Timothée Chalamet says he was told he didn’t ‘have the right body’ for some big roles

Timothée Chalamet has shared a story that makes clear women in Hollywood aren’t the only ones being judged for their physical appearances.

Timothée Chalamet has shared a story that makes clear women in Hollywood aren’t the only ones being judged for their physical appearances. The “Dune” star talked to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe about his experience early in his career. “If I auditioned for ‘The Maze Runner’ or ‘Divergent,’ things of that variety that were popping when I was coming up, the feedback was always, ‘Oh, you don’t have the right body,’” Chalamet said. “I had an agent that called me and said, ‘You got to put on weight,’ basically — not aggressively, but you know.” Chalamet stars as the legendary singer Bob Dylan in the forthcoming music biopic, “A Complete Unknown.” He likened their paths to each other given how Chalamet said he “found my way into these very personalized movies.” “For [Dylan], it was folk music,” Chalamet said. “He couldn’t keep a rock and roll band because they would all get hired by other kids that had more money, literally, in Minnesota.” The project has been meaningful to the star.