Jamie Lang Viggo Mortensen is in San Sebastian this week with his directorial debut “Falling” to receive one of this year’s prestigious Donostia awards.
On Thursday afternoon, the multi-hyphenate filmmaker held a press conference ahead of the evening’s award ceremony.Admitting nervousness, the actor graciously thanked the festival for the double honor of the career achievement award and having his film included in the programming.Asked about how his work as an actor affected his own filmmaking, he was surprised when a journalist pointed out that a horse in “Falling” shares a name used in Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” books, admitting that he had no idea.“I wasn’t intentionally of copying anyone or anything, but I’m sure that when I wrote.
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