Timothee Chalamet Reveals Whether or Not He Turned to Johnny Depp for Advice on ‘Willy Wonka’

Timothée Chalamet27, everyone’s talking about your next movie, Wonkaafter the London premiere on November 28th. While on the red carpet of the highly anticipated event, the Dune stella spoke with AND! News and revealed whether he asked or not Johnny Deep, 60, for advice on the iconic character Willy Wonka. “No,” the 27-year-old confirmed when speaking to the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory star.

While Willy Wonka’s 2005 version of Johnny was impressive, Timmy was more inspired by the 1971 film. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. “I love Gene Wilder version,” he added. “The Gene Wilder version I saw first… technically because that’s the one I grew up with.” The Hollywood heartthrob then explained that the film version of Johnny was released when he was “10 or 11”. He even went so far as to describe the vision of the character, now 60, as “very bold”.

A few months before the film’s release. Wonka director Paolo Re, 45, revealed that Timothee didn’t audition for the role. “It was a direct offer because he’s amazing and he was the only person in my mind who could do it,” she said. Rolling Stone in the month of July. “But because he is Timothée Chalamet and his life is so absurd, his high school musical performances are on YouTube and have hundreds of thousands of views.” He also added that, being a longtime fan of Timmy, he knew he could “sing and dance very well”.

Timothee also opened up PEOPLE at the premiere and talked about how this role was different from his previous projects. “The challenges were just living and loving the tone,” she explained. “I accomplished everything I worked on [has had a] I got serious and here I had to let loose and play, kind of like I did in high school, but I hadn’t done it in about 10 years. So that was the learning curve. But when everything was in full swing, it felt like we were cooking.’”

OH lady of the birds The star’s film comes in the midst of his love affair with Kylie Jenner, 26, who reportedly attended the London premiere. a source said PEOPLE on November 29th which however The Kardashians The star was not seen on the red carpet, she appeared at the event for her boyfriend. The source also revealed that Kylie showed up to the party to support Timmy and the rest of the cast. Fans in the US can get it Wonka in theaters from December 15th.