One Israeli graffiti artist seems to think so. Above is a work of street art found on a wall in Jerusalem, only a few blocks away from both the Wailing Wall, Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Dome of the Rock. The work depicts a surprisingly accurate stenciled portrayal of Viggo Mortensen in his timeless role as Aragorn, the effortlessly masculine, calm but firm character in the Lord of the Rings movie series, who can simultaneously headbutt two Orcs together while making generous love to the pointy-eared mumblings of Liv Tyler’s Arwen. It is thanks to these talents that Aragorn is eventually crowned King, no small feat for a man who hasn’t bathed in 4000 years.
But forgetting the fact that the final installment of the Lord of the Rings film series came out about 6 years ago, someone apparently thinks Aragorn, this timeless leader, is the man, possibly the only man, with the know how, the horse sense, to finding peace in the Middle Earth– ermm, East. Middle East. And so, that artist has taken to defacing local ancient buildings, encouraging the townspeople to vote for him. To which we say…
Huzzah. Frankly, Viggo Mortensen himself might also be up to the challenge. Because if there is one thing that Israelis and Arabs can all agree on, it’s that Viggo is one hot piece of Danish ass. You know Ahmadinejad‘s secretly got the Eastern Promises shower scene on his 8GB Zune, right?
Check out the close-up ahead.
