Timothee Chalamet Call Me by Your Name Throwback Interview - Recorded 11.18.2017
361Timothee Chalamet Call Me by Your Name Throwback Interview - Recorded 11.18.2017
While at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, I saw one film that absolutely floored me in every possible way and is still my number one film of the year: director Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name. Featuring a fantastic screenplay by Guadagnino and James Ivory, powerful performances from the entire cast, amazing cinematography by Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, and brilliance from every other department, Call Me by Your Name is one of those rare films where everything is just perfect and you walk out of the theater remembering why you love movies.
If you haven’t heard of the film, based on the novel by André Aciman, the coming-of-age drama stars Timothée Chalamet (Interstellar) as a precocious 17-year-old American-Italian boy who’s on summer vacation with his family at their Italian villa. When a charming American scholar (Armie Hammer) comes to work with the boy’s father (Michael Stuhlbarg), a summer romance sparks that awakens feelings of first love, brilliantly and sensually captured by Guadagnino. Trust me when I say you need to see this film which opens in New York and Los Angeles this weekend.
Just a few days ago in Los Angeles I sat down with Timothée Chalamet for an exclusive video interview. He talked about when he first realized they were making something so special, the way he likes to work, if he’s able to leave the character he’s playing on set or if some of it comes home with him, what it was like working with Luca Guadagnino, how he prepped to play this role, why he doesn’t like to go all out in rehearsals, his favorite deleted scenes, and more. In addition, he talked about his next movie, director Felix van Groeningen’s Beautiful Boy with Steve Carell where Chalamet plays a meth addict.
Timothee Chalamet:
When did he realize they were making something special?
Did he take his character home at night with him or is he able to leave the character on set each day?
Talks about the pre-production process and the making of Beautiful Boy.
How does he like to work on set and how did it compare to the way Luca Guadagnino likes to work?
Why he doesn’t go full force while in a rehearsal when making a film.
What it was like making Beautiful Boy with Felix van Groeningen.
Shares a funny story he heard featuring Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro.
What was he nervous to film before filming began?
How he prepped for a month and a half to play the piano on screen.
Talks about filming a key kissing scene towards the end of the film.
Is there a deleted scene or two that he was sad to see not make the final cut?
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