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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.

Viggo Mortensen

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Viggo Mortensen
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 20
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I've never had a problem with people paying attention to what you're doing and say they find that they liked it.
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