Oscar nominee Timothee Chalamet is the front runner to take home the golden statue Marty Kuu – but he certainly has not won fans in the world of ballet and opera.
In a town hall discussion late last month with Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey hosted by CNN and Variety, the 30-year-old Chalamet was discussing the future of movie theaters and whether the advent of streaming will wreak havoc on cinema.
“If people want to see it — like Barbielike Oppenheimer – they will go see it and go out of their way to be loud and proud,” Chalamet said.
“And I don’t want to work in ballet or opera or things that are like, ‘Hey, keep this thing alive, even though nobody cares about this anymore.’ All respect to the ballet and opera people out there,” he added to laughter from the audience.
“I just shot for no reason.”
The world’s opera and ballet companies were not amused.
