Denmark.

[@Ramboness]

@@Feelingfruity Incorrect, there's no recorded history of black people working as peasants in Denmark. They were most likely working on sugar plantations when Denmark owned lands in the west indies.

[@UserJWR]

@@Ramboness There's recorded history of black or brown people during the Viking age, who came there via trade or slavery. It is absolutely believable that there were Danes with a darker complexion in the 1750s, who were descendants of these traders and slaves.

[@erfarkrasnobay]

There are lot of diversity could be in 1750, like probably few Catholics among Protestents, few Sweden, Norwegian, or German persons wold also fit. Maybe there cold even be Italian!

[@CaIastair]

@@Feelingfruity This kids is why you don't just read the first google search...

[@Sleepgarden]

someone asked I believe an Argentina team why their sports team wasn't more diverse and he replied "cause this isn't a Disney movie"

[@faismasterx]

Hello? Based?

[@aj897]

I’m sure many people were furious when a mostly White Hispanic team won the World Cup. 😂😂😂

[@silver013wasd]

Hahahhaha 😅

[@makhmal1776]

You know there's gonna be a non-gender specific bot going like: oh aCtUaLlYyyy Europe was historically pretty diverse.

[@kendrickhering7725]

I mean it was... but that doesn't mean the vast majority of the population wasn't still white

[@williamcobbett4943]

​@@kendrickhering7725it wasn't you are talking waffle

[@Fr00stee]

@@williamcobbett4943 ottomans in the balkans be like:

[@bonk5943]

It was diverse, just not in a way modern murcians think.

[@Just_another_turtle]

​@@Fr00steearen't ottomans considered white or at least some of them?

[@HeisenbergFam]

Saying Cleopatra is black like saying hot wheels toys cause car accidents

[@brizwaldjonson]

Wewuzkangz

[@bonk5943]

They should make a show about racially diverse hot wheels cars.

[@itsgonnabeokay9341]

And that school shootings happen because of video games

[@Micolashcage1]

they made anne Boelyn black in a tv show recently lol

[@walter1515]

Bro I remember this comment from when Asmongold talked about that cleopatra stuff, everyone was confused about the dudes analogy. HeisenbergBot

[@Woupsme]

The fact that Mads is just laughing makes me love him even more and more proud to be a Dane

[@IzzyIkigai]

So you're proud your country partook in African slave trade and is now historically revisionist about owning black people *during that exact time*?

[@Bahamut998]

Danes don't give a fuck and are one of the based Nordic countries. They literally built a concentration camp for migrants on an Island and want to keep Denmark Danish.

[@vincentwolf1456]

It's the only normal reaction to the woke clowns -- to ridicule them. To laugh at them. To dismiss them. That's how it was back in good days -- if black asked to be in a LOTR movie (or any fantasy movie, really), he'd just be laughed at. If lgbt asked to be equally represented in some mainstream movie -- they'd be laughed at and told something like "sorry, all mentally ill roles are taken". That's why back then we had amazing, immortal movies with real stars and now we have freakshows.

[@yannikakapralli]

Still waiting for a Martin Luther King Movie with maybe a.....Asian Actor? Because Diversity is so important..

[@RatchildUK]

Reporter sounded like he was pointing out the hypocrisy that an all Korean movie was eligible for awards but the all Danish movie wasn't. Not that he was reeeeing the movie isn't diverse.

[@asd3601]

yeah a lot of people are missing that part

[@StinkyBuster]

Well we want to screech about wokeness so if you'll kindly stop telling the whole story. Thank yoooouuu

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

@@StinkyBuster The reporter literally joins us. Also, you're ridiculing anti-racists here. What is wrong with you? It's okay for an all-Asian cast to be nominated, but not an all-White cast? That's racist. Stop ridiculing the people opposing it.

[@delivererofdarknessshoguno1133]

​@@StinkyBusterwell, the reporter is just screeching about wokeness here too.

[@StinkyBuster]

@delivererofdarknessshoguno1133 wow, that's neat!

[@Zanian19]

I'm Danish. I was around 12 years old when I first saw a person of color outside of television. Pretty sure spotting a non-white in 1750 Denmark would be like an impossible game of Where's Waldo.

