Before He Could Walk, Viggo Mortensen Crawled Away From Home (Twice!)

[@zlamelie]

Our King, always.

[@karenling2106]

the dead don't hurt rated g now playing

[@_TheOneRing_]

Yeees

[@reddy272]

I always love guests who clearly do their own thing, and talk calmly and quietly instead of "performing" for the audience.

[@MasterChiefSpartan117]

What do you mean?

[@audreywellham2413]

@@MasterChiefSpartan117some of the guest(s) perform with their conversations with the audience. This gentleman spoke like it was a casual comfortable conversation with Steven.

[@hansim5155]

ofcourse he is from Europe not Fake.

[@kansasgoldilocks]

I think he's naturally a little shy so but why would you be surprised that an actor of all people would perform for an audience? Many of them are in that profession because they love entertaining people and having the spotlight on themselves.

[@telmolicious]

@@kansasgoldilocksWhen did he write that it surprises him?

[@sikandarrana6377]

Viggo Mortensen, a Class act. A Renaissance Man.

[@bonnebell8873]

*"I have found that it's the small things, simple acts of kindness and love that keeps the darkness at bay." Gandalf*

[@stephenfurches5091]

Thank you for this.

[@Trigger200284]

@@stephenfurches5091 why? He quoted a random line from lord of the rings that has no bearing on what you just watched other than dude was an actor in the movies... If your life was that low that this quote triggered happiness for you, you need to seek professional help.

[@Beth-zg6gb]

Shut up.

[@LindaC616]

​@Trigger200284 if you get that angry at an inoffensive yt comment, you should seek professional help

[@NotSure-e8z]

@@Trigger200284 look in a mirror and repeat that.

[@Justme-ok3bf]

He just does NOT change… he is so handsome ❤

[@blackeyedlily]

It’s his Numenorian genes!

[@aeonsdaysofsmallthings]

When Viggo talks, you cannot not listen to him 🤩

[@Mauidemigod249]

What an actor! One of the greatest actors of ALL TIME!

[@kennewton7518]

Vigo is one of my favorite actors. Such a talented artist

[@wocookie2277]

My favourite movie of his, Hildalgo. Him and that little horse should have won an Oscar.

[@debraholz6821]

I watched that movie maybe 50 times, gives me chills every time.

[@pedallovecommunications]

Yes! I love that movie! Both of them are amazing.

[@KarenPaasche-qj6tf]

There's a horse in Season 16 of "Heartland" that looks just like Hidalgo and I'm wondering if he's the same horse actor?

[@wocookie2277]

@@KarenPaasche-qj6tf my grandfather had a painted mustang like that, I used to ride home helping round up cattle. I just sat there the horse knew what to do . When I first saw this movie I was taken back because that was Ringo. Amazing horses. Not big but their heart is immeasurable.

[@traceythompson1092]

I so loved Hidalgo!

[@thegunslinger1363]

He was incredible in Eastern Promises.

[@Michael-dy7zp]

Best fight scene ever with him fighting two knife wielding Russian mobsters in a Russian bath locker room.

[@GoldenEdgedGreg]

@@Michael-dy7zpepic. Gotta be honest there isn’t a movie he’s in that I’ve seen and regretted, ever.

[@H1delta]

He was also in Witness with Harrison Ford.

[@Maya_Pinion]

I know----! I actually have it on DVD,not ashamed to admit it either---god,I wanted him to ' devour' Naomi so bad,I was shocked. Excellent performances by ALL. ✌️

[@Maya_Pinion]

​@@Michael-dy7zp and,he did that himself,naked,with no stunt men!

[@BellaWorldAni]

What a lovely man he is. And wow, he looks good at 65!

[@JadeValour]

Adore Viggo. He’s not the only Dane who has done a western. Mads Mikkelsen was in an excellent one in 2014: The Salvation. Worth watching!

[@CompaDeArranke]

One of my favorite actors, most recently saw and liked his character in "The Green Book".

[@nsn5564]

I love this man so much! Aragorn!! For Viggo...

[@jackrice2770]

Viggo Mortensen makes every other man in the world look...uh...inadequate. Thanks, Viggo. Genetics is soooo unfair.

[@Poetic_Justice1962]

That's nice, but ridiculous.

[@TheLastChickenWing]

he seems like such a wholesome guy

[@krisfrederick5001]

I love when Stephen lights up with certain guests from the Lord of the Rings. Just when I thought I couldn't appreciate Viggo any more, we get the runaway stories. It triggered a memory of when I tried to run away, I was 5 and couldn't even tell you why. I packed my suitcase and headed out to who knows where. I made it to the end of the sidewalk as my Dad was coming home from work went then back in. And that was the end of that. No "Unexpected Journey" here to see. 😂

[@oldauntzibby4395]

If only Sam had been with you.

