Timothée Chalamet, dressed for winter. In the midst of promoting Wonka, a film about the early life of the famous fictional chocolatier inspired by Roald Dahl's work Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the 27-year-old Hollywood star and his sidekick Hugh Grant, also in the film, came to the set of Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, a cult show in the United States.
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During a semi-improvised sketch, the British actor revealed what he really thinks of his young co-star, poking fun at his tendency to always bring up the fact that he is half-French. Timothée is indeed French through his father, the journalist Marc Chalamet, he has dual French-American nationality and speaks the language fluently.
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'I didn't like him'
During the interview, Jimmy Fallon admitted, "I'm running out of questions, does anyone in the audience have a question for Hugh Grant?" The camera then turns to Timothée Chalamet who pretends to be a member of the audience, "Here, please," he exclaims. Disguised with a fake mustache and a red Love Actually baseball cap, he gushes at Hugh Grant: "Big fan, happy to see you," which provokes fury from the audience. "People really like this audience member," the host jokes.
Speaking to the Briton, the young star asked: "You've worked with some incredible actors throughout your career. I mean really amazing actors. I was just curious to know where Timothée Chalamet is on that list?"
With composure, Hugh Grant admits, "Well, I guess it's not part of the show that's going to air, so I'll tell you the truth. To be honest, I didn't like it. None of us liked him. I don't know what it is... There's something weird about all this French 'Timothée Chalamet'." Adopting a cartoonish French accent, he continued: "I'm French, do you love me?", eliciting hilarity from the audience and Jimmy Fallon. Slightly touched, the young actor takes it while pretending to nod: "Of course, of course, of course."
Another French touch related to Hollywood production, the daily newspaper Paris Normandie reveals that the Big Clock, an emblematic monument of the city of Rouen, makes an appearance in Wonka. Indeed, we can furtively catch a glimpse of the listed monument in the trailer, embedded in the streets of a fictional medieval European city. Obviously, the production did not come to shoot in the Normandy capital, the work was affixed there by digital processing.