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VIDEO: Christopher Walken Reveals Why PETER PAN LIVE! Is 'So Scary' on 'Tonight Show'

By: Nov. 28, 2014
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On this week's TONIGHT SHOW, Jimmy talked to Christopher Walken about starring in a sketch with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin as a kid and why he's so nervous about playing Captain Hook in NBC's PETER PAN LIVE! Later, Walken discusses the strange things he used to see as a kid actor spending a lot of time in 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Check out clips from the appearance below!

Allison Williams will portray Peter Pan in the highly anticipated PETER PAN LIVE on NBC.The 'Girls' star takes on the role of the boy who refuses to grow up and who is forced to confront the villainous Captain Hook, played by Oscar winner Christopher Walken when the J.M. Barrie's classic musical comes to NBC on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

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