Christopher Walken Takes on Lady GaGa’s ‘Poker Face’
Christopher Walken is one of the few actors who can play the range, can deliver on almost character he is asked to live in. He can be serious and foreboding with a devilish edge; he can be fatherly, warm and supportive; and he can be hilarious, as his recurring appearances on Saturday Night Live attest to. He is an actor who knows how to use his voice and body to harness the utmost effect. Every intonation and pause, every lilt, has its purpose.
This past weekend, Walken again proved–as he did in the 2001 Fat Boy Slim video for “Weapon of Choice”–that he is eager to impress his own stamp on the pop culture zeitgeist. Walken was a guest on BBC 1’s Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, where he presented the audience with a very special Halloween surprise by performing a dramatic reading of Lady GaGa’s “Poker Face.” The result is classic Walken.
And here are a few more inimitable Walken readings, a few of which have been floating around the Internet for years.
Reading The Three Little Pigs on Saturday Zoo, a BBC sketch comedy show hosted by Jonathan Ross. Is it me or does Walken save his best material for Ross’s shows?
Jay Mohr impersonating Walken reading Goodnight Moon on “The Simpsons.”
via Christopher Walken Reads Lady GaGa’s ‘Poker Face’ — Vulture.
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The Goodnight Moon piece was played by comedian Jay Mohr. Walken has never performed on The Simpsons… much to everyone’s chagrin.
Joe,
Thanks for the close attention. Noted and fixed. Jay Mohr has got that Walken down.
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