Article: Mortensen - a Hollywood chameleon.(Entertainment)

It's hard to imagine Viggo Mortensen ever switching off. The actor who came to prominence as Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) trilogy is already thinking about his next role when we meet to discuss his latest, in Eastern Promises (opening tomorrow).

Mortensen (50) sports a moustache that would make a circus ringmaster proud for Ed Harris's Western, Appaloosa. "I've taken on too much," he groans. "I made a commitment to Ed, and thought the movie would be done later, but it's starting in a week, which makes me a little nervous."

Mortensen compares the situation to LOTR, where he was called up two weeks into the shoot to replace the Irish actor ...

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