Hollywood A-Listers Who Got Their Big Break in Horror Films

Viggo Mortensen

Over a decade before the first installment of The Lord of the Rings ever hit theaters, Viggo Mortensen played Edward "Tex" Sawyer, the central antagonist of Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. The film was considered a critical failure, but entertained audiences nonetheless. Mortensen made a number of appearances in supporting roles throughout the 1990s until a breakthrough in 1999, when Peter Jackson cast the actor as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

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The More You Know

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  • No actor in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ recognized that Vader was Luke’s dad.
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