[@JayDeeMC]

I'm Canadian. I grew up in a small rural town where the population was 99% white. There was one Chinese family (they owned one of our favourite restaurants and were good friends of ours) and one family with a white father (police officer), black mother, and the children were mixed. Outside of that, I never saw a person of colour except on TV. This was in the 1980s. The same town now has a good number of Filipinos and Indian people. It's changed a lot in the last 30 years or so.

[@0That_Guy0]

Go watch the full clip instead. This one is editing out what is actually a fair question: A Korean movie with a full Korean cast is eligible for rewards by American standards, but a Danish movie with a full Danish (Caucasian) cast can't. He asked if they were concerned with this, because it's obviously not fair.

[@0That_Guy0]

@@stevewood6192 Thanks, I've edited now. ;) No need to delete your comment, though. Interactions on comment threads tend to push them further up in the comment section, so more people can see them.

[@kenopsia6748]

name of the movie please¿

[@0That_Guy0]

@@kenopsia6748 The Danish one: "The Promised Land." I think the journalist said the South Korean movie was "Parasite".

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

Danes aren't cCaucasian. Use the internet you're already on to read up a bit.

[@0That_Guy0]

@@aR0ttenBANANA You actually had me doubt for a second, so I did. And as I already assumed, nearly every definition is the same: People with European ancestry. And Denmark is in Europe.

[@hillehai]

If you watch the full clip, the person asking the question is actually just setting up a further question in regards to the hypocritical, and frankly racist, qualifiers of, I think, the Oscars.

[@0That_Guy0]

@@Cyttorak. He is right. Go watch the full clip instead. This one is editing out what is actually a fair question: A Korean movie (Parasite) with a full Korean cast is eligible for rewards by American standards, but a Danish movie with a full Danish (Caucasian) cast can't. He asked if they were concerned with this, because it's obviously not fair.

[@N3r0ThlHeavyMetal]

We dont do that here. We watch 20 secs of cut clips and then agree with whatever asmon says

[@xNemesis_]

​@@Cyttorak.You've litterally made an account today just to comment on this video lmao

[@NickMaruca]

Thats actually a really good question then.

[@Goochen]

American racial politics is messed up and I can't believe it applies to foreign movies. 100% white is not diverse but 100% of another ethnicity in a foreign film is? Do they not realise that other races are not minorities in their own country lmao. @@0That_Guy0

[@CitroChannel]

Mads Mikkelsen is legitimately one of the best actors working right now and a cool dude. He's good in everything he is in, even if the movie is otherwise bad. But he's in some all around really great stuff too like The Hunt, Another Round, Valhalla Rising, the first two films in The Pusher trilogy, Casino Royale, Flame & Citron, A Royal Affair, Riders of Justice, At Eternity's Gate, Arctic, and of course the amazing television show Hannibal.

[@HepauDK]

Valhalla Rising was boring AF, one of the only movies I regret watching to the end, and regret even more paying for. I made the mistake of thinking that a movie with Mads Mikkelsen could in no way be bad...

[@alfredocornelio4329]

For the people accusing the reporter as being a woke activist, pump your breaks there. Yes, at first when seeing the video my blood was already about to boil because we've all seen this song and dance before BUT unfortunately this clip is cut short which removes more context. If you kept hearing, what he is saying it's just pointing out the hypocrisy from SAG and other film and arts bodies that have put out rules about diversity and quotas that movies must meet in order to either get funding from big studios or to be nominated for awards for example the Oscars, Emmys etc. The journalist was just poking fun at how for example movies like South Korean's Parasite is considered a diverse movie even though it's 100% Koreans (Same with Black Panther, The Woman King, Crazy Rich Asians, yadda yadda) yet Anglo or Nordic majority movies are not "diversity" and it equals wrong/bad. Fortunately, Independent film making does not have to play along with such rules to get made. Which is why the current strike in Hollywood is a blessing for all independent types to get out there and do your shit, from podcasting to youtube pop culture reviews, making your own comics etc, now it's the time to strike while these elite whiners are bitching sitting on their asses and studios cancelling projects and running out of monies. The difference between the strikes now and the one in 2008 is that people actually gave a shit about programs being made 15 years ago. Current Hollywood writing is aidz and most everybody has tuned out.

