Timothée Chalamet admitted to having already chased the bus of AS Saint-Etienne players when he was younger. He notably remembers asking Bafétimbi Gomis and Dimitri Payet for autographs.
Who would have believed it? Timothée Chalamet is a big fan of AS Saint-Etienne and the star revealed it thanks to a juicy anecdote, on the microphone of Views.
Timothée Chalamet even admitted to having already chased the bus of AS Saint-Etienne players to the top of a hill, by bike. “Yes, that’s true. What was the hotel again? Belleau. I pursued the team until then,” he said.
The actor even remembers one of his idols from the time: “Bafétimbi Gomis, Dimitri Payet, it was this generation of players. I’m a big fan of Saint-Etienne, it’s probably the team that I support the most in the world, ahead of the New York Knicks,” explained the current resident of New York, often spotted at Madison Square Garden , home of the Knicks.
This declaration of love does not come from nowhere, Timothée Chalamet benefiting from French nationality thanks to his father. The young star of the “Dune” saga was a regular on vacation in the town of Chambon-sur-Lignon, a few minutes south of Saint-Etienne, two hours from Lyon.
The 29-year-old artist is a huge sports fan and even dreamed of becoming a professional footballer in his younger years. He is notably childhood friends with Alex Muyl, MLS player in Nashville.
