Painterly small wooden figures grouped beside a gold ring on a worn wooden surface.

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Christopher Walken

Well, I don’t play heroes obviously. I never played the guy who gets the girl. It might be interesting to do a part where I was a father in a functional family.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker describes a career outside heroic and romantic leading roles. Playing a father in a functional family would offer a different kind of part. The modest wish carries a wry contrast: an ordinary, stable household sounds novel against the roles the speaker usually plays.

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