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Why Timothée Chalamet Has Embarrassing YouTubes to Thank for His Lead Role in ‘Wonka’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Timiday's Chalomey scored a dream job when he was cast
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Speaker 2: as legendary chocolateier Willie Wonka in the upcoming film Wonka
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Speaker 2: that tells his origin story, and while many young stars
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Speaker 2: in Hollywood would love for a chance to compete for
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Speaker 2: the job, Wonka's director Paul King tells Rolling Stone Timiday
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Speaker 2: was the only choice from the start, even though he
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Speaker 2: has no professional experience making a musical. Paul says it
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Speaker 2: was a straight offer because he's great and he was
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Speaker 2: the only person in my mind who could do it,
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Speaker 2: and because he's timidated Shalomey and his life is so absurd.
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Speaker 2: His high school musical performances are on YouTube with hundreds
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Speaker 2: of thousands of views. So I knew from standing for
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Speaker 2: Timmy that he could sing and dance really well. When
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Speaker 2: I spoke to him, he was quite keen on the job.
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Speaker 2: He'd done tap dancing in high school and told me
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Speaker 2: I'd like to show people I can do that. Timoday
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Speaker 2: s chalame, we'll get the chance when Wonkate's theaters December fifteenth.
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