Robert Downey Jr. Makes His Opinion on Timothée Chalamet Very Clear
Earlier this week, Timothée Chalamet won the first Golden Globe of his career for his performance in Marty Supreme. That performance seems to have won over one other Hollywood superstar.
After watching Chalamet's performance in Marty Supreme, actor Robert Downey Jr. had some glowing praise for 30-year-old Chalamet, declaring that he had already established himself in Hollywood history.
'One of the Greats'
During a recent Q&A for Marty Supreme hosted by Downey, the Iron Man star had some high praise for Chalamet and everything he accomplished, going as far as to call him "one of the greats," even this young in his career.
“You’ve talked a lot lately about this,” Downey told Chalamet about the pursuit of greatness, via Variety. “I am literally twice your age. When I was 30, I was making a movie with Norman Jewison. It was called ‘Only You.’ Me and Marisa Tomei. We were on the Amalfi coast somewhere and I just go to Norman Jewison, you know ‘Moonstruck’ and all these great movies, I go, ‘Norman, I think I am one of the greats. I want you to tell me if you agree with that.’ He looked at me like I was nuts. He said, ‘Well, Mr. Downey, that remains to be seen.’”
Chalamet, however, has reached that status, Downey believes.
“And I want to say in front of God and everyone in this audience here with you that as of ‘Marty Supreme,’ it no longer remains to be seen. Let’s hear it for, Timothée Chalamet,” Downey said.
'Dunesday'
While Downey is clearly a fan of Chalamet, the two will be competing at the box office later this year as Chalamet's Dune: Part Three has the same Dec. 18 release date as Downey’s Avengers: Doomsday.
Downey joked that they've already talked about it.
“We both have films opening on December 18, and we decided to coin it … We’re thinking Dunesday,” Downey told the audience during his Q&A with Chalamet. “We’ll see if we’re still friends by then.”
We'll have to see how both films perform in both the box offices and amongst critics.