Timothée Chalamet is Hollywood's next big thing with 'Call Me by Your Name' and 'Lady Bird'

Long before Timothee Chalamet turned 18, he was itching to be considered an adult. By age 10, he was riding the subway alone, a city kid growing up in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. At 16, he landed a major role on Showtime's "Homeland," playing the vice president's overly entitled son. A year later, he was admitted to Columbia University at 17 years old.

That was also how old Chalamet was when he was cast in his first big studio movie, "Interstellar." The film was slated to shoot in Canada, and the teenager had no interest in bringing his parents along as his legal guardians. So he looked online and found a loophole in the California state law that said "for films made by production companies based out of the West Coast, if you have a high school degree and are over 16 then you can travel alone," Chalamet explained.

"I just told my parents I was going