Mads Mikkelsen is a great actor and huge star in his own country, he's from Denmark, and sure not German. I'm a big fan of his work. Most of the movies or series he work with in Denmark turn up to be great. I admit his English should be better for this part an Lector, i had a real hard time to understand what he said in to many places in part 1. He was the nr 1 bad guy in one of the 007 movies and didn't have a problem then. How ever i hope it get better.....?!!? Anyway the show looks great. Well, this is only part 1 but until now the series looks to be a hit and not so bad as so many of the other new series that just started. I give it a 8 to go. And Sorry: My English is to to good to...