Viggo Morten's directorial debut The Falling is now shooting in Toronto

[ms_mmelissa]

Laura Linney, Hannah Gross and @theterrychen join Viggo Mortensen's family drama #Falling https://t.co/E6TVyvjPza pic.twitter.com/LcaCDaWIfw
- Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 21, 2019

• The film is called The Falling and is about an elderly man who moves in with his gay son, his partner and their daughter, and has trouble accepting that his son is gay

Comments

[sandstorm]

It would be better if Mortensen was the father and his son's partner was black, and he'd struggle with no saying the n-word.

[sailormood]

lol with the third act of the film where hr attempts to make his sons partner some soul food but fails miserably BUT you know his heart was in the right place all along you guys food brings people together love hate

[elderpricely]

Mortensen is playing the son

I remember this from last time I'm still

[yeezus_christ]

your reaction was mine followed by a

[corgismiles]

hope it flops.

[dinkerd]

What's up with these straight actors turning to gay stories for they directorial debuts? Didn't we suffer enough with Boy Erased?

[luvthatdrtywata]

Oscars, babyyyyyy!!! Straight men playing gay is the cis-male equivalent of beautiful women playing ugly.

[rexilla]

I'm just surprised this is his first time directing