The Oscar nominee said in an interview that he doesn’t want to work in ballet or opera, referring to them as something that ‘nobody cares about anymore’
Actor Cassio Scapin, Nino from the television series Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum (1994), criticized Timothée Chalamet’s statement, who is competing to win the ‘Best Actor’ statuette for the film “Marty Supreme” at the 98th edition of the Oscars, which takes place this Sunday (15).
In a recent interview, Chalamet commented on not wanting to work on things that people no longer care about, “like ballet or opera” when talking about his future film roles.
Cassio said that a comment like the actor’s demonstrates the emergence of a generation of people who do not have their own training within the actor’s work, but who only care about the immediate return. “When we come across a unhappy speech like that of the Oscar-nominated actorwe noticed how there is the formation of a generation that doesn’t know about the actor’s craft, the humanist art that is being an artist”, said Scapin.
The protagonist of Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum also said that this speech is a consequence of an immediate world, where technology “has taken over our reality”. “He is more concerned about success and money, as if acting were AI programming that gives you only what you ask for,” commented Scapin.
Timothée Chalamet Statement
In an interview last month, Timothée Chalamet tried to argue that he would no longer want to make films if this art became become something that people no longer “care about”.
“I don’t want to work in ballet or opera or things like that, where you say, ‘Let’s keep this alive even if no one else cares,’” he said.
In the last week, speech gained great repercussion and many artists came forward to disagree and criticize Chalamet.
Whoopi Goldberg, actress from Change of Habit (1992), criticized the actor on the program The View. “You [Chalamet] even comes from a family of dancers, so when you disrespect someone else’s art, it’s not good. Be careful, boy!” declared the actress.
The dancer, Misty Copeland, who participated in an advertising campaign for Chalamet’s film “Marty Supreme” also commented on the actor’s speech. “He wouldn’t be an actor and wouldn’t have the opportunities he has as a movie star if it weren’t for opera and ballet”, said the artist.
“I think it’s important that we recognize that, yes, this is an art form that isn’t ‘popular’ and isn’t part of pop culture like movies, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have lasting relevance in culture,” concluded Copeland.
