Viggo Mortensen on the inspiration behind his latest movie, The Dead Don't Hurt 

Viggo Mortensen’s latest project tells the story of a free-thinking woman in a world run by men, writes Esther McCarthy

Viggo Mortensen in The Dead Don't Hurt. Picture: Signature Entertainment/Marcel Zyskind

We know him best as the charismatic star of movies like Eastern Promises, Green Book and The Lord of the Rings films.

But for his latest movie, Viggo Mortensen goes behind the camera for the second time in his career, writing and directing a tough and tender Western told from the perspective of its female protagonist.