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    Viggo Mortensen Kept Close Lid on Funding Issue During 'Falling' Production

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    During a chat on the ‘Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard’ podcast, the ‘Lord of the Rings’ actor opens up about having just enough money to cover two weeks of filming for his directorial debut.

    Feb 24, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Viggo Mortensen kept the cast and crew of his directorial debut “Falling” in the dark about funding issues after starting production with just enough money to cover two weeks of filming.
    “The Lord of the Rings” actor stars in and directs the new drama, about a man learning to live with his ageing father as he battles dementia, and he reveals no one, apart from his fellow producers, knew that funding was so tight when they started the shoot.
    “Falling took me two, three times [of pitching] really to finally get enough money,” he shared on the “Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard” podcast.
    “When it came right down to it, I’d hoped for a seven week shoot, I ended up with five, and we started shooting knowing – or I knew, I didn’t tell the actors – that we had enough [money] for two weeks and we were gonna keep looking. You know, typical thing in movies.”
    Luckily, the rest of the funding came through just as the existing finances were running out.

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    “Two weeks in, my co-producer came over to me and said…, ‘You can finish the movie… You can finish shooting’,” he recalled.
    “I said, ‘Of course I’m gonna finish shooting…, it’s going really well’. He goes, ‘No, no, you have the money’, and I go, ‘Oh, oh!’ I’d completely forgot. But sometimes you have to just go for it.”
    Mortensen, who also wrote the screenplay for “Falling”, admits he had been yearning to make his own movies for years, but they were never picked up.
    “It wasn’t for lack of trying,” he admitted of waiting to make his directorial debut. “First time I think I tried to get a movie made that I wanted to direct from a screenplay I’d written once; it was about 25 years ago. I’ve tried many times with different screenplays I’ve written over the years.”

    “Falling” also co-stars Laura Linney, Lance Henriksen, and Sverrir Gudnason.

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      Viggo Mortensen Says 'Maybe I'm Not Completely Straight' as He Defends Playing Gay Man in New Movie

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      The ‘Captain Fantastic’ actor says his sexuality is ‘none of your business’ when he’s asked about the controversy about straight actors playing gay roles onscreen.

      Dec 3, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Viggo Mortensen has defended playing a gay man in his new film “Falling”, insisting it’s “none of your business” whether or not he’s “completely straight.”
      The 62-year-old stars as John in the movie, who invites his conservative, dementia-suffering father to live with him and his husband, played by Terry Chen.
      In an interview with The Times about his role in the film, Mortensen was asked about the recent controversy surrounding straight actors taking on gay roles, and he replied, “Look, these are the times we’re living in, and I think it’s healthy that those issues are brought up. The short answer is that I didn’t think it was a problem. And people then ask me, ‘Well what about Terry Chen, who plays my husband in the film, is he a homosexual?’ ”

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      “And the answer is I don’t know, and I would never have the temerity to ask someone if they were, during the casting process. And how do you know what my life is? You’re assuming that I’m completely straight. Maybe I am, maybe I’m not. And it’s frankly none of your business.”
      He concluded, “I want my movie to work, and I want the character of John to be effective. So if I didn’t think it was a good idea, I wouldn’t do it.”
      “Falling” is due for release in cinemas on Friday (04Dec20).
      The movie was based on the actor’s own experience of caring for his parents who battled dementia. He hoped to change how people see dementia sufferers. “Even in the best movies about dementia we’re looking at someone who’s confused,” he said. “And in my experience those who are confused are the observers.”

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      Viggo Mortensen Hopes to Change Views of Dementia With New Movie After Caring for Parents

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      The ‘Crimson Tide’ actor is keen to bust the myths about dementia after having an up close experience while caring for his mother and father during their battle with the illness.

      Nov 29, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Viggo Mortensen wants his directorial debut “Falling” to change views of dementia after seeing the neurodegenerative condition up close while caring for his parents.
      The “Lord of the Rings” actor, 62, directs and stars in Falling, which follows a gay man who looks after his sick father, Willis, in old age.
      It’s an incredibly personal project for the star as his mother, Grace, died in 2015 after battling dementia, while his dad, Viggo, Sr., passed away two years later after a similar fight.
      “I’ve had experience with dementia up close,” Mortensen tells British newspaper The Times. “I’ve had it with both my parents, and my grandparents, and my stepfather. And with my parents, it was in a care-giving role, where it was daily, hourly, by the minute.”

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      Describing what drew him to make the movie, Viggo says cinema has largely misrepresented the topic and wants to change how people see dementia sufferers.
      “Even in the best movies about dementia we’re looking at someone who’s confused,” he explains. “And in my experience those who are confused are the observers. Generally speaking, the person who has dementia is not confused unless you correct them.”
      “Which is almost always a mistake. Don’t tell them that the person they’re talking about happily actually died 20 years ago! For what? They die again for them!”
      “And if they are still in that in-between stage, where they can come in and out of it, they realise that they’ve said something stupid and feel doubly bad. You have to examine why you have the need to correct them. It’s for yourself, because you want that person to be what they were. I wanted the film to show the present from the point of view of Willis. And I think we achieved that.”
      “Falling” is in cinemas from 4 December (20).

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      Viggo Mortensen Pays Homage to Peter Jackson in Directorial Debut's Credits

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      Two decades after working with the revered New Zealand director, ‘The Lord of the Rings’ star steps behind the lens for ‘Falling’ and claims to have learned so much from the J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation.
      Sep 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Viggo Mortensen paid tribute to Peter Jackson’s influence on him as a filmmaker by including him in the credits of his directorial debut.
      “The Lord of the Rings” actor steps behind the camera for Falling, two decades after he worked with the revered New Zealand director on his epic three-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel.
      Speaking at a press conference at Spain’s San Sebastian Film Festival, where he is being honoured for his career on Friday, September 25, Viggo revealed he learned so much working on “The Lord of the Rings”, he has thanked Peter in the credits to his new movie “Falling”.
      “At that time New Zealand had a strong cinema history, but not making films like that,” he explained, according to Variety. “And perhaps nowhere in the world had a director confronted so many challenges. But he solved all the problems.”

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      “It was like film school. We shot for a year and a half and then a bit more later and it was incredible to see how that crew and cast of learners turned into experts in so many things.”
      Viggo went on to say he hadn’t planned to star in his new film, about a gay man’s relationship with his conservative father, but did so to get it financed.
      “It wasn’t my idea to act initially, but it was necessary to finance the film,” he said. “But, we prepared so well early on that I knew what we were going do with the director of photography and the art director every day.”
      “I was a bit more tired doing both, but because of our preparation I could pay attention to what was going on in a scene and put my trust into my cast and crew while focusing on my role.”
      “Falling” is set to hit cinemas in December.

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