Timothée Chalamet says he was a victim of “body shaming” at the start of his career

PEOPLE – Timothée Chalamet did well not to follow this (bad) advice. The Franco-American actor, soon to star in the biopic on Bob Dylan, said he was the victim of « body shaming » early in his career, when an agent made him a recommendation. He spoke on the subject in the latest episode of Zane Lowe's podcast, posted online on Apple Music this Tuesday, November 12.

« If I auditioned for The Labyrinth or Divergentor any other film of that genre that was all the rage at the time, I was always told: “Oh you don’t have the right body.” », remembers the star of Dune. Before adding: “ One day an agent called me and said, “You need to gain weight.” Not in an aggressive way, but there you go. »

Timothée Chalamet is not the first actor to speak about his experience as a thin man. The star of Guardians of the Galaxy Chris Pratt, for example, got angry with comments from Internet users on Instagram accusing her of being “ too skinny ”, or even “ skeletal », in 2017, while blockbusters tend to favor men with muscular physiques.

Timothée Chalamet found his “ flow »

Timothée Chalamet remembered this remark to talk about a point in common with Bob Dylan, whom he plays in A Complete Unknown. As the interpreter of Hurricanehe says he learned to build his career by taking into account what really spoke to him. For Bob Dylan, “ it was folk musicsays the 28-year-old actor. For me it was about finding a film with a personal style, like Call Me By Your Name, Beautiful Boy, Doctor March's Daughters, Miss Stevens or Hot Summer Nights. […] This is where I found my rhythm, my confidence, my flow, whatever you want to call it. »

In A Complete Unknow by James Mangold, Timothée Chalamet plays the famous American singer in the early 1960s. He was only 19 years old when he arrived in New York, determined to set foot on the effervescent music scene of the time. The film, in which Elle Fanning also appears as Joan Baez, is released in theaters on January 29 in France.

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