While talking on a board about Angel Heart and De Niro's excellent take on the Devil - how this was my second favorite human Satan, another poster brought up Viggo Mortensen in the Prophecy. I agreed with said poster as it's probably still my favorite Mortensen perf (along with Nikolai from Eastern Promises and Aragorn from well you know...)
I still love Viggo in the Prophecy. It was the first performance of his I saw (and theatrically to boot!) I remember thinking "Wow! The guy who played the devil stole the movie from Christopher Walken."
And lo and behold, channel surfing a few minutes after I agreed about Mortensen, the Prophecy was on the tube. I watched and fell in dark love with Viggo's devil all over again.
I am disappointed Viggo will not be Stephen Strange, but I'd love to see him play a wizard as he has the warriors down pat. Here's hoping. Mortensen is a terrific actor and one who always challenges himself and the audience. I look forward to what he does next and secretly pine for another genre role eventually.
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