Timothée Chalamet Says He Misplaced Out on ‘Maze Runner,’ ‘Divergent’ Roles Because He Didn’t “Private the Correct Body”
Whereas Timothée Chalamet has cemented his identify in Hollywood, his route to get here wasn’t what he within the starting set apart had in ideas.
The Oscar-nominated actor currently shared in an interview for the cover of Rolling Stone U.Ok. that he was once aiming for roles in motion motion photographs early in his profession such as Maze Runner and Divergent, nonetheless, he was once consistently shut down attributable to his body style.
“I would repeatedly get the identical feedback, ‘Oh, you don’t occupy the correct body,’” Chalamet recalled. “I had an agent name me once and reveal, ‘I’m drained of getting the identical feedback. We’re gonna hand over submitting you for these bigger projects, since you’re no longer inserting on weight.’ I was once seeking to position on weight. I couldn’t! I in total couldn’t. My metabolism or whatever the fuck couldn’t develop it.”
That led the Dune: Segment Two big identify to pursue more indie projects, in conjunction with Call Me By Your Name (which earned him a ultimate actor Oscar nom), Girl Bird, Gorgeous Boy and Miniature Women folks, which in a roundabout design was once his claim to standing.
“I was once knocking on one door that wouldn’t originate,” Chalamet stated, referring to motion movies. “So I went to what I believed was once a more humble door, but actually ended up being explosive for me.”
The Wonka actor was once sooner or later in a blueprint to repeat himself within the blockbuster location, having starred in filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s Dune franchise. Fans will subsequent see him sing legendary musician Bob Dylan in A Total Unknown, which hits theaters Dec. 25.
Chalamet added that his earlier acting roles had been “so private and susceptible. There’s an intimacy to that work that I hear in Bob’s early music, in his early folks songs,” he continued, seizing the metaphor, “but sooner or later that you just must deserve to use diversified devices.”
