Mikkelson has "Mads" Skills as Bond Villain

Mads Mikkelson ("King Arthur") had been cast as the latest James Bond villain in the Martin Campbell production of "Casino Royale," with Daniel Craig ("Road to Perdition") as Agent 007. Mikkelson will play arch-villain Le Chiffre in the film, a role which was once played by Orson Welles ("Citizen Kane") in the 1967 spoof of Ian Fleming's novel, playing alongside Peter Sellers ("The Pink Panther") and Ursula Andress ("Dr. No"). The film has already begun filming, despite not having a complete cast -- most troubling, perhaps, is the fact that the obligatory gorgeous "Bond Girl" has yet to be cast. The role has been played by such starlets as Halle Berry ("Catwoman"), Denise Richards ("Tomorrow Never Dies"), and Sophie Marceau ("Lost and Found").