Viggo Mortensen seemed a bit sleepy in his appearance on the CBS Early Show on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, to promote Appaloosa. We especially enjoyed his comments about carrying around the 8 gauge shotgun.
The first day I said to Ed, “Look, I know it’s in the book; it’s an important part of the character. But it’s a big gun, and it’s going to be a long couple of months if I’ve got to do this every day.” But by the second day I kinda liked it. And I said I want to have it everywhere. I want to have it when I’m in bed, when I’m having dinner, when I’m walking down the street. And it is kind of intimidating. It was like my scary friend, you know. It had a psychological effect. It’s like that thing that you fight sometimes—the obstacle becomes your friend. So it was all right.