DUNE Star Timothee Chalamet Reveals The Advice He Got From His Hero: "No Hard Drugs, No Superhero Movies"

DUNE Star Timothee Chalamet Reveals The Advice He Got From His Hero: "No Hard Drugs, No Superhero Movies"

Timothee Chalamet's profile is set to raise considerably after Denis Villeneuve's Dune, but don't be surprised if the young actor decides to sidestep the predictable superhero franchise role!

By MarkCassidy - Oct 12, 2021 04:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Dune

Timothee Chalamet has been poised to hit it big in Hollywood for a while now after impressing in the likes of Call Me By Your Name and Little Women, but his lead role as Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve's upcoming Dune adaptation looks set to make him a household name.

When an actor reaches a certain level of fame, it almost seems inevitable that one of the major comic book franchises will come calling, and while most up-and-coming stars would jump at the chance to play a superhero, Chalamet may choose to take a different path - if he decides to follow the advice of one of his heroes, that is!

During an interview with Time.com, Chalamet revealed that he has a game-plan for staying level amid all the attention. “One of my heroes — I can’t say who or he’d kick my ass — he put his arm around me the first night we met and gave me some advice: No hard drugs, and no superhero movies.”

We have no idea who Chalamet is referring to here, but his advice sucks! In all seriousness, we can't imagine he'll actually make a conscious effort to avoid superhero roles moving forward, but even if he does, Paul Adreides does have superpowers (or a sort).

What do you guys think? Are there any specific comic book/superhero characters you could see Chalamet bringing to life on the big screen?

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bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 10/12/2021, 4:22 AM
I wonder when he got this advice. If this was before 2012 I could see the advice makes sense, but since The Avengers superhero movies are the biggest in the business. Must be crazy not wanting to be a part of it
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/12/2021, 4:23 AM
@bkmeijer - I feel like he's maybe too young to be getting that advice that long ago.

And I'd put good money on it being Ed Norton.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 10/12/2021, 4:26 AM
@bkmeijer - I was thinking the same thing. Did he get this advice before Marvel took superhero movies to another level? Because I'm looking at anyone that has been in an MCU movie and I really can't think of anyone whose career was hurt by it.

This sounds like advice from someone who was in the game back when superhero movies were very hit or miss and could seriously hurt your career. That isn't really the case anymore.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 10/12/2021, 4:28 AM
@Spock0Clock @CorndogBurglar - I guess Ed Norton would make sense. And it would line up
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 10/12/2021, 4:28 AM
@Spock0Clock - Technically, the advice doesn't need to be given that long ago. It sounds like it was given by someone who was around when superhero movies were questionable at best, and could really hurt your career. Maybe this person just has an old way of looking at things?
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 10/12/2021, 4:31 AM
@bkmeijer - Yeah....but did Incredible Hulk really hurt his career? I know he was upset because he wanted too much creative control, but Norton has always been known as being difficult to work with, even before IH.

But everyone has their own point of view. I suppose he probably doesn't see himself that way.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 10/12/2021, 4:42 AM
@CorndogBurglar - I doubt it hurt his carreer, but I do think his experiences didn't line up with his expectations and hence the advice he gives
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/12/2021, 7:26 AM
@bkmeijer - That's more or less what I'm thinking. (In my head) it's not that Norton would be saying that superhero movies are inherently bad or bad for your career, but moreso that they're just not worth the hassle.

Norton has made a lot of movies, good and bad, but the Hulk seems to have stuck with him. He brought it up in a roast or award show (whatever it was). I'm sure a lot of fans cite it when they meet him in public. Doing a superhero role seems to have a specific effect on actors that they can never fully shake.

Both Reeves and Reeve had difficulty after Superman. Keaton's post-Batman career has featured both a rejection of and almost begrudging acceptance of the cape. No matter what madness Christian Bale puts his body and performance through, his obituary is going to read "Batman star, Christian Bale".

