Esquire Spain’s cover model of the month is Viggo Mortensen, who is now inexplicably tied with the former first-place winner, Christian Fucking Bale, in posing for the most headscratching foreign Esquire cover of recent years.
Seriously, what’s going on here? At first, Viggo’s look merely reminded me of a Russian dude with a porn ‘stache, but there’s also an undeniable whiff of Charles Manson mugshot going on here, which makes one wonder what brand of glue the stylist huffed before going to work that morning. Overall, this is just not a good look for Viggo… or, for that matter, anyone else.
Imagery: Esquire Spain
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Very 1970s. He needs a turtleneck for maximum effect.
Yeah, it’s 70s… but every time I look at the cover, Leonard Cohen’s “Don’t Go Home With Your Hard On” starts playing in my head.
Dammit.
…or you could try picturing him with his hair cut and wearing leather in a gay S&M club. Sorry, that’s probably not an improvement, is it?
Yikes! For a sec there I DID think it was Charles Manson. I had no idea who that was until I read your commentary underneath the pic.
Sadly. the man is VERY fond of the 70′s and pornstaches in particular. Do you remember the pics of him in a matador outfit at Cannes a few years ago, making out with David Cronenberg?
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I think its HOT!
The matadore outfit and this esquire cover were taken about the same time in 2006. He was filming Captain Alatriste at the time – a Spanish film about a Spanish mercenery. Look it up.
Kurt Russell a la Wyatt Earp.
The moustache at least.