Timothée Chalamet is revealing how his new movie Wonka relates to 1971′s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
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in a sketch Saturday while portraying openly gay Australian pop star Troye Sivan, 28.Cast member Sarah Sherman plays a woman who complains to a sleep clinic physician (Bowen Yang) about her recurring nightmare of a mysterious figure in her room. The doctor induces her hallucinations so he can see what she’s experiencing.“OK, this feels weird, but, oh I see him, he’s right here next to me,” the woman shares.Chalamet appears beside her bed in a white tank top, baggy blue pants, and wavy blond hair.The “Dune” actor — who is dating Kylie Jenner — introduces himself as Sivan and begins to perform a version of the choreography from his hit “Got Me Started.”Chalamet spices up the routine by giving viewers a look at his wiggling backside in “tiny little red undies.”The flustered woman proceeds to interrogate the singer.“What are you? Are you a demon?!” she asks.“Not quite, girly,” responds Chalamet as Sivan.
“I’m an Australian YouTube twink turned indie pop star and model turned HBO actor Troye Sivan being played by an American actor who can’t do an Australian accent.”Sivan recently starred on the HBO series “The Idol,” but he is better known for his presence on TikTok, his queer music videos, and his quirky dance moves.Once the woman identifies the mysterious figure in her vision, her doctor expresses concern.“I was afraid of this,” he confessed. “We’re seeing this more and more now that this boy is sneaking his way into the mainstream.
Timothée Chalamet is revealing how his new movie Wonka relates to 1971′s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
Timothee Chalamet showed off his one-of-a-kind sense of style while attending the premiere for his new movie Wonka at Cinema UCG Normandie on Friday (December 1) in Paris, France.
Timothée Chalamet has said that he didn’t reach out to Johnny Depp for advice before playing Wonka.Depp starred as the eccentric chocolatier in 2005’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, which was directed by Tim Burton and served as the second film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s novel, following 1971’s musical Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, starring the late Gene Wilder.On Tuesday (November 28), at London premiere of Wonka, Chalamet was asked by E! News if he spoke to Depp about the role. And while he said he didn’t, the 27-year-old actor did offer some praise to Burton’s take on the story.“[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory] came out when I was about 10 or 11 years old.
Troye Sivan has announced details of a huge UK and European tour for 2024. Check out all the details below.The tour is in support of Sivan’s acclaimed album ‘Something To Give Each Other’, which was released back in October.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Timothée Chalamet’s highly-anticipated “Charlie and the Charlie Factory” prequel musical “Wonka” has finally been unveiled to critics and entertainment journalists, and the first reactions are calling it a “winning confection” and “an instant holiday classic.” “Wonka,” directed by “Paddington” and “Paddington 2” filmmaker Paul King, casts Chalamet as a younger iteration of the famous chocolatier. The film is set years before Wonka opens his world-renowned chocolate factory and follows the young man as he fights to open his first shop. The supporting cast includes Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Matt Lucas, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Olivia Colman and Hugh Grant.
Warner Bros & Heyday Films’ Wonka rolled out the red carpet in London this evening for the world premiere of the feature musical.
Ellise Shafer “Wonka” director Paul King has been open about what drew him to cast Timothée Chalamet as a young version of the whimsical chocolatier: his YouTube videos from when he was in high school. Any Chalamet fan knows that several videos exist online of the actor singing and dancing pre-fame, including a rap song devoted to the art of statistics and a passionate talent show performance of Nicki Minaj’s “Roman’s Revenge.” In an interview with Rolling Stone in July, King admitted that watching the videos was all he needed to cast Chalamet.
Timothée Chalamet has a perfect puzzle for you. The 27-year-old star of the upcoming “Wonka” film serenaded his Golden Globe-winning co-star Hugh Grant with the “Oompa Loompa” song Tuesday at the Tokyo premiere of the movie.
