lunedì 14 aprile 2008

(February 19, 2008) Sean Bean Ties Knot in London

Sean Bean married his long-term girlfriend, British actress, Georgina Sutcliffe Tuesday morning.

The civil service took place at 11 a.m. in London, a spokesperson at Westminster's Register Office confirmed to PEOPLE.

Bean, 48, who starred as Boromir in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Sutcliffe, 29 have dated "for a long time," Sutcliffe's rep, who would not confirm any details about the wedding, told PEOPLE.

The Sheffield, U.K.-born actor, who has previously wed three times and has three children, emerged from the private ceremony in a navy pinstripe suit arm-in-arm with his new bride who was wearing a simple black pencil skirt, an ivory wrap top and carrying small bouquet of flowers.

from people.com

from the March 2008 issue of Empire

Your Question
Have you ever spoken to Stuart Townsend since replacing him as Aragorn?

I wrote to him when i arrived in New Zealand to start work on the trilogy, but have never met him. I did finally come across him one night in Los Angeles in late 2001. Driving on Santa Monica Boulevard - with Orlando Bloom as my passenger, as fate would have it - i pulled up to a red light. It turned out that Stuart was stopped next to us. Orlando, who knows Stuart fairly well, spotted him. We rolled down our windows and greeted each other. He seems a very good person and is obviously a serious artist.
MORTENSEN BLASTED FOR DAREDEVIL STUNTS

Daredevil actor VIGGO MORTENSEN angered director ED HARRIS on the set of new movie APPALOOSA, by challenging a stuntman to a dangerous horseriding race.
After perfecting his equestrian skills on the set of movie Hidalgo, Mortensen dared a co-star to a race while standing on the horses' saddles - and invited cast and crewmembers to bet on the outcome.
The Danish actor's saddle slipped and he fell to the ground at high speed. He was unhurt, but Harris was furious his star risked his health, and yelled, "What the hell do you think you're doing?" reports the National Enquirer.
Mortensen was banned from riding horses for the remainder of the shoot.

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martedì 22 gennaio 2008

80th Academy Awards Nominees

Congratulations to Viggo for the deserved nomination as Best Actor for his amazing performance as Nikolai in David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises". :D


Reactions to the announcement of this year's Oscar nominees:

"No, if there's a strike I will not go but I have a feeling they'll solve it. I hope they do. I'm sure my mom would like to see me on TV and so forth, but if there's a strike I'm not crossing the line." - Viggo Mortensen, nominated for best actor for "Eastern Promises." source

"There were a lot of candidates and a lot of the awards shows or organizations this year have had different mixes of people. It was nice to see Tommy Lee Jones in there. He hadn't been in so much of the mix and when I saw his name come up and there was only one name left to go, I thought, `Naah, well, there's no way (I'll be nominated).' So to be honest, I was quite surprised." — Viggo Mortensen, on his best actor nomination for "Eastern Promises." source

lunedì 14 gennaio 2008

Viggo should get Oscar nod, says director

Viggo Mortensen was nominated for a Best Actor Golden Globe for Eastern Promises, but director David Cronenberg reckons he should be in line for an Oscar nod too.
The filmmaker has been at the helm of two of the New York-born actor's latest films - A History Of Violence and Eastern Promises, in which he plays Nikolai, a member of the Russian underground mafia in London.

Viggo lost out to There Will Be Blood star Daniel Day-Lewis at the Globes, but David thinks he should be in the running for an Academy Award.
"I think it's a long time coming," said David at the Bafta LA tea party in the US.

"Viggo has been a fantastic performer for years, he's very subtle, he's never showboating, it's always about the character, and I think that's why it's taken people so long to realise he's not just a good actor he's a great actor.

"A History Of Violence and this one seem to have catapulted him. He's been around for a long time and he's always been a great actor."