While Promoting His Batshit New Movie, Christopher Walken Revealed He’s Never Sent An Email Or Owned A Computer Or Cell Phone
Christopher Walken was born in 1943. He got his start on The Colgate Comedy Hour. His poofed hairstyle was originally inspired by Elvis Presley. And he was on that boat the night Natalie Wood died. This is all to say: the guy is old. So it comes as no surprise he isn’t particularly tech-savvy (zero shade to his fellow members of the Silent Generation who’ve mastered their iPads). But it is shocking that in all of his seventy-seven years on Earth, Christopher has never owned a cell phone, computer, or even sent an email! Ludditesayswhat?
Christopher revealed this info during a Late Show Zoom interview (someone else set it up for him) with Stephen Colbert. Stephen asked Christopher if there was a moral reason he didn’t like technology (via Entertainment Weekly):
“No, no,” the 77-year-old responded. “I just got to it too late. I think I’m right at a certain age where it just passed me by. And I never got involved in it because it would be strange to have any 10-year-old be much better at it than I am.”
The Oscar winner continued, saying cell phones were like watches because “if you need one, somebody else has got it.”He also said he’s never sent an email or texted or been on Twitter. “Sometimes on a movie they’ll give me a cell phone, but it’s more so that they can find me… like a tracking collar. If I want to use it, someone has to dial it for me, that kind of thing,” he said.
Here’s the clip:
Christopher was on The Late Show to promote Wild Mountain Thyme, a rom-com starring Jamie Dornan and Emily Blunt, which is getting panned by both critics and audiences. The moment the movie’s trailer came out, everybody bagged on the terrible Irish accents, especially Christopher’s and Emily’s (who dyed her hair red because Irish). Apparently, the actual film isn’t much better. Christopher opens the film with the wild line, “Welcome to Ireland. My name’s Tony Reilly. I’m dead.”
Here’s the trailer, which does indeed look bonkers. Especially when Jon Hamm randomly shows up halfway through. Also, when is this set?!
Wild Mountain Thyme also features a twist ending that had filmgoers going WTF. You can read about it here (I don’t want to spoil this cinematic so-bad-it’s-hopefully-good treasure for you!). Let’s just say it’s bizzzarre.
Luckily for Christopher, he’s used to starring in stinkers. The legend goes that he’s never turned down a role, which is why he’s appeared in crapola like Balls of Fury, Gigli, Kangaroo Jack, and Peter Pan Live! And if he ever does get tempted to search his name on Rotten Tomatoes, he can’t. Because no computer! Ah, it all makes sense now.
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