HANNIBAL Season 2 Updates, Dr. Lecter & Ballet [VIDEO]: Actor Mads Mikkelsen's Former Career, 2014 Episodes Feature David Bowie Dance Number?

NBC's new series Hannibal recently ended its first season but fans are already hoping for news on the upcoming second season airing in 2014. Showrunner Bryan Fuller last left us with the news that he had reached out to David Bowie to play Dr. Lecter's Uncle, Count Robert Lecter. No information besides the initial offer has come up, but we do have some sort of an update for you today. What exactly do you know about the actor who plays Hannibal Lecter?

Mads Mikkelsen is a seasoned actor hailing from Denmark who started acting in 1996. You might recognize him as the villain from Daniel Craig's first movie as James Bond, Casino Royale, or maybe even his role in King Arthur opposite Clive Owen (and Hannibal ­co-stare Hugh Dancy). Also, director Nicholas Winding Refn (Drive) used to consider Mikkelsen his muse before coming overseas and meeting Ryan Gosling!

But before his impressive acting resume, Mads was a trained gymnast and dancer! Is it hard to picture the serial killer you know from Hannibal as a ballet dancer? Well, here is an old video to help you out (keep your eye on the guy with the red handkerchief):

Perhaps this means that Mads will bust out some dance numbers in season two or Hannibal? Maybe one with Bowie, too!

In terms of the second season and how Fuller and his team are planning to approach it, he says that he will not be relying on the literature as much as he did in season one. "We're going to see Will Graham institutionalized and what we know from 'Red Dragon,' the backstory that is given, which is very, very thin, explains that Will Graham was so psychologically compromised from investigating the Minnesota case that he had to be institutionalized. And that's sort of one sentence that we can do quite a bit with," Fuller explained.