Timothée Chalamet Says He Was Body-Shamed While Auditioning For Major Roles
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The Oscar nominee says he was turned away from roles like “Maze Runner” and “Divergent” early on in his career for one reason.
Timothée Chalamet is opening up about facing criticism over his appearance early on in his Hollywood career.
While speaking with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, the “Dune” star, 28, revealed that he was once told he was too thin to star in certain major roles.
“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,’” Chalamet recalled. “I had an agent that called me and said, ‘You got to put on weight,’ basically — not aggressively, but, you know.”
Chalamet, who stars as Bob Dylan in the upcoming biopic “A Complete Unknown,” compared his experience of finding his way in Hollywood to the singer’s early days as an obscure folk musician.
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