Timothee Chalamet leaves fans guessing as he hints at 'smelliest' actor he’s worked with
LONDON, ENGLAND: Timothee Chalamet’s press tour for 'A Complete Unknown' has been as unpredictable and charming as the actor himself, with his latest UK stop delivering both laughs and a juicy mystery for fans to unravel.
While promoting the film at BBC Radio 1 alongside co-star Edward Norton, Chalamet played a lighthearted game where British school children posed silly questions to the A-list actors.
Timothee Chalamet tells cryptic tale of ‘smelly’ costar
The question that stole the spotlight? A 5-year-old asked, “Who’s the smelliest actor you’ve ever worked with?”
While Norton, ever the jokester, immediately threw Timothee Chalamet’s' name into the ring, the 'Dune' star had an actual story to share—but kept it vague enough to drive the internet wild with speculation.
“I’m not gonna say any names, ‘cause, you know, that would just be mean,” Chalamet began, before spilling a tantalizing tidbit.
“It was quite something on set,” he added. “That waft coming in every day.”
“But I did work on a Western years ago, and somebody was — quote, unquote — ‘in character’ the whole time, and, uh, it was something.”
Pressed for more details about the mystery costar’s method of acting, Chalamet revealed, “They just weren’t washing,” presumably to embody a particularly “dirty” character authentically.
He added, “I was there for two months, but they were really committed. This gentleman’s wife came, and she, you know, they were very in love. She didn’t care.”
The woman had Norton cracking jokes, asking if the culprit was Casey Affleck, who acted alongside Chalamet in Christopher Nolan’s 'Interstellar'. But Chalamet quickly cleared Affleck's name, leaving fans to piece together the identity of the odorous method actor.
Timothee Chalamet leaves fans speculating actor's identity
Naturally, fans began dissecting his hint, with theories ranging from serious speculation about the actor being Christian Bale to outright guesses about Matthew McConaughey and Ben Foster.
One fan shared on Buzzfeed, "Christian Bale. He’s a method actor and they worked together on a western film."
Another wrote, "Matthew McConaughey. He's notorious for not bathing, and he played Timmy's dad in Interstellar. And it was one of his earliest roles."
A different viewer pointed out, "It was 100% Christian Bale. He even mentioned in interviews how bad he smelled."
A follower commented, "Christian bale is DEFFFF my guess lol.. man gets into character for real lol.. cowboys from back then don't strike me as spring rain fresh. more like horse poop n funyun scented armpits 🤢🤢"
One opinion stated, "My guess is Ben Foster."
Another individual observed, "Jesse Plemons is my vote too lol."
As someone voted again, "The actor you're referring to is Christian Bale. He is known for his method acting and starred alongside Timothée Chalamet in the 2017 Western film "Hostiles." At that time, Bale was married to Sibi Blazic."
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