Viggo Mortensen is set to helm, write and star in the period western ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt.’
Billed as a “western love story” set in the 1860s, ‘Phantom Thread’ actress Vicky Krieps is set to star. The cast will also include Tom Bateman (“Death on the Nile”), Lance Henriksen (“Falling”), and W. Earl Brown (“The Unforgivable”).
Mortensen commented “My aim is to do justice to the story of a uniquely resilient woman living in a lawless and isolated part of the U.S. Southwest in the 1860s. Vivienne is a woman for all seasons; courageous, unfailingly honest and direct, yet capable of great empathy. The idea is to not simply have a woman play the leading role in a western but to have her lead the way in our story by virtue of her fiercely uncompromising nature.
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“Vivienne is a real woman who stands alone in her time and place because of her principled behaviour, forward-thinking, and passion for life,” continued Mortensen. “We are very fortunate to have the talented Vicky Krieps embody this role, and, with the help of the great team we have assembled thanks to Talipot Studio, we hope to do justice to her exemplary life.”
The movie will be produced by Regina Solórzano, HanWay Films founder and Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas and Mortensen.
Production will begin shooting on October 12 in Canada.
