Speaking of Viggo Mortenson, I wrote:

> > He was in the interviews I saw on the extended-DVD version. Maybe
> > it was dyed for a part. He was tall, dark, and scruffy in the
> > movie, yes--and looked DAMNED good.
> 
> ah, she judges from the most superficial of superficial (=wink=)

Well, yeah--
but it's a superficial judgment, based solely on drool factor. :)
(And yes, I know you were teasing)
 
> > > but blondes don't usually do much for me either, tho Sean Bean is
> > nice in
> > > this set of movies
> >
> > Yes, he is. Wasn't he in _Patriot Games_, too?
> 
> probably (I think so)
> and in Golden Eye

I think it was GoldenEye I was remembering mostly--but I could
only put my finger on Patriot Games.
 
> on the big screen he usually plays the villain ... and even in the small
> screen his heros have a lot of =cough= baggage.

Though he did a good job at playing good-guy-gone-wrong in LoTR,
IMHO.
 
> Caught my eye in the various Sharpe's Rifles miniseries (Napoleonic War
> Fare, about a fellow who gets raised from the ranks during a time when
> officers were "gentlemen" -- so a lot of STUFF re: caste in life gets
> dealt with, as well as the Napoleonic War experience in Spain...)

Aha--that's what it's from. I'll go looking for it.
 
> a tygress of eclectic tastes

Lissa ButGoodTaste,AllTold Wingling

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