The “Dune” star talked to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe about his experience early in his career. “If I auditioned for ‘The Maze Runner’ or ‘Divergent,’ things of that variety that were popping when I was coming up, the feedback was always ...

The Oscar nominee says he was turned away from roles like “Maze Runner” and “Divergent” early on in his career for one reason.

The 28-year-old said he was advised to gain weight early in his acting career to land bigger movies Neil Mockford/FilmMagic Timothee Chalamet Timothée Chalamet was told to gain weight early on in his career.

Timotheé Chalamet has revealed he was told to 'put on weight' to score major movie roles and was able to relate to Bob Dylan because he felt like an 'outsider' within his own career

I had an agent that called me and said, ‘You got to put on weight,’ basically — not aggressively, but you know.” View Entire Post ›

Timothée Chalamet was told to gain weight to land major movie roles. The 'Wonka' actor will play folk legend Bob Dylan in biopic 'A Complete Unknown' and he explained he was able to relate to the legendary musician because he felt like an "outsider" within his own career until he was able to carve out his own path.