In a world where everything happens online, Christopher Walken revealed that he has somehow managed to avoid modern technology.
The actor, 77, appeared virtually for an interview on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” where he noted that doing things via video chat is a rarity for him because he stays away from all technology.
“Yes, someone had to come and arrange this because I don’t have a cell phone or computer,” he said.
That prompted Colbert to ask if he was “morally, philosophically, or emotionally against” such things. However, Walken explained that the real reason is not as complicated as all that.
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“No, no, I just arrived too late,” he explained. “I think I’m right at a certain age when it just passed me. I never got involved because it would be strange if a 10 year old was much better at it than I was.
Christopher Walken revealed that he never owned a computer or cell phone.
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He added, “The other thing is cell phones and stuff is … It’s kind of like a watch. If you need one, someone else has it. People are nice when they let me borrow stuff. “
Despite his best efforts, the Oscar winner said he was forced to have a cell phone while filming movies in the past.
“Sometimes they give me a cell phone in a movie, but that’s more so they can find me,” he said.
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Colbert compared it to a tracking collar, which the actor agreed to.
And if I want to use it, someone has to call it for me. It’s like that, ”he concluded.
Elsewhere in the interview, Walken revealed that his Connecticut home, where he reports virtually, has a room for memorabilia he has collected over the years. The crown jewel of his collection, he said, is a pair of boxer shorts that used to belong to the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali.
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“Muhammad Ali, you know, in the early 70’s his title was taken and people don’t know, but … he did other things, he appeared on a Broadway show and he had some kind of act where he toured, Walken said. “I worked in a theater in Canada and he came across town with his show and he left his boxing carts to be auctioned off for a theater charity and I went to get them.”
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Walken was on hand to promote his new movie “Wild Mountain Thyme”, in which he plays stars like Jamie Dornan, Emily Blunt and Clare Barrett. The film tells the story of two star-crossed lovers in Ireland whose love is caught between their family’s land conflict.