Al Pacino Would Like To See Timothée Chalamet Portray His ‘Heat’ Character In A Prequel Film

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Al Pacino seems to be a big fan of Timothée Chalamet, joining the popular actor’s army of fans. During Tribeca Film Festival, the 82-year-old actor mentioned the talented heartthrob’s name, causing a ruckus among audience members who attended the star-studded premiere of the new 4K restoration of Michael Mann’s “Heat”.

At the event, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, stars of the iconic ’90s film, discussed Heat 2, the upcoming prequel/ sequel novel to the 1995 crime-drama, which tells “the backstory of indefatigable detective Vincent Hanna (Pacino) and smooth criminal Neil McCauley (De Niro), also revealing what the characters who survive the film get up to in the years that follow the events of ‘Heat'”. READ MORE: Robert De Niro Says He’s ‘Not Not A Fan’ Of Taylor Swift, Praises Jennifer Lopez With the new novel arriving this summer, panel moderator, Bilge Ebiri, asked the movie stars two very important questions that have been on everyone’s mind- Could Heat 2 be adapted into its own film one day?

And if so, which actors should play the younger versions of Hanna and McCauley? De Niro did not have an answer but Pacino certainly did. “Timothée Chalamet!” Pacino shouted to the cheerful audience.

Elsewhere during the pre-show panel, a prerecorded video message from Mann, who co-wrote Heat 2, played onscreen. He discussed what went into restoring the film. READ MORE: Al Pacino Is Spotted With Girlfriend Noor Alfallah Who Is 53 Years Younger Than Him “We spent two weeks going through every shot,” the director explained. “It wasn’t just colour timing.