walker. that same year, some news he wasn't expecting. >> when paul found out that his girlfriend at the time was pregnant i think it rocked him. he went to a christianhe didn't like the idea of having a child out of wedlock and it scared him and he also knew that he was a wild guy. he said, i was sleeping with her friends at the time, and it did not seem like a good idea to be -- to be married. >> with walker focused on his playboy lifestyle, his daughter meadow lived full-time with her mother in hawaii, but having a daughter, walker said, was a life changer. he buckled down and got serious. >> i had a dream that we were beating bangle 14-3. >> i think everyone started really paying attention to him when he was in "varsity blues." >> he was a supporting character you really remembered. in "varsity blues," he played a football quarterback who's sidelined by a knee injury and it was a role that actually had a lot of heart and a kind of goofy movie. >> but walker craved a meatier role and auditioned for "the skulls." >> paul came in and, you know, at first he was like a surfer dude. >> rob cohen was directing. >> the first reading it was more like he w