lunedì 27 agosto 2007

from the group rec.arts.books.tolkien (2004)

[...]I just heard on the Polish radio, something interesting about Viggo
Mortensen's past.

In 1992 he was acting in a Polish movie "The Gospel According to
Harry".

It was shot in Poland, in Leba - a place famous for beautiful sand
dunes.

The director of the movie was Lech J. Majewski, and he was the one
who told the following story on Polish radio today.

He said, that Viggo didn't want to sleep in the hotel, but chose
to spend a night in a tent, on the dunes, closer to nature.
He was not alone, if you know what I mean, but that's not the
point.

In the morning, he decided to take a walk on the dunes,
and he stepped into a natural "sand trap" (I don't know what's
the English name for it, in Polish we call it "moving sands").

Viggo started to drown in the sand, he couldn't get out!
His Polish girl friend called for help and he was saved by some
other crew members, who managed to arrive at the last moment.