While Timothee Chalamet has made a name for himself in Hollywood, his path to get here wasn’t exactly what he had in mind.
The Oscar-nominated actor recently shared in an interview for the cover. Rolling Stone UK That he was planning to act in action films early in his career eg Maze Runner And ContradictoryHowever, he was constantly shut out because of his body type.
“I would always get the same feedback, ‘Oh, you don’t have the right body,'” Chalamet recalled. “I had an agent call me once and say, ‘I’m tired of getting the same opinion. We’re going to stop submitting you for these big projects, because you’re not putting on weight.’ I was trying to put on weight. I couldn’t! My metabolism couldn’t do it or whatever.
He led it TELA: PART TWO Star to pursue more indie projects, incl Call me by your name (which won him the Oscar for Best Actor) Lady Bird, handsome boy And Little womenwhich was ultimately his claim to fame.
“I was knocking on a door that wouldn’t open,” Chalamet said, referring to action films. “So I went to what I thought was a more humble entrance, but actually turned out to be explosive for me.”
gave Wonka The actor was eventually able to establish himself in the blockbuster space, starring in a film by filmmaker Denis Villeneuve. The Mound Franchise fans will next see him portray legendary musician Bob Dylan. A complete unknownWhich will hit theaters on December 25.
Chalamet added that his first acting roles were “very personal and vulnerable. There’s an intimacy with this work that I hear in Bob’s early music, in his early folk songs,” seizing on the metaphor. said, “But eventually you want to use different tools.”
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