Quote: Less of a Misogynist

[wowie]

”In the same way, it was I who suggested to Ridley Scott the use of a poem by D.H. Lawrence for the introduction scene in ‘GI Jane’. This reference gave my military character another dimension. It made him a lot more original, it was also my way of making him less misogynist! And the book which I give to Demi Moore, in which there is that poem, it was mine, all battered, really old …”

Viggo Mortensen: The Soul of a Warrior, by Juliette Michaud
Studio Magazine, December 2002

Comments

[berenwen.livejournal.com]

well done.. now I'm sitting here drooling over that pic.. one of my all time favs..

[urgayleswoman.livejournal.com]

You know in some future time when everything ends up at being auctioned off the way movies stars sometimes do... I would give an arm and a leg for that book. That is one thing I would love to own. Also Viggo's copy of the script would be good to see. Imagine all the notes in the margins.

Maybe w/o all Viggo's influences and contributions (not just his legs) I wouldn't have liked the character so much.

[fomocobaby.livejournal.com]

I definitely agree with that. If Urgayle hadn't had Viggo to give him an inner life and some thoughtfulness, he'd just be a cardboard cut-out nasty drill sergeant type straight out of any lame war movie you can mention.