Hotness of the Day - Viggo Mortensen
September 12, 2007 by Wendy Boswell
Why is Viggo Mortensen the hotness? Well, other than the obvious, he’s also going to be naked in a film. NAKED, people.
As Viggo Mortensen and director David Cronenberg plotted the unforgettable bathhouse knife fight in their new crime thriller, “Eastern Promises,” Cronenberg told the actor he wanted realism and “body-ness.” The director wanted to challenge his audience to really experience the intimacy of such violence.
“Well, it’s obvious,” Mortensen told him, “I have to play this naked.”
Boy does he. And Cronenberg captures every clammy square inch of Mortensen’s well-toned flesh as it’s pummeled and slashed and slammed into the unforgiving bathhouse tiles by two clothed real-life professional fighters, turning an otherwise excruciating four minutes of film into a quintessential Cronenberg statement.
Not sure if I want to see Aragorn get ass kicked, but at least I get to see his ass! That’s some consolation!
NO ONE is hotter than this man. And what a
MAN! Not only is he an incredible actor, he’s deep and sensitive and an amazing human being. I love him madly and I wish he’d marry me!