Lars Mikkelsen, Danish actor, is baptised after playing the role of a priest

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"Mikkelsen was raised by communist atheist parents, but says that at first he felt no obstacle to playing a man of God...But how could he make sense of playing a priest whose faith is so fervent that at one point, like a desperate lover, he climbs a ladder to kiss a statue of crucified Christ? Late in the filming of the second season, Mikkelsen went to see a pastor himself, and asked to be baptised into the National Church of Denmark."

Lars Mikkelsen: I found God after playing a boozy, lusty priest

NB: For those who are unfamiliar with Denmark, I would say that most Danes are capitalist agnostics/cultural Christians not communist atheists.