[@zoe6723]

You had your own suitcase at 5?

[@The_Floo_Network]

Viggo should have been cast as Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts from the very beginning, and we could have skipped right over all the Johnny Depp/Mads Mikklesen drama and still had a phenomenal actor playing a pivotal role. Maybe that franchise would still be alive today!

[@user-mz1kt6iz4e]

Absolutely. I'd never even thought of that, but he would have been the one.

[@EdibleClown]

Viggo is always just so mellow when in interviews

[@nickiandersen2054]

It's amazing that as a primarily English speaking person who knows Danish fluently, he can do a Danish English speaking accent that well.

[@skyegypze3982]

He speaks fluent Spanish too.

[@melxnshaustierkino]

He is danish

[@nickiandersen2054]

​​@@melxnshaustierkino*partially. That doesn't mean that he spends the most of his time speaking Danish or being in Denmark which is usually reflected in his proficiency in conversational Danish, which is quite great but clearly shows that English is his first language. The man doesn't usually speak with a Danish sounding accent in English. So my comment was mostly to the fact that he incorporates (very deliberately) what sounds credibly like a Danish person who adopted English as a second language.

[@jxgardner]

Very impressed with Viggo.. Grew up in the same town he did, and his mom and grandfather were close family friends,.. would really love to meet him!

[@SlicedZucchini]

I want to take this moment and humbly thank you for your service

[@lisasachs6627]

I want that T shirt- my daughter and her bestie and I are all LOTR fans and I would love to gift it to them so they remember to VOTE!

[@janerobinson4693]

I saw it on Amazon

[@1wibble230]

His childhood, he IS literally Strider, born to be Aragorn 😄

[@DarylBark]

My Mother likes to tell the story of when I was 3 or 4 and I walked from our rural home 2 or 3 miles to the tiny Ma and Pa Grocery Store / Gas Station down the road a ways. The folks there knew me and called my Mom of course. Apparently I just liked to hang out with the people there because I did it at least twice. I have always been a wondering Soul and now at 61 I have settled in Germany where I enjoy my retirement playing and recording Songs that I have written and best of all, spending time with my two beautiful and talented (now adult) daughters. Just felt like sharing. Peace to you all.

[@Trigger200284]

no one cares.

[@Veestar88]

@@Trigger200284you might not but I think it’s a sweet story

[@LindaC616]

​@Veestar88 Trigger is a rare breed...a 15 year old troll that goes around hating on any positive comments they see. We have never seen one this old before; we are hoping it will soon be extinct due to a lack of mates.

[@Trigger200284]

@@Veestar88 But... do you care? Are you going to remember this story tomorrow? Is it even worthy of a foot note beyond lunch? If a stranger came up to you in public and started telling you a story like this because they heard you tell a story about swaddling to the neighbors house, would you care or be weirded out? I for one would think he has autism and to get him on his way before he has a tantrum.

[@avianna7738]

@@Trigger200284 What exactly did your comment here bring to the table? Get another hobby instead of tearing other people down, troll.

[@Bmt32123]

i love this guy

[@marinakaye8284]

It's not that unusual, my daughter once remarked, 'Mum, there's a baby on our doorstep!' The neighbors 2 year old had crawled down the street onto our front porch.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

My brother never fled the property as a crawler, but from about age 2 to 5 we had to chain him in the yard. We already had the chain because our dog stayed in the yard. And my brother still sometimes managed to go on a wander. Once being picked up by the town police after taking candy from the co-op because he didn't understand how stored worked.

[@joanndavis1450]

My older brother, same thing, just an adventurous tike.

[@rev.rachel]

I used to sit in the yard, wouldn’t even leave. The neighbors saw me once at early o’clock, knocked on the door, and asked my mom if she knew her kid was in the yard. She had no idea. 😂

[@KazutoK007]

@@MonkeyJedi99 You chained a toddler outside rather than keeping him safe inside?

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@KazutoK007 1) This was the 1970's when children were expected to play outside and nobody called CPS to report parents for risking their kids' lives by exposing them to dirt. 2) Keep him inside? He had long since figured out door and window locks, and was an escape artist. He was going to be outside anyway, so it was better to control where he could go. 3) Also, it was the 1970's, so indoors was where smoking parents and lead paint were found. Indoors was not all that "safe".