Troye Sivan has shared his reaction to actor Timothée Chalamet parodying him on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live (SNL) – see what the pop star had to say below.This past weekend (November 11), Chalamet – who hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guests boygenius – participated in a skit acting as a sleep demon in the form of Sivan.“I’m an Australian YouTube twink turned indie pop star, and model turned HBO actor Troye Sivan played by an American actor who can’t do an Australian accent,” he joked. Chalamet then performed the choreography from Sivan’s song ‘Got Me Started’, which ends with him pulling his pants down and revealing his bright red underwear.After appearing to the woman in hospital several times, Chalamet is joined by all three members of boygenius – the trio of Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker.
Timothée Chalamet hosted Saturday Night Live last night and in one skit, impersonated legendary director Martin Scorsese.The actor, who also recently appeared in a Scorsese-directed perfume ad, also shouted out Scorsese’s recent film, Killers of the Flower Moon. In his opening monologue, he joked: “when you get that call that Martin Scorsese wants to direct you, the first think you think is, ‘Man, I really hope it’s a perfume commercial!”In another skit, it sees a host of the SNL cast portray famous people who could have read Britney Spear’s new memoir, The Woman in Me.
Timothée Chalamet took us to a world of Pure Imagination in the latest episode of Saturday Night Live.
Timothée Chalamet has finally been able to promote his upcoming film Wonka in his new Saturday Night Live monologue.Chalamet’s appearance on SNL marks his first official promotion of his upcoming role in Wonka. The film had its promotion prevented due to the SAG strike, which has now ended on November 9.Set to the tune of ‘Pure Imagination’, Chalamet sang: “Come with me, and you’ll be in a world of shameless self-promotion — it’s OK, I can say…” before bursting out: “My new film Wonka is coming out in theatres December 15″.
Timothée Chalamet and boygenius have appeared on Saturday Night Live parodying Troye Sivan.Last night (November 11), Chalamet performed a sketch acting as a sleep demon in the form of Sivan.“I’m an Australian YouTube twink turned indie pop star, and model turned HBO actor Troye Sivan played by an American actor who can’t do an Australian accent,” he joked. Chalamet also called Sivan a “moisturised Machine Gun Kelly”Chalamet then performed the choreography from Sivan’s song ‘Got Me Started’, which ends with Chalamet pulling his pants down and revealing his bright red underwear.After appearing to the woman in hospital several times, Chalamet is joined by all three members of boygenius (Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker), who served as musical guests on SNL.
Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer Timothée Chalamet embraced his inner-twink while hosting the Nov. 11 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” in a sketch in which the Oscar-nominated actor played openly gay Australian pop star Troye Sivan.
Timothee Chalamet spoofed another baby faced celebrity while taking over Saturday Night Live – Troye Sivan.
A woman plagued with strange visions of a dancing Troye Sivan gave host Timothée Chalamet a chance to show off his smooth moves and “tiny red undies” on Saturday Night Live tonight.
Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer “Saturday Night Live” host Timothée Chalamet took full advantage of his ability to promote his latest movie, the upcoming movie musical, “Wonka,” following the conclusion of the 118-day SAG-AFTRA strike, which had prohibited actors from promoting any work for the studios.
Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer The news that multiple Oscar nominee Michelle Williams was the reader for the audiobook of Britney Spears‘ memoir “The Woman in Me” was too delightful for “Saturday Night Live” to pass up.
Did Kris Jenner just low-key give daughter Kylie Jenner’s boyfriend Timothée Chalamet her stamp of approval?!
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Warner Bros. will be juggling a lot in the Oscar race for best original song. As confirmed by an FYC advertisement sent to Critics Choice Association members, along with the multiple tracks from “Barbie” by Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, the studio will also handle several numbers from their two upcoming holiday movie musicals: “The Color Purple” and “Wonka.” The upcoming adaptation of the musical “The Color Purple” will screen in front of its first official audience of industry voters and journalists next week.