One of my absolute favourite things about Viggo Mortensen is how when he’s in an interview or public event he’s always very composed and soft spoken. He takes his time when he talks and thinks about what he’s saying, his intelligence shines through and it’s obvious that he’s very cultured and smart and all. He’s described as a renaissance man and just very reminiscent of an old school Hollywood actor (gentlemanly, suave…)
But that whole image does a complete 180 when you start listening to other people talk about him like, there’s Sean Bean talking about how Viggo would randomly rugby tackle him out of nowhere, Karl Urban going off about how Viggo prank called him and his manager at 2am and causing a havoc, Billy Boyd being spontaneously tongue fucked by him, Viggo headbutting everyone hard as a form of greeting right after being affectionate, him picking up and pretending to throw the scale doubles over cliffs as a joke, waving his sword around in the streets of Wellington and getting the cops called on him, the list goes on…
And here’s the thing: not only are those just the beginning of his antics, those are just the beginning of his antics on the Lord of the Rings set alone. It’s not even taking into account all of his offset shenanigans.
TL;DR: Viggo Mortensen is peak feral energy and I fucking love him for that