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wowieInteresting how there are different stories as to how Viggo was brought to LotR. Oh well. The important this is that... he was!
Victoria Burrows, the casting director on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, can be thanked for rescuing Mortensen from the limited category of "leading lady's hunk." Burrows told BSW, "I've been involved with Viggo's career a few times, but he was just special from Day One. We did [the 1997 Fox TV movie] Vanishing Point together. I brought Viggo Mortensen [to Lord of the Rings]. That was a story in itself, since he was a replacement and because he and Peter couldn't meet the first time. When Peter realized that he needed to make a change, I pushed forward on Viggo, and his manager, who's a very dear friend, helped maneuver it into position because of the time."
Good Fellow, by Jamie Painter Young
Backstage West, 5 January 2004
Victoria Burrows, the casting director on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, can be thanked for rescuing Mortensen from the limited category of "leading lady's hunk." Burrows told BSW, "I've been involved with Viggo's career a few times, but he was just special from Day One. We did [the 1997 Fox TV movie] Vanishing Point together. I brought Viggo Mortensen [to Lord of the Rings]. That was a story in itself, since he was a replacement and because he and Peter couldn't meet the first time. When Peter realized that he needed to make a change, I pushed forward on Viggo, and his manager, who's a very dear friend, helped maneuver it into position because of the time."
Good Fellow, by Jamie Painter Young
Backstage West, 5 January 2004
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Date: 2005-08-09 05:53 pm (UTC)Peace,
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Date: 2005-08-09 08:07 pm (UTC)