VIGGO MORTENSEN

Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is a Danish-American theater and film actor, poet, musician, photographer, and painter.

His film roles include Aragorn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Frank T. Hopkins in Hidalgo, David Shaw in A Perfect Murder, Tom Stall in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence, and his Academy and Golden Globe Award-nominated role as Nikolai Luzhin in Cronenberg's Eastern Promises. He is to star in the upcoming film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road as "The Man." (via Wikipedia)

From The Blogsphere

‘The Hurt Locker’ dominating critics’ awards: What’s your pick for Best Picture?

via ew.com ( 57 Days ago )
With the Golden Globe nominations on tap for Tuesday morning, you’ll want to go ahead and bookmark Dave Karger’s OscarWatch blog now. In addition to video interviews with folks like Colin Firth (A Single Man), Viggo Mortensen (The Road), and Jason Reitman (director of Up in the Air), you’ll get his ongoing coverage of awards season,

Interview: Viggo Mortensen

via cinematical.com ( 75 Days ago )
Viggo Mortensen is a study in contradictions: rugged and undeniably virile, and yet thoroughly and irresistibly sensitive; the kind of man movie stars are made from, but seemingly more satisfied in a more subdued role in a smaller film. Appropriately, his latest film is both a post-apocalyptic epic and a profound character study; The Road is an adaptation of the acclaimed Cormac [...]

Apocalypse, and How: Viggo Mortensen’s Road Winds On

via wired.com ( 76 Days ago )
Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel The Road makes strange fodder for a blockbuster film released over Thanksgiving weekend. But actor Viggo Mortensen, who portrays the Man in the movie about a desperate father struggling to survive with his son in a world lain to waste, says The Road’s bleak vision of an utterly stripped future is closer than we think. See also: [...]

Taylor Lautner Discusses His Character Jacob

via buzznet.com ( 76 Days ago )
Taylor Lautner reveals how he feels about his character John Mayer covers the latest issue of Details Taylor Swift plays her music in Manchester Angelina Jolie is not a fan of Barack Obama Heidi Montag thinks everybody is really jealous of her Cody Linely is headed to Broadway Katy Perry is not afraid to be a little revealing Viggo Mortensen never seems to have a smile [...]

New 'The Road' Poster: "Stand Back, Son -- I'm Going To Rappel Down Something, Then Shoot Something."

via iwatchstuff.com ( 111 Days ago )
If you're still looking for a Halloween costume idea, how about Viggo Mortensen in The Road? It would be pretty easy to put together, plus you could probably use it again next year as a mountain-climbing-hobo-assassin costume. That's capital-V Value. New Poster for The Road [ComingSoon]

Stars in Rewind: Viggo Mortensen in 'The Prophecy'

via cinematical.com ( 120 Days ago )
As you probably remember, we were supposed to get a little movie called The Road this week, but it was delayed until November 25. But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy some Viggo Mortensen anyway. Seeing as we're celebrating villains, and The Road will be one of those affairs you don't want to cheese up with a clip like this, now is the perfect time to remind you of Mortensen's [...]

Viggo debunks retirement rumours

via metro.co.uk ( 149 Days ago )
Viggo Mortensen has denied reports that he is quitting acting, but a question mark remains over whether his future lies on the stage or screen.

Film: Toronto International Film Festival:Toronto Film Festival '09: Day 3

via avclub.com ( 149 Days ago )
The Road Director/Country/Time: John Hillcoat/ USA/ 119 min. Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron Program: Gala Headline: Apocalypse soon Scott’s Take: The good news first: Despite getting pushed back a full year for retooling, Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic odyssey isn’t a disaster by an measure; indeed, several of my critic [...]

New Season | Movies: Big Gun Takes on the Apocalypse

via nytimes.com ( 150 Days ago )
Viggo Mortensen, an actor who’s famous for obsessively preparing for his roles, also leads several nonactorly lives.

RELAX, RETARDS, VIGGO NEVER SAID ‘RETIRE’

via uproxx.com ( 151 Days ago )
(Viggo was terrified of life after pupation) ZOMG, VIGGO MORTENSEN IS RETIRING!, reports every other site in the world. All apparently based on this quote: “I have no plans to do another movie. I don’t know what’s going to happen. I’m open to seeing how I feel in a while, but right now I’m not saying yes to anything.” I wouldn’t even bother reporting this if a [...]