Long live Timothée Chalamet
There comes a time in every young man’s life when he must put away childish things and become the king of England. Or an emperor of Rome. Or a knight. Or do something else grave and old and muddy. And when I say young man, I really mean young actor. And when I say young actor, I really mean—surely the young actor-iest young actor of them all at the moment.
Chalamet is, at first, distracting, what with his new English accent and his Shane McCutcheon cosplay. It’s just little Timmy Chalamet, doing an old-timey thing! But as Michôd’s film unfolds, Hal sobering up to take the throne reluctantly bequeathed to him by his father, Chalamet swells to fit the material. He is wiry, pensive, boyish—but he is a king, haughty and regal but decent.
Which means a lot of the raison d’etre for the film lands on Chalamet’s bony shoulders. And as a showcase for what he can do when he isn’t slinking longingly around northern Italy or being dreamy-pretentious in Sacramento,fares quite well. Chalamet does robust work, straightening his lanky posture as he goes, rising up into the role like a man ascendant.Sean Harris
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Venice Film Review: Timothée Chalamet in ‘The King’The older he gets (he’s now 23), the more Timothée Chalemet looks like a svelte, neurasthenic-rock-star version of Daniel Day-Lewis. In “The King,” a sprawling but intimate royal-…
Read more »
Timothée Chalamet on ‘The King’: ‘There Are Still People That Come Into Power by Lineage Today’Timothée Chalamet talks real life relevance of TheKing: 'Even to this day there are people born in royal families and wealth or something, and the struggle of that is less in status and more in humanity”
Read more »
Timothée Chalamet on ‘The King’: ‘There Are Still People That Come Into Power by Lineage Today’Timothée Chalamet plays a young prince who likes to party but is forced to contend with wielding power after the death of his tyrannical father in David Michôd “The King,” which premier…
Read more »
'The King': Film Review | Venice 2019David Michôd directs Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Robert Pattinson and Ben Mendelsohn in this free adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Henry' plays about leadership and war.
Read more »
Despite ‘The Lion King,’ ‘Spider-Man’ and Other Hits, Summer Box Office Slips 2%Even with an impressive number of billion-dollar blockbusters, the 2019 summer box office won’t be one for the record books. Popcorn season, the four-month stretch between May and August, gen…
Read more »
critics are reacting to timothée chalamet’s performance in ‘the king’If those critics don't love Timmy I swear...
Read more »