Timothée Chalamet She was advised to gain weight during auditions for film roles earlier in her career.

“If I auditioned for The maze runner Or Divergentthings of that variety that would pop up when I was coming in, the feedback was always, ‘Oh, you don’t have the right body,'” Chalamet, 28, said on the Monday, Nov. 11 episode of the show Apple Music «The Zane Lowe Interview Series.”

THE Dune The star revealed: “I had an agent call me and say, ‘You need to gain weight,’ basically – not in an aggressive way, but you know.”

Rather than preparing for leading roles in big-budget action films, Chalamet turned to smaller films that had a “very personal style” as well as higher prestige. Those included Lady Bird, Little women And Call me by your namefor which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 2018.

“That’s where I found my rhythm, my confidence, my flow, whatever you want to call it,” Chalamet explained.

He compared his path to fame to that of a music legend Bob Dylanwho he plays in the next biopic A complete strangerwhich hits theaters on Christmas Day.

“I discovered these very personalized films,” Chalamet said. “For (Dylan), it was folk music. He couldn’t keep a rock and roll band because they would all be hired by other kids who had more money, literally, in Minnesota.

Chalamet eventually graduated, headlining the megahit Dune films as well as Wonkawhich grossed $634 million at the worldwide box office last year.

A complete stranger represents a return to character-driven fare for Chalamet, who sings in the trailer which fell in early October.

Later that month, the actor — proving he doesn’t take himself very seriously — entered a Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest in New York. Us every week was on the scene. The actor slipped into the crowd in Washington Square Park, sporting a baseball cap and black mask. After revealing himself, he posed for photos with some of his lookalikes.

Of all the Timmys in competition, 21 years old Miles Mitchell ended up victorious and took home the $50 prize and an oversized trophy. Meanwhile, another participant named Jared Dylan Borek was looking to scout the next internet idol for her modeling agency.

“It’s a parade of skinny white boys,” he said. We. “It’s perfect. This is what we are looking for. We’ll see how it goes. I am hopeful.