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Viggo ya vive en Madrid
01 February 2010 06:50:28
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woman.es
Found by: Viggo Mortensen y alrededores forum
The February edition of the Spanish magazine Woman has a large spread devoted to The Road and to Viggo.
Once again, our mega thanks to the Viggo Mortensen y alrededores forum for graciously sharing these scans with all of us.
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Your February Reminders
31 January 2010 10:56:24
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INTERVIEW: Viggo Mortensen: "What I do in private belongs only to myself"
Translation by Ollie, Rio, Sage and Zooey
31 January 2010 10:36:44
Source:
La Razon
Thanks to Ollie, Rio, Sage and Zooey we can now bring you a translation of an interview excerpt that recently appeared on La Razon.
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He's back being the man of the moment, since on the 5th of February he premieres in The Road, the anticipated adaptation of the apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy.
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Image Macall Polay.
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By Reyes Gonzalez
He's back being the man of the moment, since on the 5th of February he premieres in The Road, the anticipated adaptation of the apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy. Nevertheless, he just cancelled his theatrical debut in Madrid once more for "family reasons." It will be necessary to wait again.
The post-apocalyptic world depicted by Cormac McCarthy in The Road brings together Charlize Theron and Viggo Mortensen in the film adaptation helmed by John Hillcoat. The star of The Lord of the Rings makes a journey through a devastated America with the only aim of saving his son. The actor, who has decided to establish himself in Madrid, travelled to Los Angeles to promote the film which will open in Spain next February 5. We'll have to wait for that date to again enjoy his work since he recently had to cancel for the second time his theatrical debut citing family problems.
The Road must have left you physically exhausted.
The role demanded it. I'm all for making an effort; if we hadn't been shooting in winter, the result wouldn't have been as good. I'm of the opinion that no matter how much you can visually create with the computer, nothing equals reality since the actors are not feeling the same as in a real location. Even Kodi Smit-McPhee, the actor who portrays my son, told me one day, "It is easier to be cold than to pretend you are." And it is absolutely true; the low temperatures affected our relationship since it forced me to be much more protective.
What got you the most about this story?
Above all, that in the most extreme situations a human being stops seeking excuses for his behaviour. I love the lesson on life offered by the script: the father learns from the child that there's really no reason not to treat the people around you in the best possible way. Oddly enough, such a tragic story leaves you with a feeling of hope.
Did being a father yourself influence the way you played your character?
It helped me, especially, to understand the character. During the filming, I thought my son would have acted like the character of The Boy. Any father can identify with the film or with the book because the instinct is to protect our children from any danger.
Recently you turned fifty, an age that tends to cause a crisis for men.
Yes, everybody reminds me, but no, I am not going through any kind of menopause, at least consciously. I don’t feel different than I did a year ago.
Let me ask you something: Have you discovered the Fountain of Youth? You don’t seem to look your age…
(He laughs) The light in this room flatters me. I suppose I owe it to my family’s Nordic genes, because I have not slept at all in the past few days. I lead a very irregular life.
You have time for writing poems, painting, taking photographs…What are you involved in right now?
My existence is utter madness, although I try to maintain control over it. As a kid I was already very active, explored here and there. Now I want to stop, relax, get close to those that make up my personal circle and determine what is going to be my next step in life. We actors are planning all the time; right now I want to devote myself to travel and to listening to others, not talk so much about me.
It's hard to keep track, jazz, photography. Is it a question of non-conformity?
I enjoy learning. It's a part of my traveler's nature to ask questions and learning is part of me. I have moved a lot… And also, I like to imagine the lives of people that I meet in my travels. Every time I get in a taxi I have to ask the driver how his name is pronounced and where he comes from... That way, I have a story for my collection, and then there are many of them that I use for my characters. It's a positive consequence of many trips; it helps me as an actor because observing, and learning, looking at what happens in the world offers me different points of view from my own.
Being so curious about other people’s lives, it’s surprising that you keep yours so far from indiscreet eyes…
I consider myself a well-mannered person, but I don’t want to have anyone enter my personal territory because what I do in private belongs only to myself.
Fame came to you late in your career...
It was so strange; I’d been making movies for twenty-two years; sometimes I managed to get to the end of the month and other times I didn't, and I confess that was something that never bothered me. I never wanted to be more famous than I was, or to have people stop me in the street; I was just doing my job. That’s how it was until I filmed The Lord of the Rings and everything started to change. One day, when I was living in a small town in Spain, I thought, “Do I really need to go out in the street?” I’ve been very fortunate, I have to admit.
What can you tell us about The Hobbit?
