“I was part of something that doesn’t exist anymore”: Christopher Walken, who turns 79 today, reminisces about his many roles and the early days of showbiz.
Walken’s brogue as “a war crime,” but an accomplished septuagenarian should get points for trying something new.When I ask Walken about his trajectory, he balks—talking about his career as if he’s still the Queens day-player he was when he started in show business.
Walken doesn’t kick himself when a project’s a bust. “Marlon Brando said in some interview that being an actor was a role of the dice. And I think that’s true. You just take a chance, see what happens,” says Walken. “I wish everything was terrific, but that’s not the way it works.” He maintains loyalty to his films, even the flops. Even—the film in which he delivered a nonsensical monologue about a Marie Callender’s pie à la mode.
I note the many iterations of Hollywood and entertainment he has seen—the Studio 54 days, the coked-up ’80s, the big-budget ’90s—and ask what has been his favorite to experience. He isn’t as comfortable with this new day and age, where everything can be viewed online ad nauseam—part of the reason, perhaps, that Walken ascended from beloved actor to pop-culture icon after his viral appearances onand Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice” music video. The actor didn’t think much about committing to those projects either, and was surprised when he became such a famous pop-culture entity that strangers would try out their Walken impressions on Walken himself.
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