{"id":31595,"date":"2009-04-02T20:00:43","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T01:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=31595"},"modified":"2009-04-02T20:00:43","modified_gmt":"2009-04-03T01:00:43","slug":"viggo-mortensen-first-good-and-then-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/04\/02\/31595-viggo-mortensen-first-good-and-then-goodbye\/","title":{"rendered":"Viggo Mortensen: first Good – and then goodbye?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"viggomortenson.jpg\"Viggo Mortensen should be happy. His past three movies have been critical smashes. He snagged a Best Actor Oscar nomination for one of them (Eastern Promises). And he played the title role in the 11-time Academy Award-winning Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, the last in the most financially successful movie trilogy of all (current global box-office takings: nearly \u00a32 billion). In short, he has finally arrived. And yet, ironically, just when he should, in his own words, \u201cbe making hay\u201d, the 50-year-old star is abandoning the movie business. \u201cIn the past week I\u2019ve been from LA to Japan to Korea to Poland to here,\u201d he hisses, describing in near disbelief the travel itinerary for his current promotional tour. \u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous! It\u2019s not a healthy way to be. But, as it happens, I\u2019m taking measures to change that.\u201d Which are? \u201cNo more movies. I haven\u2019t said yes to one in over a year. I\u2019ve been in all these well-received movies and it seems like I should be doing some more, but there\u2019s other things I want to do. It\u2019s not the right time.\u201d Viggo Mortensen: first Good – and then goodbye?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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