I had not planned to act in the movie, Mortensen said at theMunichInternational Film Festival.
In the end I said: I could play it.
My coproducer said: That would work.
Viggo Mortensen in Munich with ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’Hannes Magerstaedt/Getty
Mortensen is festival-hopping mode withThe Dead Dont Hurt.
Having opened Karlovy Vary with the movie, he has decamped to theMunich International Film Festival.
McLeod thought he was doing well.
he told McLeod when they met in person.
McLeod said he needed to find the humanity in his seemingly all-bad character.
Its hard to find any redeeming factors with Weston Jeffries… hes just the worst, he said.
Mortensen sent McLeod dozens of westerns to watch as part of his prep.
For more on the movie, check out Deadlines earlier interview with Mortensenhere.
