Timothée Chalamet broke our hearts in Call Me By Your Name. And then he starred in a film about cannibals called Bones and All… which was released at the same time his CMBYN co-star, Armie Hammer, was making headlines for allegedly being into cannibalism IRL.Awkward!Now, Chalamet is finally breaking his silence on the whole thing. Sorta.A post shared by Timothée Chalamet (@tchalamet)In case you need a refresher: Hammer was accused of sexual violence and assault by multiple women, including alleged cannibalistic fantasies and a “desire to drink [a woman’s] blood” in 2021.
He was dropped by his agency and exited multiple projects but ultimately cleared by the Los Angeles County District Attorney earlier this year.The irony of working on a movie about cannibals with Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino wasn’t lost on Chalamet. That’s for sure.“I mean, what were the chances that we’re developing this thing?” he told GQ in a recent cover story. But despite rumors, the project had been in the works since 2015, so there was no connection to the Hammer allegations at all.“[The false reports] made me feel like: Now I’ve really got to do this,” the Dune actor explained.
“Because this is actually based on a book.” (Guadagnino himself called any correlation “preposterous.”)That being said, the heartthrob behind Elio was hesitant to comment on his beloved Oliver’s, erm, supposed sexual proclivities. When asked about his feelings on the situation, Chalamet told the reporter, “I don’t know. These things end up getting clickbaited so intensely.
Disorienting is a good word.”Clickbaited?! The man was accused of cannibalism!The interview marked Chalamet’s first comment on the scandal since the news broke in 2021, when he refused to go into it in an interview with Time. (“I totally get why you’re asking that,” he said. “But it’s a question worthy of a larger conversation, and I don’t want to give you a partial response.”)A post shared by Timothée Chalamet (@tchalamet)And
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