DickWizardry

Karl Urban says he got revenge on Viggo Mortensen 10 years after a prank war began between them, and the prank became so massive that it “made the national news” and was “televised.” “It basically degenerated into this prank war between Viggo and I.” Urban says it all started when his phone rang at “3:00 in the morning” and his panicked agent told him, “Karl, you gotta get on the plane! You cannot not get on the plane. I will buy you another pair of red socks.” Confused, he asked what was going on. After a pause, she simply replied: “Viggo.” Mortensen had apparently called her in the middle of the night claiming, “I can't get on the plane. I can't find my lucky red socks. I'm not gonna go to London. I can't do it,” before hanging up, sending both Urban and his agent into chaos. Urban never forgot it. A decade later, while promoting Dredd in Spain, Urban quietly planted a fake story with journalists. He casually told them Mortensen had bought a farm, owned “a thousand goats,” and was making goat cheese. The next day, every reporter interviewing Mortensen wanted to know about the goat cheese business instead of his movie. As Urban proudly recalled: “It made the national news. Televised.” 😂