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Marc Myers
Apr 02, 2022
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The Wall Street Journal this week, I interviewed Christopher Walken for my "House Call" column in the Mansion section (go here). Chris talked about his early years in Astoria, Queens, and how his star-struck mom nudged her three boys into show business in the late 1940s and early '50s.

Here's Chris in a scene that earmarked him for strange-character r…

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