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Leonardo DiCaprio is now in the works. - Mikkelsen said he is "glad not to be part of it" as it is "better off in someone else's hands."
Leonardo DiCaprio's proposed English-language remake of "Another Round" will have to go ahead without the star of the Danish original after Mads Mikkelsen said he wants no part of it.
"Another Round" is a critically-acclaimed Danish movie that won the best international feature film at the Academy Awards this year. Since then, an American remake with Leonardo DiCaprio has been touted.
But in an interview with Indie Wire, Mikkelsen said: "I'm glad not to be part of it."
"This is what we did. Unlike theater, where you can do it one year and do it again a couple years later, the little moments we do in films are happening right here and now - something interesting your fellow actor brings on set that day," Mikkelsen explained.
"I would probably want to change these scenes again. It can never happen. It's a tricky thing to replay the same character. It's better off in someone else's hands."
"Another Round" follows four high school teachers who test out a theory that maintaining a consistent level of being drunk improves one's life.
While it is unconfirmed as of yet whether DiCaprio will star in the remake himself, his production company Appian Way is one of three behind the project. The others are Endeavor Content and Makeready.
The proposed movie has been criticized by many, with some calling it an unoriginal idea that "nobody wants."
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But director Thomas Vinterberg defended the remake, saying that his work has always been subject to a lot of "various interpretations" throughout his career.
"It's an interesting artistic thing to see something grow into different versions," Vinterberg said, citing the involvement of DiCaprio as one of the reasons he is "full of hope and curiosity about what they're up to."
Vinterberg agreed with Mikkelsen that the movie should star a different actor, however.
"Asking the same actor to do a different interpretation could be a little bit confusing. But I won't be the main creative force in this. That would have to be up to the people who end up doing it," Vinterberg said.
Even if Mikkelsen were inclined to get involved in the remake, he may not have time - his slate is packed with starring roles in several major franchises.
Mikkelsen will be starring in the third "Fantastic Beasts" movies and their sequels after taking over the role of Gellert Grindelwald from Johnny Depp. Meanwhile, he's also got a role in the upcoming "Indiana Jones 5" and is rumored to reprise his MCU role as the villainous Kaecilius in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness."