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Viggo Mortensen scores his own movies. His music background is a saga in itself

Viggo Mortensen, the director, writer and composer of "The Dead Don't Hurt." Oh, yes — he acts in it too. (Justin Jun Lee / For The Times) Viggo Mortensen was always drawn to the old piano in his ...
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Viggo Mortensen Wore All The Hats While Making 'The Dead Don't Hurt': Writer, Director, Actor, Composer ... And Even Some Literal Cowboy Hats, Too

Viggo Mortensen has been a working actor since the 1980s, securing his first speaking role in the 1985 Harrison Ford film Witness, but he’s been a fan of westerns for most of his life, even securing ...
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Viggo Mortensen Hasn’t Acted in a Hollywood Franchise After ‘Lord of the Rings’ Because ‘They’re Not Usually Well-Written’ and ‘Kind of Predictable’

Viggo Mortensen was recently asked in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine why he never made another Hollywood franchise film after starring as Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s iconic “Lord of the Rings” ...
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Viggo Mortensen On ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’: ‘We Had The Chance To Make A Really Good Western With A Strong Woman At The Center’

Viggo Mortensen is back on the big screen and behind the camera with The Dead Don’t Hurt, a haunting and poetic western. Mortensen portrays Holger, a Danish carpenter and Vicky Krieps stars as ...