MADRID (Reuters) – Swashbuckling Spanish hero Alatriste, as played by a Danish-American heartthrob, is ready to conquer the box office just as the best-selling novels where he first appeared have won the public’s affection. With a 24 million euro (16.15 million pounds) budget, Spain’s most expensive film to date stars Spanish-speaking New York actor Viggo Mortensen, best known as Aragorn in the “Lord of the Rings” series. Mortensen’s performance so impressed novelist Arturo Perez-Reverte, who created Alatriste, that he has incorporated his gestures into his latest novel. It tells the story of a dashing but down-to-earth captain who cuts, thrusts and sulks his way through three decades in the 17th century, when Spain was a world superpower. [More]
Day: September 2, 2006
Orlando Bloom was on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ last week to discuss his new film ‘Haven’. They also spoke briefly about filming in the rain for ‘Pirates 2’ and shared battle scars. Take a look! (50MB MOV)[More]