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Despite an ornery, anti-social streak, Walken's character in the new film turns out to be a relatively nice guy. Ditto his characters in ``Man on Fire'' and ``Catch Me If You Can.'' Is this the dawning of a kinder, gentler Walken?

``Could be,'' he replies. ``But it also has something to do with age. I'm now at the place where I'm starting to play fathers and uncles -- and, in this case, a grandfather.''

Worse, a grandfather who's dying of kidney failure. Hence, the gray-green cast to his skin.

``I saw the movie and I thought, `Geez, you look terrible.' ''

He pauses, beams, then concedes, ``But it's a big juicy part. It's a leading part. And I don't do that a lot.''

Christopher Walken's New Movie Around the BendOpens Friday

Rated: R (for profanity, adult humor)

Cast: Christopher Walken, Josh Lucas, Michael Caine

Writer-director: Jordan Roberts

Running time: 1 hour, 25 minutes


Walken Gets Star

Also, Christopher Walken was honored in Hollywood, by puting left his hand and footprints at the fabled Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
The 61-year-old Oscar winner says he stamped prints of dancing shoes into the theater's cement, recalling his childhood training as a dancer.

The ceremony coincided with the opening of Walken's latest film, "Around the Bend," about four generations of men in a broken family who reunite.

Walken's role in 1978's "The Deer Hunter" earned him an Academy Award for best supporting actor. He also was nominated for a 2002 Oscar for his performance in Steven Spielberg's "Catch Me If You Can."

Overall, he's starred in more than 50 films, including "Pulp Fiction," "Biloxi Blues," "Pennies from Heaven," "Man on Fire," and "Annie Hall."