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'Superstitious' Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen carries a good luck acorn, because "it makes me feel calm"
Look, when you've seen how handy an Ent can be in battle, who can blame you for carrying a baby tree around in your pocket?
June 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Viggo Mortensen had only read The Hobbit before being cast in The Lord of the Rings, wasn't sure about playing "guy who lived in the woods"
Thank goodness that Mortensen, who we all now know as Aragorn, son of Arathorn, had a Tolkien fan in his life to sway him toward taking the part
June 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Why does Viggo Mortensen work with David Cronenberg so often? For one thing, he reminds him of his mom
It may be the first time body horror maven Cronenberg has been compared to anyone's mother, but hey - whatever works to get Viggo Mortensen into your movies
June 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Right before he filmed Helm's Deep, The Lord of the Rings production team swapped out the horse Viggo Mortensen had been training with
Even the Free Peoples of Middle-Earth have to deal with production changes. And in Viggo Mortensen's case, that meant starting from square one with a new horse, Uraeus, who would go on to play Aragorn's horse Brego
June 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Lord of the Rings: Viggo Mortensen's injury (no, not that one) that impacted shooting
No, this is not about the toe
March 03, 2024
Tiffany Babb