Timothée Chalamet sings and dances in several musical numbers in “Wonka.” One song was submitted for best original song at the 96th Academy Awards.
Timothée Chalamet sings and dances throughout several numbers in “Wonka,” the new origin story from Warner Bros. about how Willy Wonka starts his famed chocolate empire.
Despite joking in interviews about the use of auto-tune, Chalamet is actually singing.Chalamet was a theater kid in high school
The 27-year-old Oscar-nominated actor was largely cast in the musical because of his theater background.
“His high school musical performances are on YouTube and have hundreds of thousands of views,” director Paul King (“Paddington”) told Rolling Stone. “I knew from stanning for Timmy Chalamet that he could sing and dance really well.”
One such video, which has over 5 million views, shows Chalamet rapping and dancing as he refers to himself as Lil Timmy Tim from his time at LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.
