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Viggo Mortensen Expands On Why He Saddled Up For His Western ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ – Munich International Film Festival


Viggo Mortensen Expands On Why He Saddled Up For His Western ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ – Munich International Film Festival

He was joined by one of the stars of the film, Solly McLeod, who plays antagonist Weston Jeffries, for a discussion about the movie that was co-hosted by Christoph Gröner, Festival Director, and Julia Weigl, Artistic Co-Director. The younger actor name-checked Jeff Bridges starrer Bad Company, John Wayne movie Red River and 1943 picture The Ox-Bow Incident as among those that had an impact. Proving the point, he went on to namecheck 1928 silent movie The Passion of Joan of Arc, the aforementioned Howard Hawkes’ picture Red River and Will Ferrell comedy Anchorman.

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