To: Travis McGee
I've only seen Walken as a hard-hearted villian - on screen. I thought he was playing himself. This is an eye-opener!
25 posted on
02/22/2003 9:12:54 PM PST by
Exit148
To: Exit148
Walken is DEEP! I don't know how many layers there are to the man, more than I can imagine I am sure. And he is funny off the cuff too, I have seen him just PARALYZE Jay Leno with quips from the couch!
30 posted on
02/22/2003 9:17:11 PM PST by
Travis McGee
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To: Exit148
True story: Walken was originally considered for the role of Han Solo.
To: Exit148
I've only seen Walken as a hard-hearted villian - on screen. I thought he was
playing himself. This is an eye-opener!
Like most males, I can't stand "chick flix" or other soppy romance filkms for the most part.
But Walken was the lead in what I consider my favorite romance of all time:
"Who Am I This Time?", which aired on PBS's American PlayHouse years ago.
Walken played a totally introverted, nearly speechless hardware store clerk
who would be transformed into the male lead for the city play once a year...then go back
into his cocoon for the rest of the year.
It was a treat to see the hardware store clerk Walken turn into Stanley Kowalski for
"A Streetcar Named Desire".
Anyway, this show, based on a Kurt Vonnegut story, showed how he finds true love
with a lady (Susan Sarandon, before she went totally nuts) who has just moved into town.
It's a great show...probably could have done well on the big screen...
123 posted on
02/23/2003 3:47:34 PM PST by
VOA
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