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Christopher Walken's butt double

By Stone Martindale Oct 17, 2007, 21:12 GMT

Christopher Walken is auditioning for a butt double. Many a male actor has thought it a good idea to show their butt, when in hindsight, it was not. US actor Christopher Walken arrives for the opening night of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, 25 April 2007. EPA/JUSTIN LANE

US actor Christopher Walken arrives for the opening night of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, 25 April 2007. EPA/JUSTIN LANEWalken is such a popular actor, he could probably aford to show his real butt and get away with it.From the National Enquirer:Christopher Walken is cracking up - he’s holding auditions for a butt double for his new movie! Producers of Walken’s new movie “Five Dollars a Day” bent over backward to please their star when he refused to go along with a script that called for him to bare his 64-year-old behind. “Are they crazy? I’m an old many now! I’m not going to show my a** on screen anymore for anybody!” Walken reportedly fumed. So execs came up with a solution: a butt double. But Walken has a clause in his contract that guarantees him final casting approval - so he was in the bizarre position of scrutinizing the buttocks that would pass as his own in the movie, said an insider.The scene outside the casting office turned surreal, said one of the men who applied for the job. 'About 10 to 12 men lined up to get Polaroids taken,' said the insider. 'We all knew we were being tested for Walken’s stand-in, but that was all we knew.' They got quite a surprise when they were asked to drop trou so a picture could be taken of their buttocks. 'This is an audition for Christopher Walken’s butt double,' the staffer announced. The bottom line: There’s got to be a better way to break into showbiz."