Viggo Mortensen and Maria Bello, co-stars of "A History of Violence," show up for an interview at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo looking like, well, if not an item, close enough friends that they could be mistaken for one. (They even finish each other's sentences.)
Mortensen, of course, is best known for his role as Aragorn in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, but he is no typical action star. He's a photograher, painter, poet; was formerly married to West Coast punk icon Exene Cervenka; and is perhaps the only star I've ever seen take a timely political stand at a press conference (just before the U.S. invasion of Iraq.)
Bello is best known for her work on "E.R." and for playing opposite Johnny Depp in "Secret Window" (and for surviving "Coyote Ugly.") Her star will be rising soon, though, when Oliver Stone's new film, the first to deal with the events of 9/11, is released.