Christoph Waltz's Freudian Slip Is Viggo Mortensen's Casting Gain

The producers of a new picture on Sigmund Freud are now paging Dr. Viggo Mortensen.

Mortensen will be cast as the Freud in David Cronenberg's "Talking Cure," based on the play by Christopher Hampton on the conflict between the famous doctor and his pupil Carl Jung. Michael Fassbender will play Jung, according Deadline Hollywood.

"Inglourious Basterd" Christoph Waltz had been lined up for the role of Freud, but he backed out to play another psychopath in "Water For Elephants."

The reteaming of the filmmakers has been eagerly awaited since Mortensen's Oscar-nominated effort in "Eastern Promises"  and "A History of Violence."

Filming will start in May. Keira Knightley will play Sabina, a disturbed young woman brought in to see Jung by her father. The two end up having a torrid affair and the producers have promised "lots of spirited sex." Judging from "A History of Violence," Cronenberg generally delivers on those promises.

 

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