‘Wonka’ Director “Reviewed Leading Man Timothée Chalamet’s School Singing Performances”
deadline.comTimothée Chalamet didn’t realise at the time, but his high school singing performances ended up forming his audition for the lead role of Wonka.
Chalamet, who plays Roald Dahl’s legendary chocolatier in Warner Bros’ $125million prequel to the usual story, told The Times newspaper: “I sang a little bit in high school, but that doesn’t really prepare you.” Chalamet grew up in New York and was educated at a high school for performing arts.
This being the 21st century, plenty of his musical performances from that period have found their way to the internet, where they were watched by the film’s director Paul King.
King, who previously made the hit Paddington films, told The Times: “Because we live in this ridiculous century, some of Timmy’s high school performances are on the internet and have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
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