Viggo at BAFTA: another gracious interview

Validation for Viggo

"Forget about those 11 Oscar nominations for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. How does 15 sound? That’s the astonishing number of Goya Award nominations the Mortensen film released in between his Cronenberg pair, Alatriste, earned for 2007. All in all, Mortensen is on a heck of a roll, and when you throw in his sideline activities as a poet, photographer and jazz musician, the very definition of a 21st century Renaissance Man."

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From FilmStew.com

Oscar For Viggo!

Congratulations to Viggo for much deserved Oscar nomination as best actor!!

Hope the strike will be over soon, so that we (as well as his mother)will get to see him attend and collect his Oscar on TV.


Read the story HERE.

""If there's a strike I will not go," the Best Actor nominee told the Associated Press on Tuesday, shortly after this year's nominations were announced, "but I have a feeling they'll solve it. I hope they do. I'm sure my mom would like to see me on TV."

Digging up Viggo's Eastern Promises Review

In honor of Viggo's nomination, I am posting this article about Eastern Promises.

Finding Viggo Mortensen

www.awardsdaily.com

"Viggo Mortensen is missing. Yes, that actor on the screen looks like him—and he certainly possesses the same quiet assurance when he speaks and physicality when he fights. But more like a magician than actor, he has disappeared into the world of Eastern Promises.

As much as I’ve admired his work before—in movies like my beloved The Lord of the Rings trilogy, A Walk on the Moon and A History of Violence—I wasn’t quite prepared for the total character immersion displayed in the film, as he morphs into Nikolai, the enigmatic driver/undertaker/protector of Kirill, (Vincent Cassel), the “prince” of a London-based Russian crime family......

Viggo got nominated for Golden Globe...!!!!

Finally!!!! The talent got recognized.

Congratulations to Viggo and David Cronenberg for Golden Globe Nominations.

"Vying for the 65th annual Golden Globe for best drama are an especially full field of seven films, including the box office hit "American Gangster," the romantic drama "Atonement," the visceral film noir "Eastern Promises," the civil rights drama "The Great Debaters," the legal thriller "Michael Clayton," the epic drama "There Will Be Blood" and the gritty thriller "No Country for Old Men.""

"Vying for best actor in a drama feature are George Clooney in "Michael Clayton," Daniel Day-Lewis for "There Will Be Blood," James McAvoy for "Atonement" and Viggo Mortensen for "Eastern Promises" and Denzel Washington for "American Gangster."
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Yeah!! Baby!!

Satellite Awards Nominated for Eastern Promises

David Cronenberg and Sarah Polley are among the nominees for the 2007 Satellite Awards, which will be handed out by the International Press Academy on Dec. 16 in Los Angeles.

Cronenberg was nominated for Eastern Promises, a thriller about the Russian mafia starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts. Polley got the nod for her first feature film, Away From Her, based on an Alice Munro story about an elderly couple trying to cope with Alzheimer's.

Eastern Promises received a total of six nominations, including best drama, best director, best actor, best screenplay, best score and best film editing.

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For your consideration

Found it HERE

Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film

Viggo got nominated for

Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film

Hope he wins!

Shivers Every Time

Guaranteed to give you shivers

Ryan Gilbey

Published 18 October 2007

"Mortensen, with his slicked pile of steely dark grey hair making his violin-like face look even longer, provides an unassailable core of authenticity and empathy throughout this often ludicrous film. He's a master of minimalism - what most actors need a monologue to express, Mortensen can convey in one wordless close-up, from behind sunglasses. But a long, naked fight sequence? You've got to admire his balls. And now you can."

Can't get hotter than this

Behind the scene look at Eastern Promises in amazon.com
Amazing.

The art of tattooing.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/6039:13296/105-0580572-4850003