Damian Lewis on Timothée Chalamet
Damian Lewis claims he is the reason Timothée Chalamet has a career and states he wants 15% of everything Chalamet earns. Lewis says he called his agent in Los Angeles to see a young actor in North Carolina who he believed had no representation. Lewis's agent, Brian, came down, met the actor, and fell in love with him. Brian and his partner Peter told Lewis they had just met Luca Guadagnino. Lewis claims this led to the casting of Chalamet in 'Call Me by Your Name'. Lewis asserts, 'I literally made Chalamet.'
Trascrizione (en)
Yeah, Timothée's... There's a whole other story here. I don't know how much to get into it. No, get into it all! I was down in... I don't get so much flack for this, but it was in North Carolina, and I called my agent in L.A., and I said, you've got to come down and see this young dude who's acting in this show. I think you're going to love him. And I don't think he has representation yet, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. And my agent of the time, Brian, came down, fell in love with him, said, I think he's got all the stuff. This is amazing. And right at that moment, had the rights to call me by your name with his partner, a guy called Peter. And they said, we just met this guy, Luca Guadagnino. Maybe you'd like to meet him. Oh, my goodness. And off he went in to call me by your name. So I'm taking 15% of everything Timothy Ernst. To this day. I'm going to say it's amazing. Literally I'm can we said here I made shout. Damien Lewis.
