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Timothée Chalamet didn't audition for 'Wonka.' The director saw his YouTube videos

Timothée Chalamet's old YouTube videos were his golden ticket to booking the role of Willy Wonka in "Wonka." "Wonka" director Paul King revealed this week in an interview with Rolling Stone that the 27-year-old actor was his first choice to play the eccentric confectioner. The filmmaker said he was drawn to Chalamet in part because of old footage he had seen online of the "Call Me by Your ...
Timothée Chalamet arrives at the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022, in Los Angeles.

Timothée Chalamet's old YouTube videos were his golden ticket to booking the role of Willy Wonka in "Wonka."

"Wonka" director Paul King revealed this week in an interview with Rolling Stone that the 27-year-old actor

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