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Has Hollywood Golden Boy Timothée Chalamet Lost His Shine?
Chalamet's remarks dismissing opera and ballet sparked backlash from major institutions and performers, coinciding with a drop to 46% odds for Best Actor at the Oscars, Polymarket data shows.
- The resurfaced interview clip from February 24 shows Timothée Chalamet, an Oscar nominee, saying 'I don’t want to be working in ballet or opera', prompting backlash from opera and ballet communities.
- Earlier comments show that Timothée Chalamet contrasted mainstream cinema with struggling art forms like ballet and opera, referencing losing 14 cents in viewership, with similar remarks dating back to 2019.
- Institutions answered by the Metropolitan Opera, LA Opera, and the Royal Ballet rebutted, while Louis Levanti warned 'We are potentially witnessing the swift and hard downfall of Timothee Chalamet in real time' and Reagan called it 'the final, like nail in the coffin' for his Oscar campaign.
- Prediction markets show Chalamet's Oscar odds have slipped to 47% while Michael B. Jordan leads at 46.8% after the final voting period closed, limiting awards impact.
- Over the past year, Chalamet, whose mother Nicole Flender danced with New York City Ballet, faced criticism after defending his ambitions and saying 'It's a movie about the pursuit of a dream. I'm leaving it on the field' to Indie Wire.
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