On Christopher Walken

[SeaBreeze]

Anyone who's a fan of this great actor may enjoy reading this article about him. http://observer.com/2016/04/the-great-pretender-the-tao-of-christopher-walken/

Mr. Walken’s career onscreen—with more than 100 film credits to speak of—has been defined by playing enigmatic characters who happen to resemble no one so much as Christopher Walken.

Long before the celebrity cameo was in vogue, Mr. Walken made a career on appearances, rather than roles. His early, scene-stealing moments onscreen, in fact, helped set the tone for the rest of Mr. Walken’s singular (and sometimes sinister) performances.

“I play lots of troubled people,” he acknowledged. He has a theory about that, courtesy of a friend. The two were puzzling it out once, how he, Chris Walken—a musical theater geek who made his Broadway debut at age 20, opposite Liza Minnelli in Best Foot Forward—had gotten pegged as a bad guy.

The friend explained, “Oh, it’s really very simple. The first time you were in the movies, you did two things back to back. One was Annie Hall, where you were a suicidal driver. And right after that, you shoot yourself in the head in The Deer Hunter. Combined with that, you were identified with somebody who has a lot of problems.”

 

[Wrigley's]

lol! I totally forgot about Walken's strip tease scene. Thanks for posting that.

 

[vickyNightowl]

He is so amazing.

He is still handsome.

The movie 'Gabriel',loved it.

Pulp Fiction
Deer Hunter

 

[Falcon]

He had some weird roles. I always liked him, though.

 

[mattc]

He was the perfect casting as the enigmatic guy coming out of a coma "changed" in the David Cronenberg/Stephen King film The Dead Zone.

 

[chic]

He's an excellent dancer too which many people are unaware of.