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Mads Mikkelsen Opening Vodka During Interview is an image macro based on a 2016 interview with actor Mads Mikkelsen for the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in which he allegedly pours himself a glass of vodka and drinks.

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On December 20th, 2016, YouTube account Deutschlandfunk Nova published a video from a press junket for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. During the interview, Mikkelsen picks up a glass bottle, pours the contents into a glass and drinks. The post received more than 2,000 views in less than five years (shown below).

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One week later, on December 27th, 2016, Twitter ^[1] user @MrFilmkritik tweeted a screenshot from the interview with the caption, "End of 2016 mood: Mads Mikkelsen opening a full bottle of vodka in the middle of a Rogue One interview." The tweet received more than 13,000 likes and 9,300 retweets in less than five years (shown below, left). That day, Tumblr ^[4] user zombeesknees posted the tweet and receive more than 100,000 notes.

Following the post, others began sharing images from this interview and others in which Mads drinks clear liquid, which many assumed was vodka. On August 9th, 2017, Tumblr ^[2] user kaninhus posted a GIF from one such interview (shown below, center).

The image continued to spread over the next few years. On April 19th, 2019, Twitter^[3] @SitiMun6557 tweeted the picture with the caption, "good night to nobody except vodka interview mads" (shown below, right).

On March 2nd, 2021, Twitter^[5] user @dunwaIl posted an excerpt from an interview Dazed Digital^[6] conducted with Mikkelsen. When asked about the virality of the image, the actor said that he was "simply not online." The post received more than 50,000 likes and 8,000 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below).

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