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Mortensen was married to Exene Cervenka from 1987 to 1997. The exes share a son, Henry (born January 1988). Mortensen found love with his partner Ariadna Gil, a Spanish actress, in 2009.

Viggo Mortensen got up to some pretty wild things while filming the Lord of the Rings movies, ... but his son was a big fan. Henry eventually convinced his father to accept the role.

As luck would have it, his son, Henry Mortensen, was in the room at the time and asked what the call was about. Upon realizing it was for The Lord of the Rings , he said he loved J.R.R. Tolkien's ...

Viggo Mortensen in The Lord of the Rings "Henry was about 11 or 12 years old at that time," Jackson recalled. "He was a huge fan of The Lord of the Rings and was absolutely beside himself when he ...

Mortensen also had to be convinced to take on the role in those initial films, only agreeing to play the secret royal at the insistence of his son, Henry. Warner Bros. Discovery originally ...