Recording for the end of semester

Viggo Mortensen Interview :
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Source : http://video.about.com/movies/Viggo-Mortensen-Appaloosa.htm

Transcript: Viggo Mortensen Interview - Appaloosa
Rebecca Murray from About.com Hollywood Movies at the Los Angeles Premiere of Appaloosa.


What's the appeal do you think now for bringing back Westerns? Why do you think audiences are accepting them now?

Viggo Mortensen: "I don't know why people keep saying this thing about bringing them back. They've made Westerns every year. They don't make as many as they used to when I was a little boy, and they don't make very many at all that are as good as this one. But this one, Appaloosa, falls squarely in the tradition of the classic Western, you know? It's beautiful. You get to see the scenery. It has it's leisurely pace, but it has a lot of drama, too, and really good characters. So I don't think they've ever gone away, they just make fewer of them. So if you're an actor and you like them, since they only make a couple a year, you've got to be lucky to get in one. I consider myself fortunate to be in this one."

Was that the appeal for this, the fact that it was a Western?

Viggo Mortensen: "Well you know as much as I like Westerns, I would never do one – even though I like horseback riding and I like the Western period – I would never do one just to do one. I want to do one if it's a good movie, a good story, and this was a great script. And with Ed Harris, you know, it's bound to be interesting ."

What's it like when you have a relationship with him as a director and as an actor?

Viggo Mortensen: "Well when we worked together on History of Violence he had already directed Pollock and proven to me anyway that he was a great director. He's very similar as a director, you know? As an actor he pays attention to every detail. He's very aware of his surroundings. It's the same that goes into being a really good director, so I wasn't surprised that he did a great job on this."