CF_00168_R_CROP (l to r) Viggo Mortensen stars as Ben and Samantha Isler as Kielyr in CAPTAIN FANTASTIC, a Bleecker Street release. Credit: Erik Simkins / Bleecker Street

由《魔戒》系列「亞拉岡」演員維果莫天森（Viggo Mortensen）主演的新片《神奇大隊長》，描述一位父親帶著孩子遠離塵囂，在山林過著自給自足的生活，但整個家庭在母親過世之後生活產生巨大變化，該片不僅獲得坎城影展一種注目單元最佳導演獎，也讓維果繼2008年的《黑幕謎情》２度入圍奧斯卡影帝，他在片中從原本的固執嚴謹老爸，逐漸受到孩子的軟化而放手讓他們各自成長，全片用浪漫趣味的手法讓人省思提供孩子適當教育的重要性。

CF_01027_R_CROP (l to r) Viggo Mortensen stars as Ben and Shree Crooks as Zaja in CAPTAIN FANTASTIC, a Bleecker Street release. Credit: Erik Simkins / Bleecker Street

CF_02610_R (l to r) Samantha Isler stars as Kielyr, Shree Crooks stars as Zaja, Viggo Mortensen as Ben, Charlie Shotwell as Nai and George MacKay as Bo in CAPTAIN FANTASTIC, a Bleecker Street release. Credit: Cathy Kanavy / Bleecker Street

維果飾演的父親對社會充滿反抗和不滿，因此選擇自行教育小孩，他戴在脖子上的掛飾代表著雷神索爾的錘子也象徵了「反傳統」，並不因為他是漫威系列索爾的粉絲，而是因為過去有許多北歐神祇的信仰者相信這把錘子能抵禦基督教傳教士的十字架，以防止被「洗腦」，他也嚴謹的教育孩子切勿單純跟隨世俗的信仰而走，但如何讓小孩不與外界脫軌，成為父親的一大難題。

CF_00456 (l to r) Shree Crooks stars as Zaja, Charlie Shotwell as Nai, George MacKay as Bo, Nicholas Hamilton as Rellian, Samantha Isler as Kielyr and Annalise Basso as Vespyr in CAPTAIN FANTASTIC, a Bleecker Street release. Credit: Wilson Webb / Bleecker Street

CF_01013 (l to r) Viggo Mortensen stars as Ben, Shree Crooks as Zaja, George MacKay as Bo, Nicholas Hamilton as Rellian, Annalise Basso as Vespyr and Samantha Isler as Kielyr in CAPTAIN FANTASTIC, a Bleecker Street release. Credit: Erik Simkins / Bleecker Street

維果表示當初一氣呵成念完劇本後大為感動，但他和導演麥特羅斯（Matt Ross）表示，如果演出的孩子不夠出色，可能無法傳達片中的訊息，因此他親自參與最後選角，維果也和他們在開拍前一起參與營隊訓練，包含攀岩、武術和冥想，有人甚至得學習動物的屠宰和剝皮。

CF_00080_R_CROP (l to r) Charlie Shotwell stars as Nai, Shree Crooks as Zaja, Annalise Basso as Vespyr, Samantha Isler as Kielyr, George MacKay as Bo, and Viggo Mortensen as their dad Ben in CAPTAIN FANTASTIC, a Bleecker Street release. Credit: Erik Simkins / Bleecker Street

CF_00394 George MacKay stars as Bo in CAPTAIN FANTASTIC, a Bleecker Street release. Credit: Wilson Webb / Bleecker Street

為了讓年輕演員入戲，麥特甚至要求他們在拍攝期間不能吃糖和垃圾食物，也不能使用智慧型手機，不過維果成功和孩子們打成一片，大家在片場都稱他為「夏天爸爸」，確定維果入圍奧斯卡最佳男主角時更搶先祝賀他，讓維果感慨又開心：「不論孩子們人在世界的哪一個角落，都是最先傳訊息給我的人！」