“This barefoot guy in a parking lot talking to me about Santeria and Norwegian mental institutions inhabits a realm far, far outside the one most people think of when they think of Hollywood actors, yet he is fast approaching a celestial syzygy of fame.” – Alex Kuczynski on Viggo Mortensen, the former star of “Young Guns II” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III,” in January’s Vanity Fair. Another priceless snippet:
“[W]e’re sitting in front of the pounding ocean in my rented LeSabre listening to Mortensen’s new CD … The music is dark, spooky stuff. Most of it comes from a jam session with Buckethead [a Japanese guitarist who has toured with Guns ‘N Roses and has a cult following, but is otherwise known chiefly for wearing a Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket over his head during performances. (‘He’s very shy, and he doesn’t want people to see him,’ Mortensen explains)]. We smoke American Spirit cigarettes, as Mortensen, on the CD, recites over ominous guitar tracks a poem in Danish about a warrior who must leave home to avenge his country.”
I promise I didn’t make that up. By the way, Mortensen is anti-war. Imagine.
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