Do you enjoy the poetry, music, art or acting of Viggo Mortensen? Here is a place for viggophiles to hang. Tell a story, share a poem, discuss your favorite movie.
It's said that massive Hollywood fame only comes to those who seek it with fervour. Only by bloody-minded persistence and constant networking and self-promotion can you scale the heights of the film world. Or so the theory goes. The case of Viggo Mortensen would appear to prove otherwise. As Aragorn, the warrior-heart of Peter Jackson's awe-inspiring Lord Of The Rings trilogy, he's achieved a worldwide recognition that few have ever managed. Yet he's far removed from the archetypal fame-hungry wannabe. As an accomplished painter, photographer, poet and musician, he's more of a Renaissance Man, deeply rooted in underground culture. His success is thus something of a happy accident, arriving both because of and despite his artistic efforts. In this, his achievements are a lesson to us all.
moderated by
|
Los Angeles
|
