The Great Dane
Viggo Mortensen can swing a broadsword as Aragorn or neatly fillet a Russian mobster. But off-screen, the Oscar contender is a life-giving force, playing big brother to a band of poets, painters, and searchers like him.
Article Tag: Eastern Promises
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Cronenberg gets down and dirty with Russian mob
Brief interview with Cronenberg and Mortensen explores the bathhouse scene, tattoos, and the polonium poisoning that occurred nearby while they were filming. "We hear the Russian criminals are loving the movie because of the accuracy," Cronenberg said. "The moral aspect of it is not really the issue for them. The issue is are we being mocked and did we get it right? Or did we get it wrong? And so far we have passed." -
Viggo Mortensen
Conversation with an exhausted Viggo regarding Eastern Promises and how uninterested he is in talking. But they persist and we are treated to a story from his starving actor days in 1983, and he reads a poem. Don't miss the fabulous photos by Julian Broad.