Timothée Chalamet has revealed he misplaced out on roles in motion franchises like “Maze Runner” and “Divergent” after being instructed “You don’t have the correct physique.”
The movie star, who now performs the lead position in blockbuster sci-fi sequence “Dune,” mentioned he even tried to placed on weight to be able to change his bodily look however it didn’t work.
“I’d all the time get the identical suggestions, ‘Oh, you don’t have the correct physique,’” Chalamet instructed Rolling Stone U.Ok. “I had an agent name me as soon as and say, ‘I’m bored with getting the identical suggestions. We’re gonna cease submitting you for these larger initiatives, since you’re not placing on weight.’ I used to be attempting to placed on weight. I couldn’t! I principally couldn’t. My metabolism or regardless of the fuck couldn’t do it.”
It was these repeated rejections, he admitted, that led him to picking smaller indie initiatives similar to “Name Me By Your Title” that finally introduced him to world consideration. “I used to be knocking on one door that wouldn’t open,” he instructed the journal, referring to motion movies. “So I went to what I assumed was a extra humble door, however really ended up being explosive for me.”
Chalamet is on the quilt of Rolling Stone U.Ok. this month to advertise his upcoming mission, “A Full Unknown,” by which he performs legendary musician Bob Dylan. Though he admitted to the journal that earlier than the movie he’d been rather more into hip-hop., even harbouring what he describes as “dead-on-arrival aspirations of rapping,” moving into Dylan’s footwear for the previous few years as he ready for the position has turned him into a faithful fan.
As a part of his preparation, the journal reported, he labored with a vocal coach, guitar instructor, dialect coach, motion coach and harmonica tutor. Such was his devotion to the position, his co-stars together with Ed Norton and Monica Barbaro revealed he stored largely to himself on set to be able to totally immerse himself on the planet of Dylan.
“It was one thing I’d fall asleep panicked about, dropping a second of discovery because the character — regardless of how pretentious that sounds — as a result of I used to be on my telephone or due to any distraction,” mentioned Chalamet. “I had three months of my life to play Bob Dylan, after 5 years of making ready to play him. So whereas I used to be in it, that was my everlasting focus. He deserved that after which extra. God forbid I missed a step as a result of I used to be being Timmy. I might be Timmy for the remainder of my life!”
