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Green Book is a 2018 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Peter Farrelly.Starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, the film is inspired by the true story of a 1962 tour of the Deep South by African American pianist Don Shirley and Italian American bouncer and later actor Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga, who served as Shirley's driver and bodyguard.
Mortensen portrayed Tony Lip, an Italian-American bouncer hired to drive and protect pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) on a tour through the Jim Crow South from 1962 to 1963. Reflecting on the character, Mortensen stated, "I was attracted to playing Tony in part because it was a different kind of character, but the main thing I liked about ...
Viggo Mortensen Nominated [61] Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali Nominated Virginia Film Festival: November 8, 2018 Audience Award for Narrative Feature Green Book: Won [62] Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association: December 3, 2018: Best Film: Nominated [63] Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen Nominated Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali Won
Mahershala Ali has accepted an apology from “Green Book” actor Viggo Mortensen for using the N-word on at a screening of their film — but noted that it was not appropriate for his co-star to ...
Not mincing his words in the least, Viggo Mortensen has said that the criticism of the Oscar-winning movie Green Book was 'based on bullshit'.
Mahershala Ali (/ m ə ˈ h ɜːr ʃ ə l ə / mə-HUR-shə-lə; [1] born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore on February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades , including two Academy Awards , a British Academy Film Award , a Golden Globe Award , and a Primetime Emmy Award .
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That same year, she co-starred with Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in the film Green Book, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. In 2019, she starred in the horror film The Curse of La Llorona. [29] In 2020, Cardellini appeared in the biographical drama film Capone as Mae Capone, the wife of the title character. [30]