Timothée Chalamet calls his journey to fame “destabilising”
Timothée Chalamet has opened up about his swift rise to fame, calling the journey to stardom “destabilising”.
Though he had a small role in the epic film Interstellar in 2014, Chalamet first shot to real fame after starring in the 2017 Luca Guadagnino movie, Call Me By Your Name, alongside actor Armie Hammer. That year, he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor for his work in the romance movie.
Looking back at that time in a new interview with Vogue, the star admitted that “the experience of getting famous the way I did and the rocket ship of it was destabilising.”
He went on to add, “I feel like I made it to the other side of not some tragic, fucked-up chemical thing, but just the challenges and a lot of the mental health stuff that comes with being a talented artist.”
However, the interviewer reports that the actor is currently on a break from therapy. Chalamet revealed that he considered his therapist “very generous,” as they told him, “‘Hey, when you’re flying, you got to fly. That’s the whole point.’”
Chalamet is not taking his moment lightly. The 29-year-old went on to express that, despite the rocky start, he is “so fucking locked in now,” adding, “I’m literally actively falling in love with this newfound creative structure, this discipline that I’ve only accrued through experience.”
Elsewhere in the Vogue interview, the world-renowned actor praised his recent co-star, Gwyneth Paltrow, whom he has deemed “really chic”. The pair starred in the upcoming release, Marty Supreme, together. The sports epic, directed by Josh Safdie, is loosely based on the real-life ping-pong legend Marty Reisman. In the film, Paltrow has an affair with Marty.
It is set to arrive in UK cinemas on December 26th, 2025. Watch the official trailer for the movie below.
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