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Article: Viggo Mortensen gets nude for 'Eastern Promises' fight scene.
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- September 22, 2007
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Byline: Mal Vincent
Sep. 22--TORONTO, CANADA
Viggo, is there a draft in here?
Viggo Mortensen, the actor who became a household name after he played kingly, sword-wielding Aragorn in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, is generating buzz again -- this time for what he's not wearing in "Eastern Promises." The movie opened Friday.
Mortensen is nude in a dramatic fight scene that has become the talk of his fans and movie Web sites. The four-minute battle, in which Mortensen sports nothing but tattoos, is among the most violent in this or any other movie of the year. And it represents one of the few times in mainstream film when major male ...