While Timothée Chalamet has cemented his reputation in Hollywood, the path he took to get here wasn’t the one he originally envisioned.
The Oscar-nominated actor recently shared in a cover interview The Rolling Stones His goal early in his career was to play roles in action films, e.g. Maze Runner and divergentHowever, he was constantly blocked because of his size.
“I always got the same feedback, ‘Oh, you’re not in shape,'” Chalamet recalled. “At one point, an agent called me and said, ‘I’m tired of getting the same feedback. We’re going to stop putting you on these bigger projects because you’re not gaining weight. I tried to gain weight. I couldn’t. ! I basically can’t. My metabolism can’t do it or anything.
This resulted in Dune: Part 2 The star is pursuing more independent projects, including please call me by your name (which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor), lady bird, beautiful boy and little womenwhich is ultimately what made him famous.
“I’m knocking on a door that won’t open,” Chalamet said of the action movie. “So I walked through a door that I thought was more inconspicuous, but actually ended up being explosive for me.”
this Wonka The actor was finally able to prove himself in blockbusters and starred in the film of filmmaker Denis Villeneuve dune Franchise. Fans will next see him play legendary musician Bob Dylan in the film Completely unknownwhich will be released on December 25.
Chalamet added that his early acting roles “were very personal and vulnerable. I heard the intimacy of this work in Bob’s early music and early folk songs,” he continued, seizing on the metaphor, ” But eventually you want to use different instruments.
