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10 months ago 13th Dec 07:01
Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen hated playing a Nazi author in controversial new movie Good - because he has never been fond of Germans or Germany.Many of the actor's relatives lived in German-occupied Denmark during the second world war, and he has always harboured resentment towards the nation.By playing a German and trying to be honest about it I sort of got past that prejudice and judgment... Germans are people too!He tells Femalefirst, "I’ve heard stories from my aunts and uncles and my dad, I had an attitude about Germans, a prejudice about them. "I speak several languages and I'm interested in languages. I can read a German paper slowly and can almost figure it out, yet I don’t speak German and I realise I don’t want to speak German. I don’t like the way it sounds and I don’t like being in Germany".But Mortensen, who portrays a German who joins the Nazis to further his career as an author, admits making the film softened his feelings towards the country.He adds, "By playing a German and trying to be honest about it I sort of got past that prejudice and judgment... Germans are people too!".
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Readers' Comments
#1 by ruby - 10 months ago 13th Dec 15:34
i have to say, i'm a bit shocked...
i'm a huge fan of viggo but being german and reading this, really leaves me kind of speechless... :-/
#2 by carol - 10 months ago 14th Dec 19:59
I am sorry, but being German it is a fate you will always have to live with.
#3 by Vivienne - 10 months ago 15th Dec 14:07
I wonder why Viggo said yes to that role, portraying a German, when he doesn't like Germans? Simply dumb.
#4 by Bluechild - 10 months ago 15th Dec 15:36
People, you should not believe every article. This one is obvious distortion of what he wanted to say. If you don't believe me, read this - it's Viggo's own reaction, published on the w... READ MORE
#5 by Bellusia - 10 months ago 18th Dec 11:44
I believe that we all have the right to like or dislike, and so does Mr. Mortensen.
I am half German and have experienced that dislike personally. There are and always were wonderful ... READ MORE
#6 by ruby - 10 months ago 04th Jan 16:15
Thank you very much Bluechild!
I'm very happy to read that although I was almost certain that this article just must have been a miserable and very unfortunate extract of what Viggo ac... READ MORE
#7 by Bluechild - 10 months ago 06th Jan 01:08
You are welcome Ruby. I believe that people who know something about Viggo do not trust everything they read. Viggo is a very respectful man - a true humanist but still a human being af... READ MORE