Viggo Mortensen is the top pick for the villain in BOURNE 5. Read the full article on AICN Been a minute since Viggo Mortensen played a straight-up villain. Sure, he’s done the morally-complex anti-hero thing in stuff like THE ROAD, EASTERN PROMISES, and A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, but he’s come a long way since being known for his nasty characters in stuff like LEATHERFACE: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III, YOUNG GUNS II, and BOILING POINT. But it looks like there’s a chance that he’ll be following in the footsteps of Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, and Edward Norton as the latest villain in the BOURNE franchise. We know that talks are further along with Alicia Vikander and newly-announced BOURNE vet Julia Stiles, but it seems that Viggo’s the studio and director Paul Greengrass’ first choice.