Falling director Viggo Mortensen cast himself after bringing on Lance Henriksen to play tough-guy dad

Movie still from Falling starring Lance Henriksen (left) and Viggo Mortensen. PHOTO: SHAW ORGANISATION
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SINGAPORE - It is possible to break through as an actor at age 80. That seems to have happened to Lance Henriksen.

As Willis, the terrifyingly conservative dad in the family drama Falling, the American actor, best known for playing the android Bishop in science-fiction thriller Aliens (1986), has made critics sit up.

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