[@Rebel_AF]

Stephen nerding out over LOTR 😂😂❤🎉

[@LindaC616]

Every chance he gets!

[@oldauntzibby4395]

And many of the rest of us.

[@Accolonian]

The crawl away story was a missed opportunity for a "not all who wanders are lost" reference by Stephen.

[@ldeliane]

! so.. baby Strider- born a Ranger!

[@ianw0ng]

didnt know baby's day out was based on viggo's childhood story.

[@chelsalulu]

Hilarious 😅😅

[@StewChicken42]

Aragorn is my favorite character in LoTR, my favorite trilogy of movies. 😊

[@_TheOneRing_]

❤❤❤

[@StewChicken42]

@@_TheOneRing_ ♥

[@gaynorhead2325]

A true Renaissance man!

[@shubassdk]

I’m Danish and his Danish accent while speaking English in the movie is so spot on! Perfection yet again!!

[@Einomar]

Well he speaks Danish, I think his dad was danish.

[@linengray]

Loved him in Mr. Fantastic.

[@Roy-G-Biv]

UMMMM....that was "Captain Fantastic"

[@pennygleeson5029]

Renaissance man ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@joette9782]

I am in love with all that he does

[@mrwest5552]

@joette9782 - agreed - as when Joey is back in Philadelphia, meet point before he's taken to his brother Richie and Viggo transforms back into Joey, READILY - A History of Violence 2005

[@LindaC616]

​@@mrwest5552for me, it was that discussion with his wife in the hospital room. How his accent slides from his kind of sort of Western draw to Philly when he starts discussing taking over Tom's identity. I've always wanted to know if that was the director's idea or his

[@mrwest5552]

@@LindaC616 - i enjoyed that scene too, except when his wife yaks / pukes her performance seems too forced.

[@LindaC616]

@mrwest5552 maybe it's just because I do languages and my ear picked up on it, but the switch between the accents was so subtle and so magnificently done!

[@mrwest5552]

@@LindaC616 - So appreciate your reply here - sadly i'm sure i've abused the film... . AHofV rewatched too many, i recently willfully chose A Walk On the Moon after years of not viewing, wow, we were all so young. Sweet film

[@mrwest5552]

Keep me moving over 50 Keep me groovin', just a hippie gypsy Come on, move now, movin' Keep me movin', yeah - 1971 Pete Townshend

[@yurielcundangan9090]

Stephen biggest lord of the rings Fan😮

[@redbarchetta8782]

Not just Stephen.

[@rabindergangapersad3665]

He never hide it:)) a little film called LOTLR 😊

[@I.B.Rox1962]

That’s part of the reason why he appeared in The Hobbit… great knowledge of obscure Unfinished Tales facts

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Every time I think of this great actor, I want Peter Macnicol to introduce him. "He is Viggo!"

[@jeffrhorer1811]

I can't wait to see this. Viggo Mortensen is a great actor, don't forget Hidalgo and GI Jane. Westerns are the best.

[@Dragondaughter9]

Captain Fantastic is hands down my favorite Movie that even bumped the original Highlander to 2nd.

[@Roy-G-Biv]

CF is a gorgeous movie.

[@MisterDanger01]

Vigo crawling around and causing mayhem in the neighborhood is me every saturday night after getting wasted in the pub

[@NewMessage]

The Wife: "Okay, just say it." Me: "When he kicked the orc helmet, he actually broke his toe, and they used that take!" The Wife: "Feel better?" Me: "Yes. I married the right one."

[@LindaC616]

Bro, you're lucky to have her! 😅

[@chefb2you]

Hahaha 😂 It’s the other way around with my husband and I, as I’m the one with the LOtR knowlege and he bears with me

[@thathobbitlife]

😮😂🎉❤❤❤

[@LindaC616]

@chefb2you so last night was a night of many big sighs on his part, right?😄

[@mathildejensen3285]

So funny to hear Viggo Mortensen speak in danglish - the Danish/English accent. Viggo Mortensen originates from Esbjerg in Jutland, Denmark. Love from Denmark ❤❤

[@LindaC616]

Born in NY, though. 😉

[@avianna7738]

Danglish 🤭 It sounded so remarkably Finnish to me that I actually had to look up his origins. So color me surprised.

[@GuinevereKnight]

@mathildejensen3285 Do you know if he grew up there or is it where his father was from? I have Jutland origin myself and would really love to know. So close to "home" if it's Esbjerg.

[@kenster8270]

@@GuinevereKnight I think he grew up in Argentina

[@GuinevereKnight]

@@kenster8270 Argentina and Denmark I have read. He speaks Danish because he lived there. I don't know when, how long for or where though. Denmark is all it says, and for people familiar with the area that is too broad.

