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By Victoria Luxford Few actors have remained as true to their craft as Viggo Mortensen. The 65-year-old has largely kept to independent films since finding success in The Lord of The Rings trilogy twenty years ago. Recently, he has moved behind the camera, directing in 2020 drama Falling. He follows that well-received work with unusual Western The Dead Don’t Hurt. Set in the 1860s, as The American West is forming, immigrants Vivienne (Vicky Krieps) and Holger Olsen (Mortensen) meet and fall in love. Their quiet existence on his remote ranch is shattered when he enlists in the American Civil Wa…

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