Washington
(ANI):
Actor
Viggo
Mortensen"s
43
tattoos,
which
has
been
flaunted
in
his
latest
film
Eastern
Promises,
were
so
real
that
Russians
really
thought
he
was
a
Mafia
heavyweight.
The
48-year-old
star,
who
spent
four
hours
in
the
make-up
chair
to
get
the
tattoos
on
his
body,
plays
a
Russian
gangster
in
the
new
thriller.
The
Lord
of
The
Rings
star
realised
that
it
was
worth
it,
when
he
saw
the
looks
of
terror
on
Soviet
youths
in
a
London
pub.
"They
were
looking
at
my
hands
and
suddenly
stopped
talking," Contactmusic
quoted
Mortensen,
as
saying.
"It
was
right
when
the
(Alexander)
Litvinenko
(former
lieutenant
colonel
of
the
Russian
Federation's
Federal
Security
Service)
poisoning
happened
in
2006,
and
I
looked
very
shady.
So
I
got
up
and
left.
They
were
probably
freaked
out,"
he
said.
The
actor
revealed
that
he
travelled
through
Russia
and
met
with
real
gangland
bosses
to
research
for
his
role.
He
also
said
that
he
meticulously
studied
the
Mafia's
tattoo
art
to
make
sure
his
latest
role
was
as
real
as
possible.