The unlikely leading man: Viggo Mortensen earned his Oscar nomination by being everything a movie star isn’t

Thessaly La Force meets Oscar-nominated Viggo Mortensen, the accomplished actor who has made his career by defining himself as everything a movie star isn’t

IN THE INFORMAL taxonomy of Hollywood’s leading men, there are several obvious types. There is Brad Pitt: too lean and too chiseled to ignore, rangy and funny but emotionally aloof. He doesn’t understand you, but then again, as with all beautiful people, you don’t need him to.