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.
