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 Thank
you to Pilar Massaguer (Revista Hipica Catalana
Magazine. Two pictures on right)
for this exclusive interview she has shared with EBH!
Pilar
asked Viggo a total of ten questions. Two of Mr.
Mortensen's answers are shown here and the rest are in ebook.
You will notice how
Mr.
Mortensen answered the questions fully in Spanish. This has
been included to give a "language flavor" of how
the interview went. Thank
you also to Mr. Mortensen!
 Entrevista a Viggo Mortensen para
revista “Revista Hipica Catalana” por Pilar Massaguer.
Interview
to Viggo Mortensen for "Equestrian Catalonian"
magazine by Pilar Massaguer.
1) Pilar: Es obvio que eres un buen jinete (pudimos
verte en LOTR), pero, ¿donde aprendiste a montar a caballo? y
fue a raíz de tu trabajo como actor o era una afición que
tienes desde la niñez (u otra época de tu vida)
 Viggo:
Aprendi en Argentina, y tengo lindos recuerdos de caballos que
conoci en la Provincia de Buenos Aires tanto como de los
pingos que
me ensenaron cosas en el Chaco hasta mas o menos los once anos.
Aparte de la breve experiencia que tuve en la pelicula YOUNG
GUNS II con el caballo“Flaxie”en 1990, no tuve la costumbre
ni mucha oportunidad de montar a caballo otra vez hasta que
rodamos LAS DOS TORRES y EL RETORNO del REY, y recien, mucho mas,
en HIDALGO. Me siguen gustando los caballos, lo que hace mucho
mas agradable un trabajo en cual se requiere que uno trabaje en
practicamente todas las escenas a caballo o acompanado del
caballo. Por cierto, debo mencionar que, en las escenas de
HIDALGO que se rodaron en Marruecos trabajaron
con Rex Peterson el incomparable maestro espanol Ricardo
Cruz y otros excelentes jinetes
de Espana . Ellos venian de trabajar para Minghella en (COLD
MOUNTAIN), y despues de trabajar con nosotros se fueron a Nueva
Zelanda para ayudar con el rodaje para (THE LAST SAMURAI). Nos
llevamos muy bien, y fue un placer poder trabajar un poco con
ellos.
Translation:
Pilar:
"It
is obvious that you are an acomplished rider (we could see you
in LOTR), but where did you learn to ride? And, was it due to
your job as an actor or was it a hobby you had since your
childhood (or another time in your life)."
Viggo:
"I
learnt in Argentina and I have wonderful recollections of horses
I met in the province of Buenos Aires and of the nags that
taught me several things in the Chaco until I was eleven. Apart
from the brief experience I had in the film, Young Guns II with
the horse “Flaxie” in 1990, I didn’t have much opportunity
of riding horses until we shoot “The Two Towers” and “The
Return of The King” and recently and much more in
“Hidalgo”. I still love horse, which makes very pleasant a job that
required me to work on horse back or in company of a horse most
of the time. By the way, I have to mention that the scenes of
“Hidalgo” that were shot in Morocco, the knowledgeable
Spaniard Ricardo Cruz and other excellent riders from Spain who
worked with Rex Peterson. They came from working for Minghella
in “Cold Mountain” and after working with us they went to
New Zealand to help with the shooting of the “Last Samurai”.
We went along fine and it was a pleasure to work with them."
2) Pilar:
¿Que tipo de monta aprendiste, o mas
bien que tipo de monta realizas?: a la inglesa, Western, u otro
tipo.
Viggo:
Aprendi a lo gaucho, que basicamente es
Western. En EL SENOR DE LOS ANILLOS tuve que utilizar el estilo
ingles en varios momentos, y especialmente durante las primeras
escenas que rode a caballo porque no se les habian ensenado a ir
con rienda suelta o a responder al “neck reining” (no se
como se llama en Castellano - con una mano). Eso hizo un poco
complicado el trabajo de pelear con espada o lanza
y mantener control al principio. Pero, despues de un
periodo de entrenamiento, ambos caballos, “Kenny” y “Uraeus”,
se acostumbraron y me dejaron mas o menos manejarlos con una
mano.
Translation:
Pilar:
"What
type of riding did you learn, or better, what type of riding do
you practice?: English (hunt seat), Western or another type."
Viggo:
"I
learned 'gaucho style' which is basically Western. In the 'Lord of the Rings' I had to ride English in some shots,
specially in the first scenes on horseback because they (the
horses) were not trained to work on a loose rein or to respond
to 'neck reining'. That made the job of fighting with a
sword or spear while keeping the control (on the horse) a bit
difficult. But after a period of training, both horses 'Kenny' and
'Uraeus' got used to it and allowed me to
ride them with one hand."
Read the rest
of Mr. Mortensen's interview in ebook.
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