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Viggo Mortensen to quit acting

Liam — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:23:11 +0000

A while ago I read a quote from Viggo Mortensen saying that he was considering retiring from the movie business, however he said this while on the rounds promoting a movie and I just assumed he was tired of the whole PR process. After days of travelling, promoting and answering the same crappy questions i’m sure there are many actors and actresses who have considering giving it up. However, in a recent interview with Men’s Journal (via WorstPreviews) Viggo confirmed he’s going though with it.

“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. My agent is like, ‘Well, if you don’t do anything, people will forget about you…’ I just feel like I’ve taken on too much for a while.”

I’ll admit I didn’t know about Viggo Mortensen until The Lord of the Rings, but i’ve been following his movies ever since and he’s been working pretty solidly over the past few years. I hope he does a Daniel-Day Lewis and takes on an interesting role every two years or so. I’d hate for him to just disappear from the movie scene forever.

The Road trailer

Liam — Sat, 16 May 2009 09:45:23 +0000

A great first trailer for The Road has appeared online. The Road is a post-apocalyptic tale of a journey taken by a father and his young son across a barren landscape that was blasted by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed civilization and most life on earth. The cast includes Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Guy Pearce.

The Road will be released in October in the US.

First Look At The Road

Liam — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:15:50 +0000

USA Today got our first look at The Road, which stars Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce and Kodi Smit McPhee (who would have played a young Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine if filming didn’t get pushed back)

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food–and each other.

Appaloosa Trailer

Liam — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:35:36 +0000

The trailer for Ed Harris’ Appaloosa is now online. The western stars Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons and Harris himself. The story is adapted from Robert B. Parker’s novel of the same name and centers on a pair of friends who are hired to protect a lawless town suffering at the hands of a renegade rancher. Then Renée Zellweger, who has recently been widowed, turns up and disrupts things.

Appaloosa will have a limited release on October 3rd.

Viggo Talks ‘The Hobbit’

Liam — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:06:44 +0000

We’ve heard from Ian McKellan about wanting to be in the new Hobbit movies, now Viggo Mortensen has thrown his hat into the ring – the ONE ring, that is! – as well:

Mortensen also said he would like to replay the “Lord of the Rings” part of Aragorn in future “Hobbit” movies that have been announced by “Rings” director Peter Jackson. “I’d rather not have another actor play the part I started out playing for Peter Jackson. And I had a lot of friends from that experience,” he said.

It would be so amazing if they could get as much of the original cast back for the prequels! Viggo was amazing, as were the rest, and I can’t quite picture anyone else playing the roles.

Don’t screw this up, or you’re bound to piss a lot of people off!