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Robert W. Butler

Robert W. Butler

Viggo Mortensen went the extra mile to prepare for ‘The Road’

By ROBERT W. BUTLER

The Kansas City Star

One of the many shocks in “The Road,” the screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel, comes when actor Viggo Mortensen pulls off his tattered, grimy clothing to luxuriate in a waterfall. The hunky star who played Aragorn in the “Lord of the Rings” movies now looks emaciated.

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