The Deer Hunter: Trivia and Fun Facts

When I think of "The Deer Hunter", the first word that springs to mind is not "fun", but there you go.

For his role as Nicky, Christopher Walken expressed his character's mental illness by recalling his own personal feelings of being sent to camp as a young boy. He achieved the withdrawn, hollow look of his character by eating nothing but rice and bananas.

Well, maybe that is kind of fun.