The star of “The Friend” has the loping stride of Robert Mitchum and the droopy, melancholy eyes of Peter Lorre. He has those classic Hollywood features — instantly accessible, forever unknowable — and when he walks down the street with his co-stars, Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, people’s heads turn.
“People would go, ‘Hey, get a load of the blonde,‘” Murray says before acting out a double take. “Get a load of THE DOG!’”
