(Neal Travis, NY Post)  He'd never read the "Rings" cycle, but was convinced by his teenage son to take the part. Viggo protested that he would be stuck in New Zealand for 18 months making the trilogy. "Dad, I'm OK with that," the lad said. "You'd be crazy not to do it."
Official: Lord of the Rings
Utica: 'Rings' Opens with Midnight Shows
WHS Alumni Wall: Viggo Mortensen

Photo of Viggo Mortensen from a 1975
Trinity Church directory.