[@choupetto85]

technically speaking it is 99.99% korean cause... *spoilers ahead* theres a german man who bought the house at the end

[@Searwitch]

if that gets you blood boiling, get help

[@bachlava7]

I would still say it's a bit woke, maybe not an activist, but woke. Because 1. He still asked the question and 2. It's always all white movies that people have problems with.

[@Achieme]

Even though i hate the word Diversity i agree with that sentiment because you can't say your diverse when your cast consist of 99% of the same group of people

[@Ofdimaelr]

nobody care

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

That reporter is about to start weeping blood.

[@andresgonzalez5676]

INB4 sissy apology vid soon.

[@1234_Flux]

I understood that reference

[@bastyo]

If you watch the whole clip it seems like the reporter has opposing views regarding diversity and asks why it is that if South Korea can have an all-korean cast, why can't the danish people have an all danish cast and be eligible for awards

[@firework8140]

yeah he's about to weep blood because he's being taken out of context. The guy criticises the diversity quota, not support it

[@DM-rc4yu]

@@dijango0015 What do you mean for no reason. Outrage = clicks.

[@dissect123]

Reality and the woke mob don't go together all that well.

[@totallynotthebio-lizard7631]

Yeah, imagine letting them run a country… ah shit.

[@bluegamer4210]

realistically speaking anyone who understands what being woke means would disagree with this it's just people are stupid and lump the weirdos that take it way to far and treat it like that's what the meaning is basicly just reactionaries

[@TonyMontanaDS]

They never question the lack of diversity in Indian or Asian movies.

[@Juhno]

It's funny how people who shout about cultural appropriation demand changing European history. Somehow that (or Marvel's Thor or Loki e.g.) is not cultural appropriation.

[@mrniceguywinkyface1524]

It was funny in 2012 when everyone laughed at them, now that every industry seems to agree with them maybe it's time to take it a bit more serious and go against it. It's not hypocritical when you realize they just hate white people.

[@starcrawler77]

one thing is always true: you get the audience you deserve.

[@RealTaIk]

I looked up the video and the interviewers question wasn't as bad as diplayed in here. He basically said that the danish movie full of danish people won't be eligable to win best pictures because of the lack of diversity while a movie like parasite was eligable even though it only had south koreans in it and he wanted to know from them what they think about it.

[@SeasoningTheObese]

As everyone knows, every race of people that look identical is diverse, but the race with the most skin, hair, and eye colors is not.

[@RealTaIk]

@@SeasoningTheObese I don't get what you are trying to say

[@weom1536]

@@RealTaIk He means that caucasians can have green, blue, gray eyes, blonde, red or brown hair etc, while other races all have black eyes and black hair.

[@Tommysimonsen]

This was badly cut, the reporter made a great point, this movie can`t win awards, a all Korean cast movie can, that`s very "divers" since divers is just F whitey.

[@JoePippin.]

As a black man I confirm I would not like to play in a movie set in the 1750s lol.

[@asleepinthewoods3178]

There is some important context missing from this clip, but regardless I still respect Mads for just not wanting to engage with this kind of exhausting dialogue. Which is something I think many can agree upon. Also, if anyone has not watched Hannibal with Mads Mikkelsen - I can highly recommend it!

[@SnakeWasRight]

They LITERALLY want to revise history.

[@booshmcfadden7638]

Mads reacts exactly how everyone should: laugh in their face.

[@Dr.UldenWascht]

What a Mads lad.

[@RaPSoN48]

that reporter is not a reporter. he is another woke activist. that question was ridiculous and the answer including the delivery of it was superb

[@minuette1752]

Yep gotta squash them like the bugs they are and not give them a chance to speak.

[@a-my9ql]

He's worse, he's a useful idiot. He's another one of these white people in heavily white areas that only listen to the media for their world view (and inevitably repeat 100% of the world view they see and adopt the world view of the media they consume), they aren't clued in, so they think if they just blindly go along with the program that hey "they're doing good" and "it's not a big deal", etc.