I’d rather finish my work than have another actor do it. In principle, I’m interested, but I’d like to see The Hobbit portrayed in keeping with Tolkien’s spirit. Guillermo del Toro has personality, is intelligent and possibly he will turn out to be as stubborn as Peter Jackson. I don’t want to have everything end up turning into a big circus, where there are a lot of people writing in changes at the last minute. For me, The Fellowship of the Ring was the most faithful to Tolkien, the most subtle in terms of narrative and interpretation. With the second movie, it was drifting more toward a huge production with big special effects. It was a big commercial success, but if I’d been in charge, I would have concentrated less on the effects and more on the characters. I would have given more dialogue to the secondary ones and not focused everything on the heroes. In some ways, there was much more balance in the first one, since all the races of Middle Earth appeared. It dealt more with personal relationships…
Do you know the reason why Alatriste never made it to theaters in the United States?
No, and it seems like a shame to me because it's a great, really beautiful movie. It hasn't even come out on DVD. I truly believe it's a good movie with great actors, the best in Spain, and, also, it's visually stunning.
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Iolanthe's Quotable Viggo
31 January 2010 10:35:18
As an ardent sports fan, Viggo knows all about what it takes to make a successful team. But there are other kinds of teams, one of which Viggo plays in himself - the team that gets together to create great films. The final film stands or falls on how everyone works together. Everyone has to play their best and being a star player doesn’t have to mean being a Star.
“If I’ve learned anything these past years it’s that everyone is in some way your superior. Every movie I’ve made has confirmed the fact that this is a team sport.”
Viggo Mortensen
AFI Fest: Viggo and The Road
The Bloggomist: The Local Boy
Evil Monito Magazine
17 November 2009
"I've always looked at working on movies the same way as I do now, which is that a movie is only as good as the compromise that the group makes."
Viggo Mortensen
The Lord of the Rings: The Untold Story
By Ian Nathan, Empire, December 2004
“Viggo is a wonderful team player and one of the sweetest persons I ever met."
Scriptwriter Miriam Segal
Good Premiere, Budapest
6 December 2008
"….in recent roles, a little bit more each time I think I’ve tended to trust my instincts and trust whatever preparation I’ve done. I mean, I’ve always felt dependent on others, which I think is a good thing; I don’t think it’s a weakness, I think, really, my performance depends on other people all of the time. Not just the actors, well, mainly the actors but the crew [as well]."
Interview: Viggo Mortensen
By Todd Gilchrist
Cinematical
26 November 2009
'A couple days ago, there was this hail. And everybody's just sitting there, kind of setting up the scene with clothing from 1890 and a herd of close to a thousand horses. And the waiting is almost like a ritual, like preparation for a religious moment where something might happen. You have words for the ceremony, the vestments, and all the elements and you're hoping that something good happens. So it's still interesting, the group getting together and doing it.'
Viggo Mortensen talking about Hidalgo
A Religious Moment Where Something Might Happen
by Scott Thill
He seems to gravitate towards films that involve wet, cold and physical privation. ''I suppose I must thrive on it,'' he agrees, recalling shooting The Road under heavy cloud, sometimes in snow, always in the cold. ''Sometimes it's tiring or annoying but there is a certain satisfaction, especially when you're going through it with the crew and everyone is wet and cold with you, when you go and have a drink together at the end of the day and say: 'Well, we got that done.'''
Walking at world’s end
By Stephanie Bunbury
TheAge.com
14 January 2010
“I actually like the social aspect of moviemaking. I like to spend a lot of time by myself, but on the set I invariably make a lot of new friends. That feeling of group effort is something I find very worthwhile. It gets me out of myself."
Viggo Mortensen
Big Gun Takes on the Apocalypse
Charles McGrath
New York Times
10 September 2009
Each time the tracks in the street were swept away rapidly by the crew including Dennis 'the horseman'. All of a sudden Viggo Mortensen apppeared, grabbed a big broom and started sweeping vigorously alongside the crew Now that was different. Viggo Mortensen is definitely not afraid of hard work and dirt.........
Blogengeezer daflikkers.blogspot.com
24 October 2007
What about the trilogy's legacy?
'It's the overall process of making the movies, not so much the end result of each film, that sticks in my mind. It honestly was a group effort from beginning to end; that is the way movies ought to be made. That's the thing I value most, and I realize that it's rare.'
Viggo talking about The Lord of the Rings
The Players - Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn)
Entertainment Weekly
May 2004
“You know when Aragorn says at the coronation, 'This day is not for one man, but for all'? The experience was that way. It was the only way it could be done.”
Journey's End
By Patrick Lee
Science Fiction Weekly #348
December 2003
"In a story like Lord of the Rings, whether the Ring and Sauron are evil is incidental to me. Even if we were not to get the Ring anywhere near Mount Doom. Even if we all died. It doesn't really matter," Mortensen says. "It's the fact that everybody got together and decided to go on this trip. That's the thing. That's the miracle."
Viggo Mortensen
The Hero Returns
By Tom Roston
Premiere 2003
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