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Mortensen's mental method acting

Fri 23 Dec 1:00 PM

There's method acting and then there's plain nuts acting. Viggo Mortensen is one such actor.

The Lord Of The Rings star admits that his sometimes erratic behaviour and lack of communication has contributed to relationship break-ups, but one story - in which Viggo decided to get into character by not speaking for four weeks - really takes the biscuit.

"Because my son at the time was about eight years old, I faxed my ex-wife and said, 'I'm not going to be speaking for a while, but I will call. And can you put Henry on the phone?' So I'd call and she'd say, 'Hi Viggo, how are you?' and I would be silent," Viggo told entertainment.au.

At least the star is good to his fans, at least he used to be, reading and answering each and every fan letter he received.

"I always, until just the last year, opened, read and then answered each one. And if I'm going to do it, that's the way it should be done. But I realised I was spending two to three hours every night. One night, I just thought, this is ridiculous."