After the #blackout in #Spain on Monday, a reporter interviewed a random guy at a train station about the impact of it on their travels
I wonder if he was traveling to Aragorn
Sorry, I mean Aragon
PS: Great shirt Viggo. #SlavaUkraini
(He grew up in Argentina and speaks fluent Spanish)
Aragorn with a UA shirt 👍 😎
@benroyce @FrancoisPrague well, the Z on the invading forced always reminded me of the white hand of Saruman.
Also, he speaks really good Spanish! The South-American pronouciation does sneak through a bit, though. For example, completely dropping the impure S ("ettaban" rather than "estaban"). 😃
@paraw @benroyce @FrancoisPrague
What does he say? My resident Spanish translator/speaker is at school today and won't be home till this afternoon.
@paraw @benroyce @FrancoisPrague he was raised in Argentina and Venezuela. he has a very strong acento argentino.
he’s like many people born in NYC but raised in another country. he has said numerous times in latinamerican media that, had it not been for his parents being born north of the border, he would call himself latinoamericano.
it made sense to me because HE STILL HAS AN ARGENTINO ACCENT IN ENGLISH but people think it’s a quirky danish thing he does. he doesnt even speak it.
@blogdiva @paraw @FrancoisPrague
Viggo is Latino with roots in Upstate NY who passes as European
Aaaahhh
Now it makes more sense
Still refreshing to see such a celebrity just... taking a train
@benroyce
"I WAS IN THE BLACKOUT WITH 😍 VIGGO 😍 HOW ROMANTIC!!!"
— my wife, who, I'd like to point out, was also in the blackout with me
i have a soft spot for Viggo because his roots are not only Denmark and Argentina but also Watertown NY where I am in Upstate NY. Graduate of Watertown HS and St Lawrence University in Canton NY (he earned his degree in Spanish studies, surprise)
as you would surmise, all gossip of people encountering him here over the decades is he's just a regular humble guy. he visits less after his mom died but here Viggo is a few months ago showing up in the local press:
https://www.wwnytv.com/2024/08/05/north-country-inspiration-visit-with-viggo/
I'm well-aware of him being multilingual but it still always feels weird seeing him fluently speak in languages other than english. It feels like a dub or something.
He's the real deal. Humble guy with a good head on his shoulders. His fame is but an after thought, not the meaning of existence as it is for so many
i remember Viggo as Command Master Chief in "G.I. Jane", playing a cruel sadist
And with the best line in the whole movie
(which is a quote from a D.H. Lawrence poem):
I like this one, and it flips the script
Hugh Jackman is being interviewed at an awards ceremony and then he breaks the topic and goes to the reporter:
"so I used to be your high school gym teacher and I am wondering how you are keeping up on your physical education"
(and Hugh remembers his student's name)
And then he chews the reporter out for not being properly motivated and prepared for gym class (in jest)
😂
Next level running into your former teacher at the grocery store
Bart Allen
Ben Royce 🇺🇦
SeaFury 🦜🍉
François the Prague Fella
Charo del Genio
KB Sez
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
Johns
sheislaurence
Alexander Hay
Wokebloke for Democracy
Owlet of Minerva
ErinMC2
Wotansp
contrasocial
Pēteris Krišjānis
Jonathan T