Timothée Chalamet’s Willy Wonka Casting Secret Is Further Candy

Name Timothée Chalamet by this identify: a triple risk.

Director Paul King lately revealed that the Dune actor did not should audition to land the starring position of Willy Wonka in upcoming musical movie Wonka, which traces the backstory of the chocolate mogul. In truth, King revealed Chalamet’s golden ticket stemmed from his singing and dancing skills.

“It was a straight provide as a result of he is nice and he was the one individual in my thoughts who may do it,” King advised Rolling Stone in an interview printed July 11. “However as a result of he is Timothée Chalamet and his life is so absurd, his highschool musical performances are on YouTube and have lots of of 1000’s of views.”

The performances in query? Movies of the then-teenage King star belting out songs from Sweet Charity throughout a efficiency at his Fiorello H. LaGuardia Excessive Faculty. 

“So I knew from stanning for Timmy Chalamet that he may sing and dance very well,” King added. “And I knew that was in his arsenal, however I did not know the way good he was. Once I spoke to him he was fairly eager.”