We caught up with legendary actor Viggo Mortensen and his latest costar Scottish talent Solly McLeod at Glasgow Film Festival.
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00:00 So what was it like getting a call from this guy saying there's a script that you wanted to have a look at?
00:04 Yeah, I mean, I haven't sent this to you either, but...
00:08 Tonight's the night.
00:10 This is it, it's all coming out.
00:12 I heard from my agent that Vigo wanted to call me about a script.
00:20 It's already kind of like, "OK, what's going on?"
00:24 And I had the time, so I'm going to go and pace in my room, kind of wait for him.
00:30 The phone rang and I thought about grabbing it and I was like, "No, I'll let it ring for a second."
00:35 "Yeah, hi, who's this?"
00:38 And he said, "It's Vigo, I want you to read a script. I think there's a role in it for you maybe."
00:43 He said, "If I don't like it, just let you know."
00:46 Yeah, no problem.
00:48 And I thought, "Yeah, I'm going to do that shot."
00:51 So I read it and I was shocked at the scale of the role, first of all, and the writing.
00:56 The script is a stand-alone thing, the script is fantastic.
01:02 And I emailed straight back and said, "Yeah, I want to do it."
01:05 Solly's a very fast worker. We actually talked the first time.
01:09 And I said, "It'd be nice to hear."
01:11 Obviously, you're going to be playing someone in the American West.
01:14 It can't sound like you do.
01:17 And apart from all the other things that the role asks you to do.
01:21 And so I said, "If you want to take a couple of weeks to look at the scenes, and we can just read through them,
01:27 no pressure performance-wise, but just to hear an idea of where, if the accident's going to be possible."
01:35 And he said, "No, just give me a few days."
01:37 I said, "Oh, okay."
01:39 And a few days later, he was almost as good as it is, which is perfect, in the movie.
01:45 So you're a fast worker.
01:47 - No, thank you. - And you have a great year.