A Killer Actor Gets His Star

For one of cinema's most iconic figures, Malcolm McDowell has gotten fewer honors than you'd expect: runner-up for a National Society of Film Critics award for A Clockwork Orange, a shared Critics Choice ensemble nomination for The Artist. But at last, on March 16, he gets his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Why did the thrice married father of five (whose son Charlie is dating Rooney Mara) have to wait until age 68? He's amused by Alfred Hitchcock's reply when asked why the Queen waited until the director was 80 to knight him: "Carelessness, I suppose." The Hollywood Reporter quizzed McDowell on his resurgent career.