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Tag: Viggo Mortensen

Viggo-Palooza Is Over: Viggo Mortensen Speaks One Last Time

March 14, 2012December 14, 2017Ethan Gilsdorf

It’s been a heckuva week of Viggo-ness here at GeekDad. After a spending a long day at Boston’s Coolidge Corner Theatre on March 5, and conducting one audience Q&A, one press conference, several other interviews, and getting his Coolidge Award, …

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The Lord of the Rings “Could Have Used Some Editing”: Viggo Mortensen Speaks (Again)

March 13, 2012December 14, 2017Ethan Gilsdorf

“It’s more than just ‘I love Legolas.’ OK, in some cases maybe it’s only that,” jokes Viggo Mortensen on the popularity of The Lord of the Rings. “There’s something very profound about those stories.” Then he continues, “They could have …

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Viggo Mortensen Speaks: Part 3 of 3

March 12, 2012December 14, 2017Ethan Gilsdorf

This third part concludes my three-part, in-depth conversation with Viggo Mortensen, in conjunction with him receving the Coolidge Award in Boston. [Note: Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.] In this final installment, he and I discuss what drives …

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Viggo Mortensen Speaks: Part 2 of 3

March 11, 2012December 14, 2017Ethan Gilsdorf

Since the one-two-three punch of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Viggo Mortensen has largely avoided the limelight. Aside from 2004′s Hidalgo, Mortensen has mostly shied away from swarthy, swoon-worthy action hero types. His only roles that touch Aragorn/Strider: He …

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Viggo Mortensen Speaks: Part 1 of 3

March 10, 2012December 14, 2017Ethan Gilsdorf

Gilsdorf: There was a story that you had a run-in with the police who saw you wielding your sword in public and, uh, had a problem with that. Mortensen: It is true that I once was asked by local law …

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Viggo Sings!

March 5, 2012December 14, 2017Ethan Gilsdorf

Viggo Mortensen, in Boston on March 5 to accept the Coolidge Corner Theatre’s Coolidge Award, leads the audience in an impromptu sing-along of a song in another language. No, not Spanish or Danish (two languages he happens to speak). Elvish. …

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