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Actor - Viggo Mortensen
Has the American movie industry contributed to the ‘Hollywoodisation’ of global culture and killed diversity?
Hardtalk speaks to award-winning film star, Viggo Mortensen. Known to many for his starring role in The Lord of the Rings, he is not your average Hollywood leading man. Fluent in four languages and of mixed American and Danish background, he spent his childhood in three continents – so, what is his response to critics who say the American movie industry has contributed to the ‘Hollywoodisation’ of global culture and killed diversity?
Picture: Viggo Mortensen, Credit: Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images
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