Timothée Chalamethas a career trajectory that’s very hard to rival. The actor has been a part of several Academy-award nominated movies likeLuca Guadagnino’s coming-of-age filmCall Me by Your Name,Denis Villeneuve’s science fiction epicDune, andAdam McKay’sDon’t Look Upto name a few. So, no doubt the past year has kept him very busy shooting and promoting features likeDune: Part 2, the upcoming cannibal romanceBones and All,andPaul King’s highly anticipatedWonka. In a new interview withVariety, the actor spoke about navigating so many different characters.
InDune 2, he plays Paul Atreides, the ducal heir of House Atreides now stuck on the desert planet Arrakis with his mother. The actor is currently promoting his second feature with Guadagnino,Bones and All, where he plays one half of the cannibalistic lovers, Maren and Lee, who embark upon a road trip across America. And soon he’ll be seen inWonka, which will present the origin story of its titular sugary chocolatier.
Chalamet reveals that he started to prep for the movie right after finishing work onWes Anderson’s comedyFrench Dispatch.Speaking on getting to play so many characters in wildly different circumstances, Chalamet said:
“I was immediately doing the vocal and dance training at Leavesden which was wonderful, because I went from playing a disenfranchised cannibal on the outskirts of American society in the ’80s to a gifted young chocolatier and now a space prophet.”
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Created byRoald Dahlfor his book titledCharlie and the Chocolate Factoryover the years Willy Wonka has become a household name. The much-loved eccentric character was first played on-screen byGene Wilderin the classic 1971 filmWilly Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Then actorJohnny Deppreimagined him forTim Burton’s 2005 flickCharlie and the Chocolate Factory. So each generation has a very iconic depiction of the candy man.
Now it’s Chalamet’s turn to give his own spin on the role, and he’ll be doing it by performing seven musical numbers in the upcoming feature, something we haven’t seen him do yet. He revealed, “that was something I was very excited to jump into right away.” Further, disclosing that King had “built a literal dance studio in one of the lots at Leavesden in London at Warner Bros.” The actorpreviously revealedthat performing musical numbers forWonkahas provided him an “escape” as an artist, and after playing a gritty cannibal inBones and All, we can imagine why!
Chalamet will be next seen inBones and Allpremiering November 18 whileWonkais set for a release date of August 03, 2025.
