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Jason Fox Wild Tales Podcast – The Book of Man

Series 2: Episode 18 - Viggo Mortensenn

Jason Fox Wild Tales Podcast – The Book of Man

Mark Sanford

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Foxy talks to Hollywood legend Viggo Mortensen on his new film Fallen and how his own experiences of wild living and the great outdoors inspired the movie. A must watch and a must listen.

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0:00.0

This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.

0:11.0

So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:15.0

Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Welcome to the Wild Tales Podcast. I'm Jason Fox and this series is all about adventure,

0:29.2

resilience and inspirational humans. The podcast is presented by the Book of Man and in

0:34.6

partnership with Taliska, single-malt whiskey made by the sea. We're approaching

0:39.0

the end of this series of podcasts, but we're ending on a series of highs. None more so than today's episode where my

0:45.1

guest is Vigo Mortinton. Vigo is one of the biggest stars in the world

0:49.1

thanks to films like The Road, a history of violence and of course the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

0:55.1

But he's also an author, poet, painter, photographer, musician and rides a mean horse.

1:01.3

He's far from your average actor. I spoke to him about his unconventional

1:05.3

childhood, his independent spirit and his directorial debut falling which

1:10.8

looks at issues of mental health and tough guys. In the episode I ask Vigo

1:15.1

one of the questions you send in on Instagram. I'll be sending out a

1:18.8

Taliska Sea Salt and Caramel gift pack to the one I pick out. Anyway, here we go. I hope you enjoy this episode

1:27.0

Vigo. Thank you so much for your time. I know you're a very busy person and it is really, really appreciated. I'm a big fan myself so that's

1:35.1

obviously a massive bonus love all the stuff that you've done and do. But let's

1:40.3

start off at the beginning. Can you tell me about your early life,

1:43.6

what was it like to be you as a kid?

1:46.1

And I believe you lived in a number of different countries.

1:49.3

So how was that?

1:51.8

Well, I was born in New York City, but as an infant, my dad got a job in South America. First, we went to Venezuela, spent a year there, and then I don't remember that very well, just some vague memory of mountains in the distance in the city, which would have been Caracas.

2:12.0

But then, you know, most of my first, the first

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