Timothée Chalamet shares ‘humiliating' high school talent show audition
The 29-year-old is currently winning rave reviews and numerous awards nominations for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.
Chalamet also stars as Paul Atreides in the sci-fi epic, Dune: Part Two which has also been nominated for numerous awards including Best Picture at the Oscars.
Speaking to Cooper on 60 Minutes, the actor recalled his early days in the entertainment world, having enrolled at the prestigious LaGuardia High School, which has produced alumni such as Al Pacino, Jennifer Aniston and Adrien Brody to name just a few.
While at the school, Chalamet developed song and dance routines for talent shows, where he performed as a rapped called 'Lil' Timmy Tim'.
Recalling his time at the school, the Call Me By Your Name star showed Cooper an old dance routine that he performed with two of his friends. 'This is humiliating, but I'll show you guys,' he bashfully says.
'How old were you there?' asked Cooper.
'Here I'm 15, but I look like I'm seven, Chalamet jokes. 'This is two good friends of mine, Shiree and Desiree. They're the only people in the world that did this talent show act with me. I probably asked 35 people.'
The Wonka actor also showed Cooper an apartment complex where he lived in Manhattan, which was populated by artists.
However, Chalamet admitted that living there made him 'terrified' of becoming an actor.
'This building truthfully made me scared of acting,' he claims. After being pressed on why he felt that way, he said: 'Because it's, it's a tough lifestyle and a lotta people, you know, aren't doing fantastically.'
'You would think growing up here, like, it would encourage you to be an actor?' enquired Cooper.
'No, it actually terrified me of becoming an actor,' Chalamet retorted.
Elsewhere, Chalamet fans have thrown their support behind Estonia's Eurovision Song Contest entry, who bears a striking resemblance to the Dune star.
Tommy Cash, 33, who will represent Estonia in Basel, Switzerland this May, is known for featuring on Charli XCX 's song 'Delicious' and for his own track 'Espresso Macchiato'.
Chalamet lookalikes hit the headlines last year, after the Wonka actor rocked up to his own lookalike contest in New York in October. Fans now claim Cash could have won the contest, had he entered.
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