Mads Mikkelsen recalls 'rude' and 'humiliating' audition for Fantastic Four

Mads Mikkelsen has recalled his "rude" and "humiliating" audition for Fantastic Four.

The 55-year-old actor - who has gone onto appear in James Bond, Star Wars and Marvel franchises over the years, as well as the title role in Hannibal - ended up trying out for the role of Mister Fantastic in the 2005 film, but it didn't go as he'd hoped.

He told Vulture: "I know a lot of casting is just first impressions - is there anything there that reminds the producer and the director of the character they're looking for?

"But I find it rude to ask people to come into a room and say one line while pretending you have 80-foot arms like the rubber man.

"'Grab that cup of coffee over there' - it's like, are you crazy? There's not even a scene here. It was kind of humiliating."

Mikkelsen revealed his agent was keen on him to capitalise on his 2006 'Casino Royale' role as villain Le Chiffre.

He added: "I got an American agent and it was like, 'OK, so you did a Bond film. Now things are happening.

"Move over there and spend some time and do all the meetings and the chitchat and some auditions.

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"I never had the chance to think about whether it was a film I wanted to be in or not, I just did them all."

However, he admitted the Fantastic Four audition was one of the moments that resulted in him losing some "confidence as an actor".

He added: "Some of the stuff was interesting, and other things were just like - this is where I felt you can completely lose your confidence as an actor.

"Standing in an office with a person who looks down at his paper, and you pretend you have long arms and say one line."