'Indiana Jones 5' Pits Indy Against The Nazis Again In 1969, With Mads Mikkelsen's Voller As The Villain
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Another Disney franchise will vie for box office supremacy soon. Dr. Henry Jones, Jr. will (most likely) don his fedora once again and track down another divine/mythic treasure whilst outwitting henchmen of morally twisted regimes and avoiding snakes. His adventures have always tied into history's watershed moments. The events of Raider of the Lost Ark transpired when Nazi Germany went on their shopping spree for relics one of which just happened to be a super weapon. Having failed that mission, they hoped to discover the source of immortality, so Dr. Jones goes on The Last Crusade on the eve of World War 2. A decade into the Cold War (1957), he was pitted against KGB agents in The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It would seem Indiana Jones has run out of overtly evil empires to battle. That does not mean antagonists cannot be subtle.
The news website Empire has reported the fifth Indiana Jones adventure is set in 1969, amidst a technological age where the race is toward the heavens. In The Last Crusade, he said "Archaeology is the search for fact, not truth," he will have to face a disturbing truth. "The simple fact is that the moon-landing program was run by a bunch of ex-Nazis, how "ex" they are is the question, and it gets up Indy's nose... The people that are behind it are, you know, his sworn enemies." is how Indiana Jones 5 co-writer Jeremy Butterworth summarizes Dr. Jones dilemma. Mads Mikkelsen is now cast as the "sworn enemy" Voller, inspired partly by Nazi-turned-NASA-engineer Wernher von Braun. The role fits the actor. Surely, he will tap into his experience playing Hannibal Lecter in his portrayal of "a man who would like to correct some of the mistakes of the past," as Mikkelsen has described Voller.
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A villain trying to recover pieces of his lost humanity will add to the drama but an important aspect of an Indiana Jones villain is their over-the-top wickedness. Mikkelsen, however, also has that covered having portrayed the inherently evil Kaecilius in Doctor Strange as well as Le Chiffre, a character who tortures superspy James Bond. He also took over the role of the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
It's safe to say Mikkelsen knows villains. He's very good at portraying them that sometimes his casting as an antagonist is worth the admission price for his fans and/or fans of a film.
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Source(s): Empire, MovieWeb, Screen Rant
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