Viggo Mortensen on Meryl Streep, Marlon Brando, and Captain Fantastic | Screen Tests | W Magazine
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In this Screen Tests interview, actor Viggo Mortensen (Lord of the Rings, The Road, Eastern Promises) is a serious man. He prefers his birthdays pass unremarked - except one year, when he welcomed breakfast in bed and a bit of pampering. Here, the 'Captain Fantastic' actor discusses this, his most memorable birthday, and how he fell into acting after consulting the Yellow Pages.
Transcript
I call the tree, Viggo, that I planted.
It's big, it's an oak.
Theatre workshop was the first thing I auditioned for.
It had no experience in theater or movies or anything.
When I was , , pretty late for an actor,
and I wondered what the trick was.
How is it that they can make you feel things?
Visceral, how is it that you walk out of the movie theater
and you're shocked that you're walking
down the street in Manhattan
and you're not in the Sahara desert or something.
I just wondered how it was done, so I thought,
well I'm going to try it out for being an actor.
So, I looked in the yellow pages in a Manhattan phone book,
and I saw something that said Actor's Repertory Theater.
I called up, and I said, what are you guys doing?
What's the play?
And they said, there is no play,
but you can come back and you can go to class.
That's how I started.
I like storytelling and the movies,
that's my main attraction to work in the movies.
I'm looking for stories that
I want to see in the movie theater.
Even if I don't end up being in them.
If I've read Captain Fantastic and for whatever reason
not been available or not really wanted to play the role,
I still would have been anxious to see the movie.
There's a few that I particularly admired at that point
where I made that transition from just being a member
of the audience to being a member of the audience who
wondered what the trick was and how it was done.
I guess female roles, mostly.
Meryl Streep's work in the Deer Hunter
and then Sophie's Choice.
Autumn Sonata, Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann,
as mother and daughter,
just their acting there was something so raw.
There's a lot of bad actresses out there,
just like there's a lot of bad actors,
but I think women tend to be able to act.
I think life teaches them to be better at it.
I think women and life, historically, have had to act
out of self protection in a world of men.
They have to be very resourceful
and they have to play roles.
Not in a submissive way,
but play vulnerable or needing help.
I'm talking about historically,
just to function and get ahead and get what they want.
Traditionally, that's changed a lot.
I'll get hammered for saying that.
I'm not saying all women and men
who maybe have a feminine side or more sensitive side.
I'm thinking even great actors like Marlon Brando.
For as masculine as he was, definitely had a feminine side
that came out in most of his roles, I think.
Even in a role like Last Tango In Paris,
in which he's this man who's seducing this young woman
and says these macho things and does these sort of bullish,
sexually-aggressive behavior,
but there's something about, well obviously,
emotionally that character has a very strong feminine side.
He just had that quality.
Another actor, Ian Montgomery Clift.
I think the best actor's have that.
Christopher Walken, extraterrestrial.
(laughter)
Feminine side, I don't know.
As an actor you are going to do better if you don't go
through life with a hand tied behind your back on any level.
My own birthday?
My birthdays are often, I'm often working
and I'm very pleased if no one remembers.
Some people are the opposite,
they're crushed if nobody remembers.
It's not that I dislike them,
but I like it to be my own sort of day of reflection,
and I'm happy to go through the day and no one remembers.
That's okay.
My last birthday I was pampered in a way
that I'm not accustomed to.
I got to sleep in very late.
I was given breakfast in bed.
I actually allowed myself to be pampered,
which is not something I am that comfortable with,
usually I like to just take care of my own things myself.
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Viggo Mortensen on Meryl Streep, Marlon Brando, and Captain Fantastic | Screen Tests | W Magazine
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Seriously the most underrated Actor of our time, he is such a amazing human being inside & out.
@myname-uk6oe
6 жыл бұрын
yes!
@olirayner5129
6 жыл бұрын
Captain Mutato along with Cillian Murphy
It's so nice to hear a fully grown man talk about women's experiences so accurately and respectfully.
@gabrielbarbosa8681
10 күн бұрын
Viggo is that guy
Viggo, wonderful speaker and actor.
He's in a league of his own. Amazing actor, amazing sensibility.
He sounds so sorted & calm.
@deerheart87
7 жыл бұрын
I need him
I like how in the end it says 'Viggo Mortensen wears his own clothing.' Love this actor.
One of my favorite actors ever. Very collected, intelligent, articulate and patient. Awesome.
oh god, how much i love the personality of this man. he is just beautiful, inside and out :)
He is so underrated omg And his insight on acting roots is mind-blowing
What a fantastic portrait of Viggo, thank you! Love this man so much. Definition of talent! Congrats on your Oscar nomination for the brilliant 'Captain Fantastic'.
How this man doesn't have an Oscar is beyond me
@ida1751
Жыл бұрын
bec he is unconventional and not politically correct by Hollywood stds. My last ever onscreen and offscreen crush♥️ at my age in my 60's....
a soft spoken man very extremely talented chooses his own movies and not swayed easily and keeps him self up on every subject practically. wow what a man and mind and talent all wrapped up in one. BRAVO
I relate so heavily to his stance on birthdays. I never want anything or want to do anything for my birthday. I'd rather just go about it like any other day. Maybe go for a hike with my dog if the weather is nice. Just don't want to be the center of attention.
