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Timothée Chalamet wants to break a rule given to him by Leonardo DiCaprio for success in the movie industry
There’s something Timothée Chalamet would be willing to do, even when it means going against career advice from other professionals in the movie industry.
A couple of years ago, when they met in the film ‘Don’t Look Up’, Leonardo DiCaprio gave two tips to succeed in the movie industry to Timothée Chalamet. First, no hard drugs. If you want to have a long and fruitful career you can drink alcohol, tobacco, and even marijuana, but nothing else. The second was more than a piece of advice, it was a rule, and a very curious one: no superhero movies. Despite the enormous sums of “easy” money they entail, the actor believes that they devalue your image and end up being an ordeal on an acting level.
It’s nothing we haven’t already heard from other Hollywood stars. Christian Bale (Batman from the Nolan trilogy and Gorr the Butcher in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’) said that working on Marvel movies was “the definition of monotony”, while Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda/Scarlet Witch in the MCU) stated that they are very silly and that “It’s very embarrassing shooting those kinds of things”. But you just have to tell someone not to do something for them to go and do it.
In an interview with The New York Times, Timothée Chalamet revealed why he is willing to break DiCaprio’s rule about superhero movies, as it turns out that it was precisely one of those that made him want to dedicate himself to acting. The young man confessed that he dedicates himself to the seventh art for ‘The Dark Knight’, the second installment of Batman directed by Nolan in 2008, back when he was 12 years old.
When then questioned on the subject, Chalamet admits that “If the script was great, if the director was great, I’d have to consider it.” How long will it take for Marvel and DC to call him?
Timothée Chalamet’s amazing career so far
The truth is that since he was nominated for an Oscar for ‘Call Me by Your Name’, Timothée Chalamet’s career has skyrocketed and he has accumulated more and more great productions behind him. Seeing his filmography, what do you think? Would you risk your career by moving into action and superhero movies or would it be the logical step?
- ‘Call Me by Your Name’ (2017)
- ‘Hot Summer Nights’ (2017)
- ‘Lady Bird’ (2017)
- ‘Hostiles’ (2017)
- ‘Beautiful Boy’ (2018)
- ‘A Rainy Day in New York’ (2019)
- ‘Little Women’ (2019)
- ‘The King’ (2019)
- ‘The French Dispatch’ (2021)
- ‘Dune: Part One’ (2021)
- ‘Don’t Look Up’ (2021)
- ‘Bones and All’ (2022)
- ‘Wonka’ (2023)
- ‘Dune: Part Two’ (2024)
