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Zeinab Badawi talks to actor Viggo Mortensen about diversity in global culture.

Zeinab Badawi talks to actor Viggo Mortensen about diversity in global culture. What is his view of the effect of Hollywood, coming as he does from a multi-cultural background?

HARDtalk speaks to award winning film star, Viggo Mortensen. Known to many for his starring role in The Lord of the Rings, he is not your average Hollywood leading man. Fluent in four languages and of mixed American and Danish background, he spent his childhood in three continents - so, what is his response to critics who say the American movie industry has contributed to the 'Hollywoodisation' of global culture and killed diversity?

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