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Hec, do you have cites for how much Viggo was paid for his subsequent films? I'm curious about him pleading money problems if he was raking it in.
Has he claimed money problems lately or just after LoTR?
He made lead man money for Hidalgo. Upwards of $10 million I expect. I'm not sure where I'd find that info. (Where's JenGod when you need her. I bet Ethan would know.)
I guess it would be in online news archives.
Anyway, he'd have a lot more money if he didn't buy every horse he worked with.
Okay, he made $2 million for Hidalgo. But he needed the money desperately then because he hadn't worked for a couple years after LoTR.
Has he claimed money problems lately or just after LoTR?
Within a couple years of the end of the franchise, which includes the filming of Hidalgo and Alatriste.
A Viggo quote from 2008 regarding movie salary:
MORTENSEN: 'I WON'T CASH IN ON HOLLYWOOD'
American actor VIGGO MORTENSEN has hit out at film stars who sign up to big budget Hollywood projects solely for the pay cheque - insisting he's far too focused on his art to worry about his salary. Eastern Promises star Mortensen is adamant he will never make a film just to fund a luxurious lifestyle, because he prefers working on films that challenge him as an actor - regardless of the budget. He tells Empire magazine, "Certainly I could have made some more money if I'd done what you're talking about, but I mean, how much money does a person need? "I can help my family; I can give money to certain organisations; I can travel on my own. I don't need more than I have. I've been really fortunate."
His agent just died, again, having someone link to that.
It totally doesn't surprise me that Viggo isn't working for the paycheque. I have no idea how to find what I read about him skating close to the bone after LotR, but his pickiness being the cause would be in character.
I have no idea how to find what I read about him skating close to the bone after LotR
The quote I found said he was running out of money when he took Hidalgo.
I suppose buying horses for deserving stunt doubles and helping the disadvantaged and funding your own publishing company can do that. Bless him.
I'm imagining (and it's totally my imagination) though that Viggo's 'broke' was a bit like how MC Hammer described his broke. As in, not like mine.
I would think, yeah. Maybe his brother won't get the calf implants this year, but...
I'd hardly equate Viggo and MC Hammer on many planes. While I think their brokes and mine differ, I think, MC Hammer filed for bankruptcy to stop people trying to collect money from him. He wasn't really broke. I think he was always generating income. If Viggo says he wasn't making money, I can buy that. He seems a down to earth sort of a guy. How long before he would start filing unemployment? Well, not like they like actors to do that anyway, Colin tells me.