The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    Christopher Walken on Seven Psychopaths, His Days as a Lion Tamer, and the One Role He's Still Searching For

    By artappraiser on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 1:37pm |

    By Julie Miller at Vanity Fair, September 10, 2012

    Excerpt:

    What kind of character haven't you played that you'd still like to try?

    I haven't played a regular guy. You know, a dad with kids. But I'm not sure I'll ever get that part.

    Comments

    Walken's characters are almost always fun to watch but that may be because I always think of him as the guy from Who Am I This Time? which kinda takes the edge off his scarier roles.

     


    by EmmaZahn on Tue, 09/11/2012 - 3:04pm

    I liked him in "The Guiding Light".


    by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 09/11/2012 - 3:39pm

    I gave up watching soaps in high school. I am too ADD to keep up with what's going on.  True in real life as well.

    Never made it to the end of "Lost" or "Friday Night Lights" either.  


    by EmmaZahn on Tue, 09/11/2012 - 3:47pm

    Walken was only on from 1954-1956 - imagine you didn't catch those episodes.


    by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 09/11/2012 - 4:01pm

    I don't even think we had a tv then. :-D


    by EmmaZahn on Tue, 09/11/2012 - 4:06pm

    Those Guiding Light episodes must have been something to see.

    I too have quirky favorites among the maestro of quirk's ouevre:

    My #1 fav is The Continental, and #2 is Gabriel in The Prophecy (the latter horrendous to the borderline of kitsch in certain parts in which he does not participate.)

    His more serious roles are dandy, but the quirk just blasts them away. ("That's entertainment"? He's the first to admit he's got a show business soul.)


    by artappraiser on Wed, 09/12/2012 - 4:11pm

    I like Weapon of Choice- he is the best straight white boy dancer since Fred Astaire. (And me.)

    by jollyroger on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 12:57am

    I will check it out on your recommend! I knew he's a good dancer.


    by artappraiser on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 1:01am

    George Balanchine, my predecessor-in-interest with Suzi, used to say that Fred Astaire (for his relaxed movement ) was the best male dancer ever.

    by jollyroger on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 2:41am