Mads Mikkelsen: Actors with accents do not get lead roles in Hollywood

Mads Mikkelsen has played a variety of villains in English-speaking films (Ian West/PA)

Mads Mikkelsen has said it is still difficult for actors with accents to land leading roles in Hollywood.

The Casino Royale star is best known to English-speaking audiences for playing a string of sinister or villainous roles, including in Hannibal and Doctor Strange, contrasting with his varied career in his native Denmark.