"Actor's Watch" focuses on watches worn by actors in movies, television, etc.
For the 135th installment, we will be looking at Viggo Mortensen's watch .
Viggo Mortensen has starred in many of David Cronenberg 's films in recent years. In his latest film, Crimes of the Future (2023), he plays a creepy role that is typical of Cronenberg's films, an "artist who creates unknown organs."
The role he is best known for is undoubtedly Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003). Many people became fans of him through this work.
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Now, about 20 years later, Viggo Mortensen has become a popular senior actor exuding a calm, mature sex appeal, and is nicknamed "Mattsun" and "Viggo-yan" along with Mads Mikkelsen , and is praised by women who prefer older men as one of the two greatest handsome older actors.
This time, we would like to take a closer look at the watch he wore in the movie.
G.I. Jane
GIJANE (1997)
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Captain Jordan O'Neill ( Demi Moore ) of the United States Navy Intelligence Service, at the request of a congressman who advocates the abolition of gender employment discrimination, will participate in training for the Navy SEALs, which are said to have 60% of applicants drop out. However, what awaited her when she joined the unit was unimaginable bullying from instructor Sergeant Urgeir ( Viggo Mortensen ) and contempt from the other trainees.
The media mocks Jane, who shaves her head and eats and sleeps with the male trainees, calling her " GI Jane. " However, as she endures the brutal training and silently completes the tasks, the other trainees begin to feel a sense of camaraderie with her...
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Demi Moore made her breakthrough with her lead role in Ghost (1990). Her passionate shaved-head performance in the military drama G.I. Jane (1997) drew much attention, with Viggo Mortensen playing Sergeant Urgeir, a strict instructor for the special forces, modeled after the Navy SEALs.
The watch he wears in the film is the Luminox Original Navy SEAL 3001. It is the first model of the "3000 Series," which was launched in 1994 as the first joint development between Luminox and the Navy SEALs to meet military specifications. Given this history, it's hard to think of a more suitable watch for this film.
Eastern Promises
EASTERN PROMISES (2007)
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One night just before Christmas, an unidentified girl is brought to Anna ( Naomi Watts ), a midwife working at a hospital. The only possessions left by the girl who dies after giving birth are a diary written in Russian and a shop card for a Russian restaurant tucked inside the diary.
When Anna's Russian relative reads the diary, he discovers that it contains details of human trafficking involving the Russian mafia. Desperate to find out the girl's identity for the sake of her unborn child, Anna contacts the mafia using the shopping card. She proposes a deal to tell them the girl's identity in exchange for the diary. Nikolai ( Viggo Mortensen ), a mafia driver, appears at the transaction and advises Anna to stay away from the case, but Anna gradually becomes attracted to Nikolai, who is mysterious and sometimes shows kindness.
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Eastern Promises (2007), a mysterious and violent film directed by David Cronenberg, known for such classic horror films as Scanners (1981) and The Fly (1986). Viggo Mortensen, who plays the mysterious Russian mafia boss Nikolai, wears a Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control (Ref. Q1398120) in the film.
Nikolai is a mysterious man who exudes an overwhelming sense of eeriness and strength, yet for some reason behaves as if he is suppressing himself and trying not to stand out. The Master Control, which gives off a standard and honest impression rather than a unique personality, may provide a clue as to his true identity.
Falling: Memories of 50 Years
FALLING (2020)
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John ( Viggo Mortensen ), an airline pilot living in Los Angeles, has built a happy family with his same-sex partner Eric ( Terry Cheng ) and his adopted daughter Monica. John's troubles are his father, Willis ( Lance Henriksen ), who suffers from dementia. John brings his father, who lives alone on the family farm, to his home in Los Angeles to move him into a nursing home near their home.
Willis was an old-fashioned, emotionally abusive man, but his aggressiveness has intensified due to dementia, and now he is an annoying presence who spits abusive language at random. John is patient with his father, but soon he refuses to move into a nursing home and gets into a heated argument with his father, who yells at him to let him go home...
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Viggo Mortensen wrote , directed , starred in, and composed the music for the semi-autobiographical human drama " Falling " (2020), which depicts his own parent-child relationship and family ties. Viggo Mortensen plays a son who chooses to forgive and accept his father, despite his shortcomings and problems.
The watch he wears in this film is believed to be a Rolex Daytona (Ref. 116520) . By choosing one of Rolex's most popular models, he expresses his role as a financially well-off middle-aged gay man who flies around the world as an airline pilot and raises an adopted daughter with his same-sex partner. However, judging from the cut where he is wearing the watch, although it has a typical Daytona shape, including the clasp, the craftsmanship of the details seems to be lacking. It is most likely a prop made to resemble a Daytona.
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Each of his watches was chosen to match his role - a Luminox for the Navy SEAL strict instructor, a Master Control for the taciturn Russian mafia member, and a Daytona for the wealthy pilot - showing his impressive sense of style.
When he appeared in " G.I. Jane, " he said, "Because I was playing the role of a strict instructor, I kept my distance from the other actors and didn't get too close." For him, the watch is also one of the important "keys" to expressing the "character's personality."
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Viggo Mortensen was about to turn down the offer to star in " Lord of the Rings" until his eldest son, who was a fan of the original "Lord of the Rings ", encouraged him, saying, "You should definitely do it. You can do it, Dad!" It can be said that it is thanks to his eldest son's fine play that we can now enjoy many movies in which he appears. Thank you, Henry Mortensen (long hair on the left in the image).
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