Timothée Chalamet. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
Along with studying to sing like Bob Dylan, Timothée Chalamet additionally underwent a bodily transformation for his function in A Full Unknown.
“I’ve turned over each stone. I did all of the work, such as you simply described, physicality, behavior-wise,” Chalamet, 29, stated in an interview with NPR printed on January 20. “However one thing we haven’t actually talked about, I additionally placed on 20 kilos as a result of … imagine it or not, I used to be thinner than the man.”
Along with bulking up for the function, Chalamet discovered to sing and play guitar like Dylan. Within the movie, Chalamet portrays a youthful model of the legendary musician at the beginning of his profession within the Sixties. He defined that the biopic was a “five-year course of.” Whereas Chalamet stated he didn’t get an opportunity to satisfy Dylan, 83, throughout that point, he did get to see him carry out reside.
“I noticed him reside. I’ve seen him reside twice. And that was — I don’t need to say useful sufficient,” Chalamet advised the outlet. “It might have been nice to [meet], nevertheless it was tremendous academic simply to see his power noticed from a distance.”
Timothée Chalamet was suggested to achieve weight whereas auditioning for film roles earlier in his profession. “If I auditioned for The Maze Runner or Divergent, issues of that selection that had been popping after I was developing, the suggestions was all the time, ‘Oh, you don’t have the suitable physique,’” Chalamet, 28, stated on the Monday, November […]
Forward of A Full Unknown’s premiere in December 2024, Dylan gave Chalamet his stamp of approval.
“There’s a film about me opening quickly known as A Full Unknown (what a title!). Timothee Chalamet is starring within the lead function,” Dylan wrote through X on the time. “Timmy’s an excellent actor so I’m positive he’s going to be fully plausible as me. Or a youthful me. Or another me.”
After seeing Dylan’s reward, Chalamet gushed about how a lot it meant to him.
“Screaming crying laughing screaming laughing pooping screaming crying,” the actor wrote through his Instagram Story. “THANK YOU BOB!!!! DREAM COME TRUE!!!!”
Dylan wasn’t the one one impressed with Chalamet’s efficiency.. Following the movie’s December 2024 debut, Chalamet was nominated for a Golden Globe (although he ultimately lost to Adrien Brody for his efficiency in The Brutalist). Chalamet additionally acquired an Oscar nomination for Greatest Actor.
Months earlier than Chalamet revealed he had gained weight for the biopic, he opened up concerning the struggles he confronted in Hollywood concerning his physique sort. Early on in his profession, Chalamet was advised to gain weight after he was advised he didn’t have the “proper physique” to tackle main man roles.
“If I auditioned for The Maze Runner or Divergent, issues of that selection that had been popping after I was developing, the suggestions was all the time, ‘Oh, you don’t have the suitable physique,’” he stated throughout a November 20024 interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “I had an agent that known as me and stated, ‘You bought to placed on weight,’ principally — not aggressively, however .”
As a substitute of adjusting his body for blockbuster tasks, Chalamet opted to go for extra inventive roles like Name Me by Your Title, Girl Chicken, Little Girls and extra.
“These had been smaller funds, however very — I don’t understand how else to place it — personable films that began on this theater area,” he shared. “That is the place I discovered my rhythm, my confidence, my circulation, no matter you need to name it.”
Timothée Chalamet. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
Along with studying to sing like Bob Dylan, Timothée Chalamet additionally underwent a bodily transformation for his function in A Full Unknown.
“I’ve turned over each stone. I did all of the work, such as you simply described, physicality, behavior-wise,” Chalamet, 29, stated in an interview with NPR printed on January 20. “However one thing we haven’t actually talked about, I additionally placed on 20 kilos as a result of … imagine it or not, I used to be thinner than the man.”
Along with bulking up for the function, Chalamet discovered to sing and play guitar like Dylan. Within the movie, Chalamet portrays a youthful model of the legendary musician at the beginning of his profession within the Sixties. He defined that the biopic was a “five-year course of.” Whereas Chalamet stated he didn’t get an opportunity to satisfy Dylan, 83, throughout that point, he did get to see him carry out reside.
“I noticed him reside. I’ve seen him reside twice. And that was — I don’t need to say useful sufficient,” Chalamet advised the outlet. “It might have been nice to [meet], nevertheless it was tremendous academic simply to see his power noticed from a distance.”
Timothée Chalamet was suggested to achieve weight whereas auditioning for film roles earlier in his profession. “If I auditioned for The Maze Runner or Divergent, issues of that selection that had been popping after I was developing, the suggestions was all the time, ‘Oh, you don’t have the suitable physique,’” Chalamet, 28, stated on the Monday, November […]
Forward of A Full Unknown’s premiere in December 2024, Dylan gave Chalamet his stamp of approval.
“There’s a film about me opening quickly known as A Full Unknown (what a title!). Timothee Chalamet is starring within the lead function,” Dylan wrote through X on the time. “Timmy’s an excellent actor so I’m positive he’s going to be fully plausible as me. Or a youthful me. Or another me.”
After seeing Dylan’s reward, Chalamet gushed about how a lot it meant to him.
“Screaming crying laughing screaming laughing pooping screaming crying,” the actor wrote through his Instagram Story. “THANK YOU BOB!!!! DREAM COME TRUE!!!!”
Dylan wasn’t the one one impressed with Chalamet’s efficiency.. Following the movie’s December 2024 debut, Chalamet was nominated for a Golden Globe (although he ultimately lost to Adrien Brody for his efficiency in The Brutalist). Chalamet additionally acquired an Oscar nomination for Greatest Actor.
Months earlier than Chalamet revealed he had gained weight for the biopic, he opened up concerning the struggles he confronted in Hollywood concerning his physique sort. Early on in his profession, Chalamet was advised to gain weight after he was advised he didn’t have the “proper physique” to tackle main man roles.
“If I auditioned for The Maze Runner or Divergent, issues of that selection that had been popping after I was developing, the suggestions was all the time, ‘Oh, you don’t have the suitable physique,’” he stated throughout a November 20024 interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “I had an agent that known as me and stated, ‘You bought to placed on weight,’ principally — not aggressively, however .”
As a substitute of adjusting his body for blockbuster tasks, Chalamet opted to go for extra inventive roles like Name Me by Your Title, Girl Chicken, Little Girls and extra.
“These had been smaller funds, however very — I don’t understand how else to place it — personable films that began on this theater area,” he shared. “That is the place I discovered my rhythm, my confidence, my circulation, no matter you need to name it.”
