That same year , Walken also starred in Brainstorm alongside Natalie Wood and ( in a minor role ) his wife , Georgianne .
Walken then played schoolteacher - turned - psychic Johnny Smith in David Cronenberg 's 1983 adaptation of Stephen King 's The Dead Zone .
That same year , Walken also starred in Brainstorm alongside Natalie Wood and ( in a minor role ) Walken 's wife , Georgianne .
Walken then played schoolteacher - turned - psychic Johnny Smith in David Cronenberg 's 1983 adaptation of Stephen King 's The Dead Zone .