Timothée Chalamet doesn’t hide his talent as a singer in “Wonka”

FILM – It’s not enough to know about chocolate to play Willy Wonka. Paul Atreides in Dune, soon Bob Dylan in a biopic and now Willy Wonka, Timothée Chalamet love varied and colorful characters. Mastering combat, dancing or singing, one might have the impression that the young Franco-American can do everything. But we can count on him to restore the truth about the real talents he possesses.

On Tuesday, November 28, Timothée Chalamet was in London with Hugh Grant and Olivia Coleman for the world premiere of the film Wonka. As a reminder, the American actor plays young Willy Wonka on the verge of becoming the master chocolatier, played by Johnny Depp in Charlie and the chocolate factory.

Questioned by a media journalist Extrathe 27-year-old actor made a joke about his vocal performance in the film. “Yes I try to sing, but it’s a lot of auto-tune” he responded to the microphone ofExtra.

Timothée Chalamet and dance in Wonka

A few days earlier, on the set of Saturday Night Livethe actor sang the song, celebrating the end of the strike in Hollywood, then on the rap title Baby Face. Rapping talents already known since « Statistic ». Director Paul King revealed that videos of the young actor rapping in high school convinced him to give him the role of the chocolatier.

Timothée Chalamet also discussed the film’s choreography. He describes this as “a great learning experience”. A world that he knows because he himself comes from a family of dancers. But he admits that there is a difference between having dancers around you and dancing. “I loved it… My mom is a dance teacher and my grandmother was a dancer, my sister is a dancer, so I was always kind of immersed in that. But that has nothing to do with having to dance myself.” did he declare.

Wonkaby Paul King, hits theaters on December 13.

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