[@Adroyo]

Reporters are trash

[@liqiye3611]

well america loves this so how are you going to squash the goverment ? this is their agenda fuck them anyways @@minuette1752

[@jacobpietronigro8963]

imo I think they just misunderstood the reporter. If you watch the whole clip it's clear that the reporter highlights the ridiculous rules to be able to be nominated for an Oscar. for instance "parasite" 100% Korean cast is able to be nominated, but not "the promised land" with it's close to 100% Danish cast.

[@uberneanderthal]

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” ― George Orwell

[@jessep3571]

George Orwell was also massively anti-fascist.

[@SeasoningTheObese]

@@jessep3571 As made apparent by his scathing review of typical totalitarian left wing ideology in Animal Farm and 1984.

[@uberneanderthal]

@@jessep3571 ACKSHULLY he wrote an entire article condemning using 'fascist' as a mindless slur. basically calling out NPCs before they even became a meme. really ahead of his time.

[@jessep3571]

@@uberneanderthal except that you right wing brainlets don't bother to read the full quote. The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies “something not desirable”. The words democracy, socialism, freedom, patriotic, realistic, justice have each of them several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another” and that “Words of this kind are often used in a consciously dishonest way.” Orwell was a committed anti-fascist. "When I joined the militia I had promised myself to kill one Fascist - after all, if each of us killed one they would soon be extinct" ""Fascism is coming; probably a slimy Anglicised form of Fascism, with cultured policemen instead of Nazi gorillas and the lion and the unicorn instead of the swastika." George Orwell. 'The Road to Wigan Pier'. The right wing really doesn't understand that Orwell was a self-declared socialist and wouldn't stand for any of that blood and soil shit in the USA.

[@firion666]

@@jessep3571 George Orwell was also massively writin' those bookz.

[@crs290]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that the reporter wasn't upset about the lack of diversity, but more that he was concerned that the new Academy requirements would preclude the movie from being considered for a Best Picture award. This is my concern, as well.

[@Melissa-hd3jr]

​@@sinAnon6689 even if awards aren't that important anymore we should still criticize the racism that is going on, Danish people and white people in general deserve the same awards as anybody else (sorry for bad English)

[@nullbubble791]

But muh representation

[@totallynotthebio-lizard7631]

They are represented. you see them doing work. They should try it some time.

[@nightmare171]

I remember woke journalists pulling the same "Diversity" card for Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Developers said, there weren't many diverse characters in Holy Roman Empire during 1403. When they claimed there were slaves, etc. Developers told the woke game journalists to make their own game and put whatever character they want in that. It was a joyous day indeed.

[@symphonixblades]

Go watch the full question this one is edited on purpose to make you think the reporter is woke when he actually isn't. The full question was the reporter talking about how a movie like Parasite with a 100% Korean cast is considered diverse enough but Mads movie with a 100 % Danish /Caucasian cast which is the same percentage of diversity which is none for both movies, isn't considered diverse enough to be recognized by the Oscars new rules (which state that movies to be considered for Oscars need to have like 30%of diversity /lgbt). And the reporter was asking Mads if he was worried about that, about the possibility of the movie not being considered good enough for Oscars. It's honestly a fair question and not woke

[@StinkyBuster]

Trigger warning: Pronouns but how could he own the reporter if wokeness and cancel culture is running rampant surely Kingdom Come Deliverance was an abject failure and he is now a pariah from society, right?

[@pyrosupreme4473]

@@symphonixblades What a ridiculous ass requirement

[@PnPride]

@@symphonixblades If it is how you describe then yes, that's a 100% legit question.

[@kevinkibble8342]

And then they would complain that the only "POC" in that film are slaves and not anything more high ranking. Can't win with these people.

[@MidgardMessiah]

"Sometimes reality ... is inconvenient." It really is to certain modern demographics, yes

[@captaindropkik]

In the full clip though the guy asking the question does take the question into "if you don't meet the diversity standards for Hollywood you can't win awards, how do you feel about that" just for added context

[@silverwolf813]

Dude played Hannibal Lector. He didn't even blink.

[@brut1ful828]

Asmons shirt is so much fresher in the flashback clip at the end

[@billybatts8283]

I remember my grandmother saying "I don't care what they tell you in school, don't suck or be sucked upon."

