Viggo Mortensen was very happy to co-star with a horse in Hidalgo, but, as he tells Leslie Felperin, it hasn't all been an easy ride Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent ...

Mortensen had not originally planned to play the role of Holger in The Dead Don't Hurt. (Supplied: Transmission Films)The horse-loving Mortensen was worried they wouldn't have enough time to ...

Former “Lord of the Rings” star Viggo Mortensen has a very personal story to tell in his directorial debut. The Watertown High School graduate writes, directs, produces, scores, and stars in ...

Directed by Joe Johnston, this biographical epic follows the lives of famed long-distance rider Frank Hopkins, played by Viggo Mortensen, and his horse, Hidalgo, as they take part in the 3,000 ...

As a horse opera, Hidalgo owes more to Raiders of the Lost Ark than to Seabiscuit. As a pasteurized, processed Indiana Jones substitute, though, it's actually pretty good. Officially, the movie is … ...

Two brand new movies arrive in North American movie houses this weekend. We'll see the adventure epic Hidalgo, starring The Lord of the Rings' Viggo Mortensen, along with Ben Stiller and Owen ...

Just about every shot is a beauty shot in "Hidalgo," an Arabian days adventure, starring Viggo Mortensen, that should have awarded co-star billing to its cinematographer, Shelly Johnson. But Mr ...

Viggo Mortensen goes from ruling Middle-earth to racing across the Middle East in "Hidalgo," a movie that's so retro, it's almost quaint -- especially compared to the nouveau computer-generated ...

Mister, you say anything you want about me," says the likable Frank Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen), just before punching a snobby Englishman, Preston Webb (C. Thomas Howell), whose accent is so bad you ...

Viggo on buying horses and his ... ”Lord of the Rings” star Viggo Mortensen is following up the swashbuckling horseback trilogy with ... Do you snap up Hidalgo, too? Yes, I did buy the horse.

In the film Viggo plays a cowboy who journeys to the Middle East to compete in a dangerous race. He is accompanied, of course, by his horse Hidalgo, who has his work cut out to outrun the powerful ...