Timothee Chalamet无视奥斯卡神become the rare young dude actor recognized for a romantic performance. Young dudes almost never get nominated when playing romantic roles. It says something about us, culturally, and it’s not good, that we so rarely lionize romantic performances from men. But Timothee Chalamet bowled everyone over inCall Me By Your Nameand he got there with a romantic performance. Now, he’s coming for that back-to-back nomination with more typical Oscar fare: an addiction story.
This is the first trailer forBeautiful Boy,based on the father-son memoirsBeautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addictionby David Sheff andTweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamineby Nic Sheff. Chalamet plays Nic Sheff andSteve Carellstars as David Sheff. The trailer is basically a two-minute cry fest, so I can imagine sitting through the whole movie is going to be a gamut of emotions. I like this trailer, the movie looks good, but I also feel like, having watched the trailer, I’ve seen the whole movie. It’s an obvious tear-jerker and Carell and Chalamet are teasing great performances—Carell has an award season double-headerthis year withWelcome to Marwen, it will be interesting which one he ends up backing in a campaign—but the trailer pretty well caps the whole narrative. There should be a rule: No scenes from the final forty minutes of a movie can be excerpted in a trailer.
And now it’s time for another round of the LaineyGossip Hotness Litmus Test. IsTimothee Chalamethot? I recognize, academically, that he is, well, beautiful. But is he hot? My college-aged cousins are gaga for him, and I don’t…get it? Does this mean I’m old? Or is Timothee Chalamet not hot? He looks like he walked out of a Botticelli painting, but that’s not the same thing as hot. Can someone please explain the relative hotness of Timothee Chalamet to me? (Lainey: Timothee Chamalet has SO MUCHBig Dick Energy, how can you not feel it?!)
