Viggo Mortenson Replaces Christoph Waltz as Sigmund Freud
By Krystal Clark
This past Sunday, Christoph Waltz walked away with a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as a Jew-hating Nazi in Inglourious Basterds. According to Deadline Hollywood he’s decided to leave a promising role in an upcoming film that would have had him playing one of the most influential Jewish men in history, Sigmund Freud.
Waltz was set to star in director David Cronenberg’s biopic, The Talking Cure. The shoot was scheduled to start in May and was expected to last for 10 weeks but the actor dropped out so now it’s uncertain. Waltz has been replaced by the ridiculously talented Viggo Mortensen, who will star in the film about “the conflict between Freud and his pupil Jung.” Many thought that Waltz’ absence would kill the production but luckily for the director, Mortensen signed on at the last minute.
Mortensen has worked with Croenenberg before on the films, Easter Promises and A History of Violence, so they already have an established professional relationship. While he plays Freud, Michael Fassbender will star as Jung, and Keira Knightley as Sabina, a disturbed young woman brought to see Jung by her father. Both Jung and Sabina will embark on a torrid affair, which will cause for the actors to take part in plenty of “spirited sex” scenes.
I’m not sure what that means, but if their sex scenes are anything like the ones in A History of Violence, no thanks.
What do you think of Mortensen replacing Waltz? Do you think it was the right decision for him to leave the film?
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:48PM
It's great Viggo will be Freud. He cancelled out of the play Purgatorio a second time due to his mothers seriously deteriorating health. This means his mom must be better and is not as ill as he thought. Purgatorio has been shelved permanently so he has the time to do this movie.
Saturday, March 20, 2010 8:54PM
YIPPEE!!!! His mom is no longer in bad health. Ariadna Gil is Viggo's girlfriend and they both are in Zagreb, Croatia right now. She is there filming a Danish movie that Viggo got her the part. David Cronenberg is a good friend of his. I bet he gives her a part in the Freud film.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 8:24PM
Yeah, his mother must not be as "ill" as he thought. What a joke. Obviously that was a lie. In Spain, they are saying that Viggo and Ariadna both got kicked off the play because of their immoral love affair. She was married and Viggo had been sleeping with her for years and the husband found out. What a piece of crap to use a sick mother as an excuse. Now, both he and Ariadna have been spotted in Croatia together. What a "coincidence". How come Hollywood gets to be liars and immoral and they make big money as their reward? Who cares what kind of an actor he and she are. I wouldn't go see their movies. I wouldn't get one cent to either one of them.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 1:43PM
Christoph Waltz would of been 100% a better selection for Freud. He is Austrian, slight in built and with cosmetics would of portray a excellent Freud. Christoph has the typical characteristic of an Austrian. My mother born and lived in Vienna in the 2nd district. She lived as a little child two blocks away from Freud. He was described to me. Viggo Mortensen looks scandinavian, tall and too aryan looking to portray Freud. Maybe another actor should of been selected. Viggo is a brilliant actor but not a candidate for Freud's characteristic. By the way, what he does with his personal life, dating has nothing to do with the casting.
Saturday, May 8, 2010 8:21PM
His personal life may not have anything to do with casting, as directors are usually as depraved as the actors, but it sure has a lot to do with box office ticket sales.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 9:42AM
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