Timothee Chalamet is back in the Big Apple after his trip to Paris Fashion Week!
11.09.2023 - 19:49 / variety.com
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Timothée Chalamet’s “Wonka” director Paul King recently told Total Film magazine that his singing voice in the upcoming Warner Bros. family adventure is “beautiful” and reminiscent of Bing Crosby, whose rendition of “White Christmas” remains the world’s best-selling single of all time with over 100 million sales. Chalamet is playing a younger version of the eponymous chocolatier in the film, which follows Willy Wonka as he attempts to open up his first chocolate shop.
“[Chalamet]’s got a beautiful singing voice,” King said. “The person it reminded me of was Bing Crosby. There’s quite a range, because it does go from a couple of bigger, showstopper-y sort of things, to moments of real, pure emotion and he can do it all… I’m going to sound like a crazed fan.” Although Chalamet has several musical numbers in the film, King prefers not to describe “Wonka” as a “musical.” “The Oompa Loompas sing a lot in the book, and Roald Dahl always uses poetry,” King said.
“But I didn’t want it to just become a musical where people are singing dialogue to each other for no discernible reason. I felt like it was more like a movie with songs than a musical.” It was Chalamet’s high school musical chops that landed him the role of Wonka without a single audition. King told Rolling Stone in July that he was a Chalamet “stan” and thus knew the actor had the singing and dancing chops required to play the lead character.
“It was a straight offer because he’s great and he was the only person in my mind who could do it,” King said. “But because he’s Timothée Chalamet and his life is so absurd, his high school musical performances are on YouTube and have hundreds of thousands of views. So I knew from stanning for
.Timothee Chalamet is back in the Big Apple after his trip to Paris Fashion Week!
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Kid Cudi has denied rumours that he has had a falling out with his friend Timothée Chalamet, saying that he’ll “always love him”.The rapper, singer, songwriter and actor – real name Scott Mescudi – recently responded to a fan who reposted a picture of Cudi and Wonka star Chalamet from 2021. Captioning the image of the pair happily posing together, the X user said that they were “devastated”.“What happened???” Cudi asked.
Wonka director Paul King has praised Timothée Chalamet’s “beautiful” singing voice, saying the actor’s vocal work while filming the prequel fiml reminded him of 1930s icon Bing Crosby.King spoke of Chalamet’s performance as the titular chocolatier in a recent interview with Total Film. The director, who previously helmed both instalments of the Paddington film franchise, said Chalamet showcased “quite a range” while singing multiple music numbers throughout Wonka.“[Chalamet]’s got a beautiful singing voice,” King said.
Paul King, director of Wonka, is teasing the film and Timothée Chalamet’s singing voice. The filmmaker compared Chalamet to Bing Crosby.
Timothée Chalamet‘s got quite the voice, apparently!
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