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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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

childhood, his independent spirit and his directorial debut falling which

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

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

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

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

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

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

what was it like to be you as a kid?

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

So how was that?

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.

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

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