[@marty1159]

Viggo is a great talent and a gentleman through and through!

[@mochtegerndane7097]

His gestures and body language and the dry way of telling a story - he is just so Danish..

[@Sonderborg75]

Yup! That’s how we roll… 😂 Greetings from a real Dane, not a möchte gern… 😂😂 (love your name)

[@mochtegerndane7097]

@@Sonderborg75 (sydslesvig).

[@geoffreyfeinberg9792]

He was great as Aragorn. Along with his versatile roles.

[@shawnholbrook7278]

My oldest child also escaped when she was a baby! Your poor Mom! (originally, I was upset that Aragorn was played by such a young actor, but after years of seeing Viggo in different roles; I am happy that he played my favourite in Lord of the Rings) Hidalgo was a good movie. Go see the new one, everybody.

[@peacenow4456]

Love Viggo, we are distantly related. All Danes are awesome talents...

[@hilpei3675]

Viggo! Be still my heart and my mind.... such an awesome human!!!!

[@ginkodragon]

😍🤩🥰 I'm a big Viggo fan! Loved all of his films, including Hidalgo and LOTR!

[@_TheOneRing_]

❤❤❤

[@wicked8576]

such an amazing actor and human being, I love him! :D

[@DrownedInExile]

It's not every day Colbert gets to host Gondor Royalty on his show!

[@Aabil11]

"My mother's a good cook so I always came back" Mom knows how to keep her son at home

[@PacTheOne]

humble hobbit friend and king of hearts and realm

[@Nok112]

He’s still so handsome 🥰

[@carlofiorletta]

Such a great actor and a fine host, good stuff

[@ezmoore27]

By Eru, I love Viggo

[@CJFerg81]

Manwe and Varda would approve 😁

[@NatalieBoat111]

I absolutely loved his performance in Captain Fantastic

[@CR014]

Incredible in 13 lives. Love Viggo

[@ellenspear50]

Speaking of show biz campaigns, a neighbor has a bumper sticker saying "Bartlett for America '20". It cheers me.

[@lilwil-ns3uo]

I love his t-shirt and I WANT one!!!

[@hewiex]

So many years in the US and he nails the danish/english accent. So talented.

[@nitramsonjack4741]

What a great interview!!

[@nicholassmith8212]

My brother, my captain...my king

[@_TheOneRing_]

❤❤❤

[@Maliilse75]

As a French-Canadian, I have to say Vicky Krieps's accent is spot on!

[@adrianamedeiros7463]

Love Viggo!❤️ Excelent actor! My king Aragorn❤❤

[@_TheOneRing_]

Yes❤

[@jkap34]

Aragorn supporting Frodo for president when he one hundred percent succumbed to the ring's sway and was totally gonna keep it and only Gollum biting his finger off and falling into the lava did the ring get destroyed is hilarious. Frodo was literally becoming a servant of sauron. And only sam knew the full story.

[@rhodawatkins4516]

That's why Sam will be his vice president, to keep him on the straight and narrow.

[@noraestell4787]

The forever King! Brilliant movie and performance by Viggo, like in every movie he's been into.

[@emilyviehland3544]

Climbing out of the crib and monkeying the door open before the age of 18 months is actually an early indicator of ADHD. His amazing creativity and interest in doing many things is a wonderful manifestation of that!

[@user-mz1kt6iz4e]

@@Susweca5569 Somewhere in there, you 'think' you saw the claim that the traits described require the disorder to be present. What is that tendency an indicator of?

[@vickilindberg6336]

Really. My grandson did that & he is ADHD.

[@Macksnacks]

I never did that and I had really bad ADHD when I was little. Still have it bad but not as bad as then

[@nancykraus5127]

Stephen doesn't need to be in the Cabinet. He needs to be the Press Secretary!! It would be a blast!!!!🥰🥰🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CompaDeArranke]

I also ran away from home in Bullhead City, AZ when I was about 5-6 yrs old to go to my kindergarten school 😂 Had my dog Blackie accompanying me and we crossed a mile wide patch of desert to get to the school. Unfortunately, I ran away on a weekend so the school was closed 😅 Still blurily remember sitting on the sidewalk and seeing a police officer drive up to me and getting me into the backseat and Im told he took me straight home where my mom was pale from embarrassment and my dad burst out laughing after the officer left and would always tell family and friends how I was brave to cross the desert with my dog (more like young and dumb 😅). This was circa '94.

