Timothée Chalamet Cracks Up During Hilarious WONKA Interview

What is a moment from the original film that you most wish you could have played Wonka in that? Oh, that's a great question. I mean, um... Gosh, that's a really good question. Oh, man. What a big question. Is Will.I.Won.K in here? Freeze it. Thanks for putting up with my weird questions. No, I love it. The Will.I.Won.K. Will.I.Won.K. Guys, good to see you again. Watching this film, and when it's over, you lean over and you go, what'd you think about how I did this? What is an aspect of your performance you'd love to get his thoughts on? Oh, man. What a big question. I don't know, because his performance is so titanic. It's so perfect. And from my understanding, I think we're being visited by... By something. Yeah. Maybe by... By his spirit. By Mr. Wilder's spirit. No, but I think he was very protective over the character, rightfully, because he did it so perfectly. So I would be afraid to ask him, honestly. I think he would love it. It's great. Honestly, it's fantastic. I do jokes every day. It is a companion piece to his film. I always tell people, whenever I don't love a movie, I just sort of awkwardly go, so, what attracted you to the problem? Oh, no. So now we can go through your interviews. Go through them. I've never once asked you guys. Never once. You were so brave. Thank you. Thank you for this. Thank you for doing this. You know, a sign of a good movie is when it's over, you wonder, what happened to that character? And I'm imagining a moment with the chief of police when he's opening a newspaper and he sees four kids disappear in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Take me to that moment. Oh, interesting. How is he going to react to the events that we know are to come? Well, I think a much smaller version of him who's been forced on a chocolate hiatus, if you will, due to the fact that he'd probably be incarcerated. So I think he'd be getting that newspaper in prison. I think that he would really be... I think he'd be shocked. I actually think he would actually be shocked because the Willy that he remembers is this optimistic, never-say-die kind of imp. And to think that there'd be these four kids, like, what happened? I'd probably feel bad for him. I think that I would feel really bad. But then the cop instinct would kick in and I would want to investigate. I'm picturing a new Batman and Joker and it's just Willy Wonka and the chief of police intertwined throughout history. Speaking of the events that we know are to come, obviously, one of the things I love about your performance is that I can see this is the man who is going to become the guy we all know and love. But what is a moment from the original film that you most wish you could have played Wonka in? Oh, that's a great question. I mean, I don't know. That tunnel sequence is pretty phenomenal. That's the sequence that freaks everyone out. How is this a children's film? There's no knowing where we're rowing or which way the river's flowing. Or maybe just stepping through that factory. I mean, when he sings Pure Imagination. There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Which we get a little glimpse of. I would love to see your version of when he's a little angry. The good day, sir. You lose, Charlie. So you get nothing. You lose. Good day, sir. That was, okay. That was gold. Thank you. Are you ready for the stupidest question of the day? Yes, please. Stupidest question of the day. I have told you many, many times how much I love The Substitute Teacher. J. Quellin. Where's J. Quellin at? Do you mean Jacqueline? Okay. So that's how it's going to be. Yes. I want you to imagine that one of his students is Willy Wonka and he gets to Willy's name. How does The Substitute Teacher say Willy? Well, first of all, it's Will-I, okay? Will-I is his first name. Because if you're going to say it, because the L-Y at the end, lie. That's how you pronounce that name. Will-I. I don't know why. If you're going to talk about Willy, you know it's Will-I, okay? And Won-K. Okay? It's the last name. And people pronounce the things differently. I don't understand what's going on here. Won-K. Will-I Won-K. Is Will-I Won-K in here? Present. As a kid, I was always fascinated with this whole idea of the Golden Ticket. We all sort of have that dream of whether it's going to a chocolate factory, just that idea that you get to do the thing you've always wanted to do. What was that first moment in your careers where you felt the equivalent of the acting Golden Ticket? Where you sort of paused and you're like, this is the thing I've always wanted to do. I was shooting episode four of season two of Homeland, and I was only supposed to really do two episodes on that. And I could see that my character was getting a little more juice. And I thought, oh, this is like, this is what it must feel like to actually work. And I knew Homeland was like a show that had respect, that people were watching. So I figured a lot of directors I would love, movie directors, would maybe be watching it. So that was the first moment that I really felt like. But I would also say when I worked on Interstellar, which is about a year later, two years later, a year later, I felt like that was almost like peaking too soon or something. Because I was working with my favorite director, you know, immediately. And then I had to go to college. And I was like, what the fuck am I doing here? I feel like, gosh, that's a really good question. I think when I got to make Predator, the Predator movie, that was really a lot of fun because I got to do something that I had not, that I wanted to do, which was action. And as much as Shane Black is known for putting lots of, infusing a lot of comedy into his action films, it was still an action film. And so being able to kind of hold a gun and walk around and do maneuvers and everything like that was, I really felt like I was in something that was bigger than what I was used to. Also, it was a fucking Predator movie. It was a Predator. It was in a Predator movie. Yeah. The Grim and the Rapper got a thousand more questions. I wish I could ask you guys. But I just want to say that I fucking love interviewing you guys and as a movie fan, getting to talk with you. Thank you for being so kind to me always. Absolutely. Nice to see you. Thanks for putting up with my weird questions. No, I love it. The will I won't K. Will I won't K. I love you guys. Thank you so much. Thank you. Nice to see you. Will I won't K.