There's a reason why Christopher Walken dances so much in his movies. The Academy Award-winning actor doesn't only fit into a multitude of genres when it comes to his 60-odd-year filmography, he makes it a point to fit dancing into nearly every part he's ever played.
Christopher Walken started his career as a feature film actor in Robert Frank's Me and My Brother in 1969. Eight years later, he broke out into the mainstream opposite Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in Annie Hall, then followed up this ing role a year later with his Oscar-winning performance in Michael Cimino's Pulp Fiction. But Walken's career doesn't have roots strictly in acting. His background is in theater. More specifically, his background is in dancing.
In an interview with West Side Story. It wasn't until he started landing roles that didn't require this particular ability that Walken's career trajectory shifted. Still, that's not to say he was willing to abandon dancing altogether.
On of his love of dancing, Walken made it a point to True Romance and Catch Me if You Can. Still, he worked with what he had. Though there are a few exceptions, Walken explained that he "would throw in a little step" anytime he was on screen. It became a kind of rug-cutting calling card, no matter how subtle his moves might be.
Nowadays, Walken is a little less inclined to do this, ever since "people started to bring it up." Once that happened, he thought that he might be "overdoing" it, so he stopped. That said, performances on screen live forever, and whether fans are on the lookout for something on the subtler side (see: more dancing.
Source: EW, smashtvrecords
