The American actor was stranded at the Barcelona station after his trip to Madrid was canceled. There are parts of Spain in which the electricity supply was not restored.
The mass blackout has a peculiaritydo not distinguish between ranges or status. They affect both the common citizen and the very leader of the free peoples and future monarch of Gondor and Arnor. This happened with the blackout that affected the Iberian Peninsula on yesterday. Among the victims were nothing less than Viggo Mortensenthe American actor widely recognized by embodying Aragorn in the trilogy of the Lord of the Rings.
Viggo Mortensen was seen at Sants station, in Barcelonawhile waiting for the resumption of the rail service to be able to take the train to Madrid that originally had to board the previous day. “Like everyone, hoping to leave today in place,” The actor commented to the chain microphonehalf that found it by chance during its coverage of the railway chaos.
“I was stranded like many others, although the truth is that people have had a lot of patience. The only bad thing was that we spent several hours outside the facilities, and although on the radio it was said that the trains would not come out, they did not inform us anything directly”Mortensen explained, also a filmmaker, 66. “There was a police and personal presence that could have warned us. There were older people, children, even pets …”, he said, before reflecting on what happened. “I think one of the lessons that leaves this is the need to improve communication with users.”
An expert in catastrophes films
Viggo Mortensen began his film career participating in numerous productions focused on accidents, natural disasters, war conflicts and even supernatural phenomena. Among these are movies such as angels and demons, with paranormal dyes, red tension nuclear tension and especially panic in the tunnel, a survival thriller. In the latter, Mortensen played a character that was trapped inside a tunnel that connects Manhattan with the continent.
In the midst of chaos, he had to resist until he was rescued by Kit Latura, a former chief of emergency services embodied by Sylvester Stallone. A story of confinement and rescue that, curiously, He keeps a certain parallel with his recent experience at the Barcelona train station.
The current situation of the blackout in Spain
Red Eléctrica, the company that acts as an electrical system manager, confirmed that more than 80 % of the demand that was scheduled for the European afternoon was recovered. Catalonia, Aragon, Basque Country, Galicia, Asturias, Navarra, Castilla and Léon, Extremadura and Andalusia They are the cities where electricity returned.
Source: Ambito
