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Article: ABSOLUT VIGGO; In "Eastern Promises," Viggo Mortensen stars as a Russian mobster. Nude fight scene, anyone?(VITA.MN)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- September 20, 2007
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Byline: Colin Covert; Staff Writer
While Viggo Mortensen is best known as the swashbuckling Aragorn in Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, he received the best notices of his career as Tom Stall, a small-town cafe owner with a criminal past in 2005's drama "A History of Violence." A multilingual performer with a flourishing parallel career in Spanish films, Mortensen publishes volumes of poetry and photography, as well as music CDs, between acting assignments. His latest film, "Eastern Promises," reunites him with "Violence" director David Cronenberg, with Mortensen in the role of a steely Russian mobster.
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