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Viggo Mortensen Talks Walter Scott, Anti-Muslim Sentiment, and How Edward Snowden Is a Hero

A MAN APART

The Oscar-nominated star of Far From Men discusses the Algerian War epic, superhero roles he’s turned down, and why he’s stuck to his artistic guns.

“You never know how the world is perceiving you,” says Viggo Mortensen, “and I try not to be boxed in.”Ever since exploding into the cultural consciousness as the sword-wielding hero Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings films, the erudite and intense 56-year-old actor has made it awfully hard for...

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