[@mgd6087]

So much love for the kid that loved to go to his kindergarten. (Presuming the teacher war wonderful too).

[@usualsuspects42]

God I love both these actors, I've loved VM for years and VK is a wonder on the level with Meryl Streep.

[@patriciacappa8812]

VIGO!!! Mi actor favorito!TE AMO!!❤

[@ruthbennett7563]

Here in Kentucky, my son would alway have a head of steam to go after being put in « time out » for simple childish misbehaving. Some times he’d just walk out to see he had no plan. Sometimes his plan was to « live » with our kind old bachelor « river rat » neighbor (who always showed him his arrowhead collection & let him climb around on his boat in the backyard, then walked him back home after he thought that homemade jerky & MRE food was less-preferred) My Sam always came back home the wiser. I miss my departed kind neighbor, even now my son is an honor-roll student & had a solo song in his last high school play. Parenting is a painful art. We nurture individuals to walk their own paths. ❤

[@mgd6087]

Much love to all involved in your story.

[@stillwithujk4385]

I adore Viggo so much! Aragorn is my fav LOTR character

[@soluciones11s.a.s81]

Aragorn is on his own an amazingly well written character. But Vigo made him even greater

[@_TheOneRing_]

Yes🙌🏻

[@tuli-e2p]

“Are you missing something？”hhhhhhh，it's so funny

[@cindye5285]

Whenever I see him I just want to curtsy and say "My King".

[@jkap34]

I had a similar experience told about me. When i could walk, i would purposely make messes in different rooms to distract my mom then I'd go out the front door. My dad installed a really high deadbolt on the front door so i couldn't reach it. Well, during different room messes I'd make, I'd stack things by the front door until i could reach the deadbolt. And I'd almost get away with it, too.

[@rtd1791]

I have a younger brother who was much the same. A baby escape artist disappearing in the middle of the night while the rest of us slept. My parents had to change the locks multiple times. The locks that kept him inside at last were slide bolts near the top that had to be operated together. He kept it up until adolescence. Any time we were out as a family, he’d take off. Turned out he didn’t like loud. So any time things got loud he’d find a place to hide from the noise and lose track of us. It made everyone so mad. These days we could just equip him with some sort of tracker. Fortunately he never got hurt on any of his escapes.

[@LindaC616]

My niece tells stories about how her son was found as a toddler in the hotel hallway a couple of times because she dared to get into the shower

[@mgd6087]

@@rtd1791 Your brother sounds like he's on the Autism Spectrum. Sensitivity to sound and crowds? Dedicated focus on a goal. Loosing track of the family.

[@bodiezmum]

Viggo bought Hidalgo after the movie ended. I think he also bought some of the other horses he has ridden in movies. He has done a lot of his own stunts that required horse riding. For some reason I think his father trained the polo team in Argentina and that was where he learned his skills. He speaks several languages; his Spanish is excellent.

[@narcissagf]

He sounds like a genuinely good person

[@MrMisuma]

Dane here 🇩🇰 Now I have to see it.

[@Residentevilfan1989]

What humble man. He sounds like a Beetle.

[@TheKnittedRaven]

Loved Viggo's childhood adventures!

[@janices6140]

Viggo crawled away from home twice. Apparently, he was destined to be a world traveler. 😊 Love him!

[@namri467]

such a great storyteller 😊i love viggo🎉❤

[@sterlingfury]

It's funny to me...I'm not a lord of the rings fan so I don't even think of him in that context...bit I've enjoyed so many of his films and he is truly a great actor ❤❤❤❤

[@ginaheller333]

I love every part of the Viggo Burrito!

[@lanne1984]

“I’m joining a circus…til noon” 😂😂😂

[@andy_et_cetera]

Viggo is slaying with the Danish accent. :D This is the first spot on Danish accent I've heard on film! :D The share awkward authenticity of it makes me chuckle. Usually they make us sound german.

[@christiangayjuanico]

I adore this man so much.

[@mickietoweringhouse]

Viggo The Carpathian. The scourge of Moldavia. 😂😂😂

[@MJ-je4xg]

Viggo would be perfect in a Paul Thomas Anderson film. He has that voice that'd fit his films & dialogue ideally.

[@MaheshWalatara]

Return of the King

[@mgd6087]

Here's to the kids who venture alone. They know this whole wide world is actually their home!

[@destonlee2838]

Crispin glover looks great. I've never heard him be so articulate.

[@Kerunou]

Viggo’s transformation into Rutger Hauer is nearing completion. Soon, he will be unstoppable.

[@francobenevento7598]

A History Of Violence and Captain Fantastic are both phenomenal.