No, you were not seeing things when you caught the season 3 premiere of ‘Prison Break’ tonight on FOX, that was Sala Baker. Baker, who played a few roles in the LOTR trilogy (most notably Sauron), had a small role as ‘World’ in tonight’s episode. Sharp eyed fans may have even caught his Eye of Sauron tattoo during the pivotal final fight scene!
Category: LotR Cast News
Roheryn sends along scans from the latest Entertainment Weekly, featuring Viggo Mortensen in their Spotlight department, mostly related to “Eastern Promises.” Also be sure to take a look at EW’s coverage of the Toronto International Film Fest, they have a few Viggo interviews. Lastly, take a look at this link for a bit of LOTR goofiness with Viggo on ‘The Colbert Report’.
TORONTO – Viggo Mortensen may be a physical, intimidating presence on screen but in person he is more wiry than you expect, and much, much quieter. A serious, philosophical actor, the Manhattan-born Mortensen (he grew up in New York and South America and his father is Danish, so he’s multi-lingual) is an exhibited photographer, poet, painter and publisher. If that isn’t enough “P” talents for one man, he’s also a pianist whose new album is “Time Waits for Everyone.”
TORn staffer Deej has alerted us to the November 6th release of ‘The Flight of the Conchords – Season 1’ DVD set. Right now, through Amazon.com, you can place your pre-order for this one-of-a-kind HBO comedy featuring everyone’s favorite LOTR extra, Figwit. You won’t want to miss Episode 11/ The Actor in which LOTR plays a big role!
Celebriel reports, According to an article on the MTV Movie Blog, Viggo Mortensen is open reprising his role as Aragorn in “The Hobbit.” And according to Viggo, one thing’s for certain: Whether he’s in it or not, he thinks there’s only one man that could possibly bring the story to the big screen. “It seems pretty obvious that Peter Jackson would be the person to direct it,” he said. Read the full report from MTV.