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Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by OrvalWintermute on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @09:21AM (#31987902)
> Well, lets start off by admitting to ourselves that guys like Elijah Wood and Sean Astin in particular (heck, probably even Viggo Mortensen, at least in the USA) didn't really have strong resumes before Fellowship. As a kid, I don't think I could have told you who Orlando Bloom was before LOTR -- because he wasn't anybody.

I agree with what you said largely, but not Viggo Mortensen

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001557/

Viggo was in a number of shows that would have American audiences familiar with his acting skills far before 2001.

Most notably in my case https://youtu.be/Beogqr20uII?t=147

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Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by UnpossibleJim on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @12:28PM (#31990331)
Dude! Crimson Tide, Carlito's Way... I know people like GI Jane.. not my favorite, but I'll give it to him. When was The Road? I think that was after. The Psycho remake... I know it got panned, but he was good in that, Anne Heche wasn't great, but he was really good.
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Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by OrvalWintermute on Thursday July 07, 2022 @09:48PM (#32022092)
> It stars Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, Luis Guzman, John Leguizamo, Jorge Porcel, Joseph Siravo, and Viggo Mortensen.

With a stellar cast like that, I am definitely missing a gem!

Putting it to the top of the to-watch list.

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