Aragorn doesn't need to be pampered.
I can hear this man talking 24/7 and never get tired
If anybody else could've filled in Keanu Reeves' shoes as John Wick, it would've been Viggo Mortensen.
@wanimusician
7 жыл бұрын
it would be epic if the two of them end up working in the same film together.
@perditadeoradhain9681
6 жыл бұрын
This is literally my dream
@narishamanelah4139
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@saifalam2030
2 жыл бұрын
Mads Mickelson
easily the most underrated actor of ALL TIME
Captain Fantastic is a fantastic and quiet unique film, totally love it.
@IsaiahMatthewJackson
7 жыл бұрын
Yeha Marin You know what? You're right.
he's so attractive ugh i love him
What a smart man, I really like him and he's great in Captain Fantastic
Huge Viggo fan: Funny, classy and talented:-)
Aragon, the son of Arathon. Isildur's heir, the king of Gondor!
@MrUndersolo
7 жыл бұрын
The Hh Speaking...
Was this a test to see how many cuts someone could put in a 4 minute video? Because the editor definitely passed
3 People were bystanders in that Eastern Promises bathhouse
I love this man❤❤❤
It is fantastic to know that he his so interested in the acting contributions by women to cinema. To see him start opposite Sarah Jessica Parker would be thrilling as there is great chemistry for both and some biology in it for some.
@tootz1950
Жыл бұрын
She's a spoiled brat...they're opposites.
I think not only he is afantastic arcotr, he is one of the most atractive man ever, not only because of his looks, he is a little old now, and still... his voice, his passion, his eyes, the way he talks... so so sexy
I love this dude, and he was great in captain fantastic
i want to meet this legend.
THEN I SHALL DIE AS ONE OF THEM!
I saw viggo Mortensen Marlon Brando i clicked. He is right about Marlon Brando i m obessed with last tango. I love Monty too
We have the same birthday, Oct 20th! He was born in 1958 and I was born in 1988, exactly 30 years apart! :)
If I became a famous actor I would want to be friends with this chill dude😎
TE AMO VIGGO!!!
If the Academy is real and fair Viggo will win the Oscar not that Affleck brother dynasty but I don't think that gonna happen, and Denzel not gonna win too cause he has 2 Oscar.
LOVE HIM!!!!
Viggo I will pamper you, please let me , you are lovely x
Oh my HEART.
Whenever I watches Screen-test I really miss doing. Because the joy, happiness, gold in you (brings your world out into the camera..this time i make it so much powerful..
Life does teach us to act out of self protection. It helps to act.....
Amazing actor
No matter where I see him, he always sounds like he doesn't want to be there. But I know that's just his personality.
@Crookedlystrait
7 жыл бұрын
Andrew Regehr ikr lol I noticed that too
@SpiritMQ
3 жыл бұрын
Lol so true...
@flanplan5903
3 жыл бұрын
In an endearing way however...
Viggo, gostaria de me casar com alguém cuja personalidade fosse parecida com a sua. Te admiro. | Viggo, I would like to marry someone whose personality was similar to yours. I admire you.
I really like Captain Fantastic.
Admiral
Why he reminds me of Fassbender here? Oh, i would like for them to make another movie together. (didn't enjoy adm too much tbh)
No late Viggo, you can be an Actor @ any number..
❤
What was he saying? I wasn’t paying attention, got lost watching him.
Even Mads Mikkelsen is Danish but Mortensen has a better American accent.
@flannerymonaghan-morris1317
4 жыл бұрын
That is because he was mainly born and raised in the U.S., he did briefly move to Argentina.
@flannerymonaghan-morris1317
4 жыл бұрын
That’s Viggo. Although Viggo has a much softer and somewhat higher pitched speaking voice.
I wanna love my bday
WHO WOULD UNLIKE THIS
rutger hauer
Can you run for the US Presidency, oh High King of Gondor and Amnor?! I will follow you, my brother, my Captain, my King!
I agreed Viggo..I do not care about the B-Day..
Honestly must the director/editor split and cut so damn much? It's like three-second-clips all merged and chopped all to hell. Terrible editing. It's not a "cool" and "edgy" and "artsy" way to make a video, if that's what he or she thought. Let it flow instead without two hundred splits in four minutes.
Hola! 🕛
the editing/cuts sometimes get pretty annoying
@ACwebseries
4 жыл бұрын
not only annoying but unprofessional. KZread vloggers, mostly non-professionals, use jump cuts. Unfortunately, it's now become more common, even on so-called professional sites. Even Stephen Colbert does it.......ughhhh
for frodo
Women have to ACT to PROTECT Them self.
Got to love him for marrying and having a child with Exene Cervenka......
@StilettoCutsQuick.
3 жыл бұрын
I just found out that they were married. Now I love this dude.
:D
⌚
Shh!!
I am the truth unfortunately