[@StinkyBuster]

lol granny just didn't want you swapping BJ's in the bathroom

[@user-po9sm9bn9m]

They're pushing this BS so hard, people are getting so sick of it. When it reaches the breaking point...when that "jump the shark" moment happens, the backlash will be EPIC and BRUTAL.

[@ingwiafraujaz3126]

Mads and the director misunderstood the question. They were impatient and didn't listen carefully. The journalist was supporting their right to be eligible for the Oscars regardless of "diversity".

[@aikighost]

To be fair to the reporter he was trying to point out that it was ridiculous that the film would not be eligible for best foreign language film at the Oscars because it didn't hit their new diversity standards, whereas a film like "Parasite" which was a 100% Korean cast and crew would qualify.

[@J5Dev]

So should we start to question the lack of diversity in movies about slaves, and why there are no white slaves depicted (They absolutely existed)...

[@CatroiOz]

Good ol' murican cultural imperialism demanding that everywhere in the world must be displayed as if it was modern california

[@jojodelivery5916]

lol modern California is segregated as heck.

[@umetcalf]

@@jojodelivery5916nah

[@SierraSilver1]

Proud to be Dane, this is how our culture teaches us to think🇩🇰

[@booboobumbum6602]

No! THE REPORTER was pointing out the hypocrisy of Hollywood by giving Parasite an Oscar but wouldn't let This Danish film apply. Mads didn't let him finish the question

[@unit38421]

If someone wants to make a movie, or indeed any kind of creative endeavor, it’s perfectly okay if they want diversity to be a priority. However, to think that everyone else should adhere to those standards, particularly to the detriment to the authenticity and accuracy, historical or otherwise, is complete asinine. I would imagine, making a movie set in Denmark in the 18th century, they are neither for or against diversity; it simply isn’t a consideration, and it shouldn’t have to be.

[@Fismajster101]

With full context the reporter wasn't actually race baiting or anything, I think he asked a valid question but the way he phrased it (possibly bad english) it just came off really bad. But the fact of the matter is, that someone like Mads just gets annoyed at this point with these kinds of questions and who can blame him.

[@lucylucian2564]

mads mikkelsen killed it in the hannibal series, i dare say he did just as a great job as anthony hopkins version of hanibbal,much respect for a phenomenal actor.

[@Javier-il1xi]

Mads's Hannibal is incredible

[@lucylucian2564]

@@Javier-il1xi i think he won an emmy if im not mistaken.

[@MichaelHolmgaard]

I think Mads was actually better than Hopkins. So much closer to the books 🙌

[@jase276]

That series left a hole in me, I was in utter disbelief when it ended..

[@Kat1kafka]

I'm Asian and I'm so sick these representation diversity crap.

[@FrederikEngelmand]

as a dane, thank you. let us make movies about our own damn history

[@Achieme]

Same here i'm black and i get tired of hearing that word when they present something to an audience. If the first thing you tell me about something your making/presenting is how Diverse the project is, you already lost me. No one was talking about representation/Diversity in the 70s 80s 90s and early 2000s

[@killler240]

The clip is taken out of context

[@Stormsong93]

First nations/indigenous here and I feel the same. I'd love to see more native representation but it needs to actually fit and make sense. Stealing already established characters and stories and reskinning it is hollow and fake, like that Cleopatra fiasco. That's like taking the Vikings show and making them POC whereas they should leave it as it is and also write a show on other cultures (would love to see some on native americans in the same time period)

[@Battledragon4]

Sad to see, that the reporter here always gets depicted as an idiot. All he wanted was to ask how the actors and the rest feel about not being able to participate in the Oscars because of the changes/new rules he mentioned regarding the diversity minimum.

[@eldendong4956]

tell me youre american without telling me youre american

[@SpikyDane]

? the journalist is also danish, clearly sadly

[@MajorKirrahe]

I remember when Dunkirk came out and a few people complaining that most of the British soldiers were white... 🙄

[@jonathanjonathan7386]

pretty much all of them were

[@lmojol9673]

Reminds me of when people were complaining about the lack of diversity in Dunkirk I think it was. “Too many white men in the English army…” Like… what? Who did you expect was gonna be in the English army in the early 1900’s?

