. - oscar requer, and i did my walk-alongs with him because at this point of his career he was just inourthouse. and he regaled me with tales, and "hey, bunk", and "oh!" he'd introduce me, "i want you to meet, "he's gonna play me in an hbo series," (laughter) oh, he was very gregarious out there, so i picked that up. there were other detectives that i walked with, david's writing and all. but i'll never forget one moment, my first day of shooting, bunk, the real bunk, drove up in his caddie with his cigar going, and he got out in the distance, and he got out the car, and he saw me working and went, (mumbles) put his cigar back in mouth, got in his car and drove off and i never called him again. (laughter) i was terrified. i shot the show for five years, going, "oh my god, this man is so embarrassed, "by what i'm doing on television." - was the character based on him in the sense that the mannerisms and the pattern of speech, and the way that he approached his job? or was there a mcnulty character, similarly based on somebody who worked with bunk? how did this all go? - it was an amalga