Viggo teaches an audience Aragorn's coronation song

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Viggo teaches an audience Aragorn's coronation song

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Following on from yesterday's appearance at The Coolidge in Boston, Viggo Mortensen was there again today. At a Q&A after a screening of 'Eastern Promises', Viggo decided to teach the crowd to sing his coronation song!
Sorry about the wobbles to start with - I had just got into the room and press folks were moving around to get set up - plus I was dealing with the fact that Vigoo had just brushed past me on his way to the stage.... ;)
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I'm impressed that he remembers the words.
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Didn't he do the chanty bit of the tune himself? That tends to plant things deep in memory.
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The only scene in the movies where I could cheerfully endure Viggo Mortenson. If he'd been like that all through, what different movies they would have been.

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Ooooh fans herself Al, you lucky bugger.
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He's got a voice for sure and while I don't think he is the greatest actor or anywhere near my favorite, he has a lot of talent. I only wish PJ had been more of a taskmaster when it came to basic direction and he was when it cam to visual effects. Affects? I'll never get those two words squared away. :blackeye:
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Inanna wrote:Ooooh fans herself Al, you lucky bugger.
I wasn't there myself Inanna. Just quoting someone who was ;)
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Mr. Mortensen seems very engaging. His intonation, however, leaves much to be desired.
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