[@bastyo]

If you watch the whole clip it seems like the reporter has opposing views regarding diversity and asks why it is that if South Korea can have an all-korean cast, why can't the danish people have an all danish cast and be eligible for awards

[@mrbeans2425]

Mads is a straight G

[@HansWurst1569]

Mads is a fucking legend. There is actual montages of him doing cool poses with cigarettes. I bet he smells like my dad.

[@martuuk8964]

Lmao

[@UncleGael1999]

The reporter must be trying real hard to ask the most stupid boring questions. Goddamn dude what a waste of their time

[@bj_cat103]

but if they depicted diversity the way it really was, with people of color being slaves/servants/amusement, diversity enjoyers would get even more mad

[@lasttrueviking3687]

Well they made Anne Boelyn black, so yeah, nothing's untouchable these days for the mob.

[@Noizzed]

When they make a movie set in Africa i better see an equal amount of Africans, Scandinavians, Asians and Hispanics in them villages

[@RichSmithson]

The journalist is actually anti woke too if you listen to the whole conversation. He is bringing up how the South Korean movie ‘Parasite’ qualified for awards because of its “diverse” cast even tho every single person in the movie is Korean. Yet Mads movie doesn’t qualify for the same awards because its “not diverse” for having only Europeans in it.

[@guaripolo1808]

this comment section is so mindbroken about the word diversity that they can't understand or hear that the journalist isn't talking shit about the movie but about how nominations work by today's standards and how they feel about it.

[@benjaminhartmann4522]

In that time a man dressed as a woman would be in a circus...

[@GollumFishy]

My Grandpa used to say "no matter what people tell you remember that Hitler was Black"

[@gabegood8989]

explains his hate for those people

[@ArtificialGamingIntelligence]

When I see diversity in movies where there should be none, I avoid the movie.

[@kacperwawszczyk]

I would be VERY SCARED if Hollywood would like to create a movie taking place in Poland during WWII.

[@dougfax]

They would call it "Untold Poland" and do what Dice did with Battlefield 1

[@Shiirow]

@@dougfax going to get female cyber snipers with advanced prosthetics saving poland from germany.

[@lufsolitaire5351]

One, it’s their movie, if you want a diverse film go make your own. Two, historical accuracy, probably weren’t that many if any poc in 1750’s Denmark. How are you going to get mad at someone for portraying their own history accurately?

[@tomstone123]

This cut makes the reporter looks bad on purpose. The whole question was asking how they felt about about the film not able to qualify for an Oscar due to the Oscar having a requirement for diversity in either the cast and film crew.

[@whinemax]

This clip is being taken out of context for reaction farming. The reporter asks about the diversity because of the new Oscar's rules about diversity, NOT because he has a grudge against the producers. Also lol at Mikkelsen's last name being misspelled.

[@StinkyBuster]

Excuse me but your comment is really getting in the way of our circlejerk. I bet you like pronouns and soy or something.

[@zalabit927]

These people are so rotten with the idea of diversifyng everything no matter if it makes no sense. It's like that one kid in school ruinning playtime with worthless talk about filler homework.

[@eyeofthasky]

We HAVE archaeological records from people living in completely other parts of Europe than their origin even from 5000BC, people from the Balkans in the british isles or Nordic countries, or the other way around, to give examples of the furthest distance? Yes, whole families... So If people managed that 7000 years before now, why shouldnt they only 300 years before now .... Well cuz people started to be xebophobic after the concept of nations cropped up and started to shit on the others, not wanting to have to do anything with them -- well yes that would be a valid arguement, but not "making no sense"

[@symphonixblades]

What people? The reporter is against this diversity rule the full interview shows that this was a set up question because after that he talks about how Parasite with a 100% Korean cast is nominated for a cast and considered diverse enough but a movie in 1750 and with similar diversity but a white cast wouldn't be. The reporter is actually against it and this clip not showing everything is giving the wrong idea

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

@@eyeofthasky Europeans moved around in Europe? Gee, what a revolutionary concept! They were still European.

