Among the roles he missed out on were parts in the major action franchises The Maze Runner and Divergent, which starred Dylan O’Brien and Theo James, respectively. Chalamet recalled how repeated rejections from such action movies led him to indie projects such as his breakout role in 2017’s Call Me By Your Name.

Timothée Chalamet has said he lost out on two major franchises because he did not have the “right body”. Chalamet, 28, opened up about his struggles with putting on weight in a new interview. The Dune star told Rolling Stone UK that he tried to put on weight because he would always get the same feedback from casting agents: “Oh you don’t have the right body.

The actor credits his rejection from franchise roles with the career he has now. The post Timothee Chalamet apparently lost out on franchise roles over his body type appeared first on The Manual.

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The actor said he was pursuing roles in action movies early in his career but kept "getting the same feedback."