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Viggo Mortensen on rejecting film franchises since LOTR: ‘They’re not usually that good’

Actor says he finds franchises ‘kind of predictable’

The Independent UK

32 Actors With an Unexpected Hidden Talent

Unicycling! Juggling! Fire-breathing...! Lion-taming...!?

Marie Claire

A Czech film fest opens with an honor for US actor and director Viggo Mortensen

An international film festival in the western Czech resort city of Karlovy Vary is kicking off with an honor for U.S. actor and director Viggo Mortensen

The Independent UK

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Go to Bat with Jared Harris: My screen credits that deserve more love

Actor picks the projects that didn’t get their moment in the sun

The Independent UK

Hunt for Gollum: are Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen being quietly dropped?

News of Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis’s eyebrow-raising return to Middle-earth seems to have passed the two stars by. Are Aragorn and Gandalf to be replaced?

The Guardian - UK

13 times actors were fired from Hollywood movies: ‘The low point of my career’

THE LIST: The film industry is notoriously fickle – and that means that often directors aren’t afraid to unceremoniously ditch their actors. Katie Rosseinsky looks back at some high-profile Hollywood firings

The Independent UK

Viggo Mortensen says he was fired from classic 1980s film without being told

‘I assumed I had that role,’ ‘Lord of the Rings’ star said of frustrating experience

The Independent UK

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The Dead Don’t Hurt review – Vicky Krieps is a woman of substance in Viggo Mortensen’s offbeat western

The actor-director’s second film behind the camera is a quirky spin on the genre given true grit by its magnetic heroine

The Guardian - UK

How Viggo Mortensen reinvented Westerns

The actor-turned-filmmaker spoke to Salon about "The Dead Don't Hurt" and how it's about who and what you don't see

Salon

The Cine Files: from Jodie Comer's The Bikeriders to Jesse Eisenberg as a sasquatch, June's best cinema films

These are the 15 films you should be watching this month

Evening Standard

21 Years Later, The Greatest 'Lord of the Rings' Hero Could Return — But There's a Catch

Will a certain warrior return for 'The Hunt For Gollum'? Here's why a beloved fellowship member could show up in this forthcoming 'Lord of the Rings' prequel movie, even if he maybe shouldn't.

Inverse

How to watch The Dead Don't Hurt

The Viggo Mortensen western, The Dead Don't Hurt, is now playing. We've got all the info you need on where and how to watch it.

WhatToWatch

Viggo Mortensen uses Aragorn's sword in his new movie, but had to ask Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson for permission first

Giddy up Andúril!

Total Film

Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen is open to returning as Aragorn for new Gollum movie, as long as it makes sense for the character

"I learned a lot playing the character. I enjoyed it a lot"

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The Independent UK

Viggo Mortensen reveals hidden Lord of the Rings Easter egg in new film

‘It’s really good,’ the actor said

Total Film

A first look at Lord of the Rings star’s new adventure-comedy is here – and fans are all saying the same thing

Maybe Viggo Mortensen should play Frodo

Latin Times

Viggo Mortensen blasts Argentina's Milei, calling him 'a clown' and 'a puppet of the right'

The actor spent most of his childhood in the South American country and has always been vocal about his connection with it

Latin Times

Rosario Dawson, Viggo Mortensen Join Open Letter Urging Support for Ukraine Funding

Directed at Congress, the letter also includes Sean Penn, Barbra Streisand and Mark Hamill

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Viggo Mortensen-directed Western secures international sales for The Dead Don't Hurt.

The Dead Don't Hurt, a Western film directed by Viggo Mortensen, has secured international sales, offering a fresh take on the genre with a compelling love...

The Guardian - UK

‘You play the cards you’re dealt’: is Viggo Mortensen Hollywood’s most versatile star?

Actor, director, poet, musician, photographer, publisher – there is nary a creative endeavour to which the American hasn’t turned his hand. He discusses his ‘strange’ work with Lisandro Alonso – and accidentally starring in his own film

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