ONTD Original: The Video Game Roles of Christopher Walken

[squirrels_oh_no]

Christopher Walken is known for a lot of stuff, but have you had a chance to check out some of his wackiest performances from some very old video games that most people don't remember and are relegated only to clips on YouTube? For such an illustrious actor, he seems to have been a fan for a few years of being in video games, mostly FMV (Full

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[likewowman]

I loooooooove Ripper, which also stars eternal heartthrob Scott Cohen (aka Wolf from The 10th Kingdom)

[squirrels_oh_no]

LMAO tbh that is why I know about Ripper and led to this post after I went down the rabbit hole.

[likewowman]

LMAO bless, we really are a Type huh

[squirrels_oh_no]

I have found in the past few years all the girls who loved The 10th Kingdom as tweens/teens are popping out of nowhere and it's enjoying a resurgence thanks to these girls who have become Youtubers and TikTokkers. One of the big booktubers did an entire episode about it a few years back, and booktubers especially love to mention it when reading books they think are trying to copy The 10th Kingdom years later.

For example...

[sibylblack]

Ok, I adore Christopher Walken but I had no idea he did work on video games?! He's the best though, I love him in The Deer Hunter (him >>> De Niro) and The Dead Zone.

[squirrels_oh_no]

He hasn't in 20+ years but the video games but the ones he gave us (and tbh most of the era of FMV DOS games) are glorious in their own weird ways. There are games with video nowadays but you rarely see ones where those scenes themselves are interactive. I can only imagine they'd be a pain in the ass to make, but they were popular in the mid to late 90s for sure.

[anna_drenxavier]

I remember reading somewhere that for a long time, Christopher Walken never turned down a role. Which might be why we have the madness that is the 1980s live action version of Puss in Boots...