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

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.

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.

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.

Actor Timothee Chalamet said in the initial years of his career, he was looking at working in action movies such as and , however, he couldn't get one due to his body type. "I would always get the same feedback,

Actor Timothée Chalamet recently opened up about his early career challenges, revealing that he initially aspired to star in action films like Maze Runner and Divergent. However, as he shared with The Hollywood Reporter,

Oscar nominee Timothee Chalamet says he auditioned for big action movies like "Maze Runner" and "Divergent" but was rejected as he didn't have the "right body". According to the Rolling Stone U.K. magazine,

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