There are some legitimate criticisms of American pop culture that we do seem to have an almost infantile association of these actors to these roles in a way that we don't usually do with their other work. So, I don't blame any actor warning someone to stay away. (And it's also pretty amazing, and we've seen lots of actors embrace the cultural power of these roles for a lot of good, too.) But it's still a hassle that not every actor envisioned as part of their career.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 10/12/2021, 8:59 AM
@Spock0Clock - true. Whether we like it or not, superhero movies are as big as musicals and westerns were back in the day. No escaping it. But for now, I do not mind it (yet)
Chaos200
Chaos200 - 10/13/2021, 8:52 PM
@Spock0Clock - You're the only one who got it. Everyone here thinking "Why? Superheroes are awesomesauce!" yes they are for us but almost every actor that's been in a major superhero movie has had that stuck on them forever and unless you are a super nerd of an actor you probably aren't going to love that if you're passionate about your craft. Even RDJ probably the most highest paid superhero actor today, can't do anything of note other than Iron Man.
CAPTAINPINKEYE
CAPTAINPINKEYE - 10/12/2021, 4:27 AM
Good advice
XKnight
XKnight - 10/13/2021, 12:39 AM
@CAPTAINPINKEYE - He probably was still hurt he lost out to Tom Holland for Spider-Man back in 2018:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/timoth-e-chalamet-recalls-auditioning-spider-man-at-lafca-awards-1074640/
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 10/12/2021, 4:30 AM
But ALWAYS the Muppets.
luckypenny
luckypenny - 10/12/2021, 5:15 AM
@BritishMonkey - You must have no soul to say no to the Muppets.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/12/2021, 7:32 AM
@BritishMonkey - It ain't art unless someone's got a Henson puppeteer's hand up their ass.

OuzoPowerMan
OuzoPowerMan - 10/12/2021, 4:30 AM
I think it's bad advice. I mean, Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland, Chris Hemsworth and so many others had pretty successful careers after doing superhero films.
Heck, the genre even revived RDJ and reminded everyone what an absolute talent he is.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 10/12/2021, 4:32 AM
@OuzoPowerMan - I can't think of anyone that's been in an MCU film that had their career hurt by it.
Arthorious
Arthorious - 10/12/2021, 5:10 AM
@OuzoPowerMan - what about the drugs?
Chaos200
Chaos200 - 10/13/2021, 8:56 PM
@OuzoPowerMan - Yeah everyone went to see "Chef". I don't see people really raging for Tom Holland in his other YA movies, only when he's Spiderman and Hemsworth is doing straight to Netflix movies like Extraction.

Bottom line is you're only great when you're playing a superhero, had Chadwick still been with us, I think it would have happened to him too.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 10/12/2021, 4:35 AM
But....he's in Dune, a classic pulpy sci-fi story with "chosen one" hero elements in which he wears a golden battle armor.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/12/2021, 7:48 AM
@Spidey91 - Well, Dune has become Hipster Star Wars. I think because it's more niche or less popular, a certain kind of person is going to see it as inherently more artistically valuable and serious than "the popcorn blockbuster trash" that the big superheroes and mainstream franchises make. The kind of person who only really knows about Dune because they watched a documentary about Jodorowski in freshmen year of college. You know the type.



I say this with love, because Dune is probably my favorite book, but right now it feels to me like a magnet for snooty cinephiles who don't read the books, but imagine there's some inherently superior quality to that circle of literary science fiction (probably because it has tangential connections to filmmakers they respect, like Villeneuve and Lynch) in a similar way that Arthur C. Clarke will always have Kubrick cred.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 10/12/2021, 7:51 AM
@Spock0Clock -
" The kind of person who only really knows about Dune because they watched a documentary about Jodorowski in freshmen year of college. You know the type"

hey hey, I saw that documentary on my third year of college, big difference :p
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/12/2021, 8:08 AM
@Spidey91 - Hehe, hey, I enjoy that movie, too. I'm just saying that's not actually a movie about Dune, but rather an unabashed fetishizing of an auteur filmmaker.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 10/12/2021, 4:37 AM
lel, why does this sound like Momoa aka our Aquaman? :P
Fogs
Fogs - 10/12/2021, 4:37 PM
@Doomsday8888 - hahah 1st thing I thought
TanukiTrooper
TanukiTrooper - 10/12/2021, 4:40 AM
Well, all I am going to say is that Bautista is in Dune. And that sounds definitely like the kind of advice he would give a young actor.
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