Timothee Chalamet reveals the feature he was told would prevent him from succeeding in Hollywood Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By BRIAN MARKS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 21:43, 11 November 2024 | Updated: 22:04, 11 November 2024 e-mail 2 View comments He's one of the biggest stars in Hollywood at the moment after starring in two hit Dune films and the blockbuster prequel Wonka.
But Timothée Chalamet faced plenty of doubters early in his career. In a new interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music , the 28-year-old Academy Award nominee revealed that his physique was one of the factors that Hollywood insiders were most certain would keep him from making it in the industry. 'If I auditioned for The Maze Runner or Divergent, things of that variety that were popping when I was coming up, the feedback was always, "Oh, you don’t have the right body," he recalled.
The solution from several people supposedly in the know was to bulk up. Timothée Chalamet, 28, revealed to Apple Music's Zane Lowe that Hollywood insiders said he wouldn't make it in the industry unless he gained weight early in his career; seen in 2019 at the Golden Globes in Beverly Hills 'If I auditioned for The Maze Runner or Divergent, things of that variety that were popping when I was coming up, the feedback was always, "Oh, you don’t have the right body," he recalled; pictured film Marty Supreme on October 9 in NYC Read More Timothee Chalamet sparks pandemonium as he shows up at his OWN looka.