[@eyeofthasky]

@@TheStraightestWhitest Not really the only original europeans are finno-ugric, basque, and some other today only marginally existing people, the Bulk of modern Europe are not people from this continent but Migrations from Asia,or at least thousand of kilometers to the east from their current living places. All romance languages are invaders into Europe the same as for all germanic languages, even the Celtic remnants in the british isles .. which all are highly related to languages of india -- If u r proficient in old English or old high German then Sanskrit will not seem very foreign too

[@domerame5913]

@@eyeofthasky What is blud waffling about what does this have to do with the fact that 1700s Denmark was not 'diverse'?

[@johnyseimah229]

egyptians are north africa..not a single north african country is black..they are all lightly tanned

[@asd3601]

to the "muh diversity" crowd africa = black because they dont actually bother to learn about it

[@hogatiwash7750]

@@asd3601 Afro centrist literally makes up a fake history and act like everyone else is ignorant

[@umetcalf]

Well black and white are not real so it doesn’t make sense.

[@lassemaja8382]

Those who wish for more diversity in movies, heres a crazy suggestion: Make your own fucking movie!!

[@wayofdaweeb3997]

The academy award guidelines don’t just hit white period pieces and dramas. The reporter even stated that Parasite wouldn’t be eligible for an Oscar under the new rules. It’s a broader issue that makes anybody who wants to make a movie specifically about their culture and history unable to win an award due to real accuracy.

[@sephuris5555]

This is why I like Mad Mikkelsen he doesn't put up with dumb shit like this with historical films

[@mithrandirthegrey7644]

The 2nd one is even more vexing. We know exactly what Cleopatra looked like. Statues of her have survived to this day, as have descriptions. She was from Northern Greece, she had red hair and blue eyes, as a lot of people from that area of the Balkans do.

[@bruhmoment3731]

Mads also defended JK Rowling. He's a great guy.

[@nohandle519]

To be fair the clip is out of context. The reporter was actually speaking out against the hypocrisy of diversity mandates, but Mads jumped the gun cause he's sick of hearing about it, as many others are. I feel bad for the reporter

[@Mr.Donkeypoo]

what movie they talkin about, Im interested now. this short clip was better than any trailer they couldve released

[@symphonixblades]

The short clip was bad as it twists the true intentions of the reporter, the full clip actually shows that the reporter question is a good and understandable one, not even a woke question since he was talking about how unfair Oscars new rule is

[@GermoDante]

If you really want to know how the "diversity matters" crowd really feels, lets crowdfund a movie about Mansa Musa, Askia Muhammad or Shaka Zulu, to name a few, Starring Ryan Gosling. The REEEEEEs are gonna echo through the entire angloshpere. After the credits we can show Ryan taking off his wig and wiping away his makeup and just say: "See, that's how it feels"

[@kiddkd7242]

I’m black. A movie like that would be hilarious.

[@VyleX87]

This made me hopeful for the future of filmmaking, and I'm a pessimist.

[@greyeyed123]

Regarding Cleopatra, I had a college English professor once tell us how she was praised as beautiful in so many sources...but when he saw her likeness on a coin, he didn't think she was all that attractive, lol. I hate to think that if we took a time machine back to certain eras, everyone would be 5 foot tall or less, missing teeth, patches of hair gone, skinny as skeletons, blind in one eye, and possibly having their noses rotted off from syphilis. ("Look at her! She's only blind in ONE eye, her nose isn't rotted off, she's got some hair on her head, and only three teeth are missing! The others are a healthy brown color! Gorgeous!")

[@BasedBill]

Unfortunately, you are completely right. The modern day technology, science, medicine, and methods we have today are extraordinarily advanced compared to what they had back then. When it comes to self-care, hygiene, and "beauty products", they pretty much had nothing. Women these days have such a beautiful appearance that they have legions of lonely men paying them money over the internet just to see/talk to them. Pretty sure not even Cleopatra could have pulled it off back then.

[@Altinget]

Grandmother was Cleopatras chamber maid....😂

[@GroundbreakGames]

The guy asking the question was misunderstood. He was actually making the point that Mads film wasn’t allowed to compete in a certain award because it wasn’t considered diverse enough but a film with an all Asian cast had won. I understand the sentiment happening in the comments but no one here was saying what Mads thought was being said. He clarified himself afterwards.

