Does that mean the Viking movie will be in English or Old Norse?
Gibson: I think it’s going to be in English, the English that would’ve been spoken back then and Old Norse, whatever the ninth century had to offer. I’m going to give you real, man. Q: Is that really important to you, like “The Passion”? Gibson: Yeah, I want a Viking to scare you. I don’t want a Viking to say, “I’m gonna die with a sword in my hand.” I don’t want to hear that. It just takes all the… it pulls the rug out from under. I want to see somebody who I’ve never seen before speaking low, guttural German who scares the living sh*t out of you, coming up to my house. What is that like? What would that have been like? Q: How hard will that be to cast, apart from Leo? Gibson: Oh, he’ll be amazing. He’ll be amazing. He’s a great actor this kid. Q: Are you a documentarian of the past? Gibson: I guess so. I like that. I do like history. Oh, I love it and I like trying to imagine what it was like, especially if we don’t have a clear picture on what it was, trying to imagine what it was
