Keegan-Michael Key promises a whole bunch of singing from Timothée Chalamet in Wonka
"This kid—you know—he drips charisma," Keegan-Michael Key says of his Wonka co-star Timothée Chalamet
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We may still have over a year until the premiere of Wonka, but Keegan-Michael Key has plenty of good news to share on the film’s development. While attending the premiere of his newest series, Reboot, the actor took some time to divulge some details and praise about the upcoming Wonka, with many special words reserved for star Timothée Chalamet.
“He has seven musical numbers and I have two, one of them is a group number and another is a smaller group number,” Key tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I would agree with all the adjectives Timothée used and I would also like to add the words wondrous and a little bit epic. It’s a nice, big, full, beautiful piece of art and Paul King, who directed it, is a delightful human being who has this wonderful, childlike heart. He was the perfect person to direct the project.”
While Chalamet has not necessarily carved out a career as an actor with singing chops, he certainly has plenty of viral material showcasing his… skills. We can only hope his work as Wonka is as good as his 2012 performance as Timmy Tim during his NYU days.
Key continues to gush about his Wonka co-star, even calling the man behind the whimsical chocolate inventor “delicious.”
“There’s this wonderful effortlessness about how he plays Wonka, not to mention the fact that there’s this hopeful quality that he gives the character, a kind of indomitable quality that he’ll never quit, he’s always up for the next thing. He’s like, ‘OK, that didn’t work out? We’ll do this and we’ll try something else,’” Key says. “And Timothée Chalamet, what can I say? Sacrébleu! This kid, you know, he drips charisma and a wonderful confidence. He’s just a really delicious artist.”
Chalamet and Key star in Wonka alongside Olivia Colman, Sally Hawkins, Matt Lucas, Rowan Atkinson, Natasha Rothwell, Rufus Jones, and Simon Farnaby. The film is set to make its debut on December 15, 2023.
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“he drips charisma,”
Oh, is that what that is?
i bet its sperms
he *may* have misspelled “chlamydia” LOL
Hey, I’d never know.
the girls at NYU or Columbia on the other hand…
Is Timothee Chalamet on a mission to redo all of Johnny Depps rolls? Did anyone else see the superbowl commercial with Chalamet as Edward Scissorhand? He can’t just play Twee-Depp in everything, can he?
Didn’t (doesn’t) he go out with Depp’s kid? I’m not sure if that’s what you’re referring to.(unrelated, but fun: I accidentally typed “Derpp”)
I believe you’ll find that Wonka is a Gene Wilder role.We do not speak of the awful remake.
Alternate headline:Key Keys in to Vet Chalamet’s Wonka Songka
Close your mouth, Tim; your charisma’s drooling out.
I was trying to imagine what role Key was playing, then I remembered this is some sort of weird prequel that no one asked for.
I want to punch that fucking face so much. Not Key, he’s alright, I mean the other one.
I’m just here to trademark the “Timothee ChalaMMA” meme ahead of Dune 2. Thank you, for your consideration in this matter.
I’m not gonna lie. I’m looking forward to this damn movie. I realize that’s frowned upon here, but I won’t be silenced and so on grumble grumble. lol I think it’ll be cute. But it might be awful! But it might also be cute.
Can’t we as a society just like let Wonka be Gene Wilder and move on to something else?A prequel about Wonka will just be the story of how he enslaved the Oompa Loompahs, won’t it?
Ugh. Ever really not be able to stand an actor, and not know why…?(I had the same reaction to James Franco, but that one eventually became obvious.)