[@wikwayer]

Why did you skip the actual question ?

[@symphonixblades]

To make people think the reporter is woke and Mads is a hero when it isn't anything like that

[@andresgonzalez5676]

I'll be honest, I have no idea what any of them said in between the accents and mumbling whispers.

[@markc9438]

Thank god the pendulum is swinging back in the direction of sanity

[@Iamjimpage]

You missed his point. He wasn’t saying it should be more diverse. He was asking for comment in light of the fact that an equally “undiverse” film like Parasite could be considered for an Oscar because it ticked lots of non white boxes, but a film set in an entirely white 1750 Denmark would not qualify. He was making a point about the ridiculousness and double standards of the Oscar diversity quota.

[@Khashmonet]

Glad to see colonialism is alive and well in 2023.

[@spleancrush]

got to watch the full clip I don't think he's a woke reporter or activist he was just saying this cause of the Oscars new rules they have to have diverse people in it. but a Korean film meets the rules. for a short answer to the clip above.

[@kazuhirala]

Reporter doesn’t understand the concept of life and human history in the last 20 centuries. Bless his heart

[@hillehai]

From this clip alone, I'd agree with you, but it turns out he's actually asking about the racist qualifiers of the Oscars, so he's actually one of the sane ones.

[@somebodyoncetoldme2664]

Reporter was anti woke he just asked this question to build a foundation for his next one. Clip cut short created a false image

[@albinorunt]

Keep In mind the reporter Is actually on his side with this, the clip Is just taken out of context. The reporter Is also trying to call out the double standard of It all.

[@MrTrollosan]

If you watch the longer version of the clip, it makes sense. The guy is asking if they care about the new rules to win a movie award (Oscars for example), since they have no chance with that cast.

[@Bartooc]

Who would care for such a reward if the requirement is to be fundamentally racist/sexist, basing the cast on the race/sex rather than performance of the movie.

[@MrTrollosan]

@@Bartooc hopefully nobody .... but that’s just wishful thinking.

[@critical-thinker666]

Well they made black vikings..

[@ATROFlAR]

we wuz vikangz

[@galenbjorn443]

Keep Scandinavia Scandinavian!

[@DJ-wl5qo]

I’m all for diversity in media as long as it’s something the artist wants to do. Forcing it by borderline shaming people is not the way to go about it and will only make people hate you even more. Edit: OK apparently the reporter was actually asking a question about a movie like Parasite being eligible for and winning a bunch of awards even though it’s also not “diverse” and features the dominant group of its home country, which is something I’ve been saying since that movie came out. So not as crazy a question as I initially thought. My bad.

[@RebeccaLoran]

History and reality are the way they are. There are a ton of ways to deal with past adversity, as there is a lot of diversity in the history books, but the stories are shaped around isolation, living underground, being stomped on, etc. So if the story isn't centered around those things, a lot of the reality of history is going to be pretty oppressive and favor a kind of strict expectation of cultural norms. If you don't like it, go read a fantasy novel or a sci fi film that isn't based in reality. Historical fiction is about capturing the harsh truths, and this can be done well, and has been by many writers/film makers if you can look past your preconveived notions of social justice that are blinding you to the true power of storytelling to show us new ways of looking at reality.

[@ViewTube_Emperor_of_Mankind]

He literally was like "know your f**** place trash".

[@At_Maximum_Altitude]

Someone needs to be fired...

[@itsgonnabeokay9341]

Someone needs to watch the whole interview...

[@Ozzull]

​@@itsgonnabeokay9341Really? Did the reporter had a trace of sarcasm with his question? If so, please elude me a bit more.

[@BlueA]

@@Ozzull This is 6 months old so if you didn't read it, no, it's not sarcasm, just badly edited to bait. The question the reporter was trying (you can tell English is his second language and has trouble speaking it) trying to say, is that whether they are worried about the rules of movie awards like Oscars where to be eligible they have to meet a certain quota of diversity, and he late highlighted how hypocrite they are, because movies like parasite (a movie with a cast of 100% Korean people) is considered diverse (???) but a cast of 100% European people is not considered diverse. He's literally the opposite to woke