For all the sci-fi heads loudly protesting now, these are the facts: Chalamet’s presence is the main factor in keeping the casual moviegoer invested in an intriguing but mostly quite weird story about a war between planets with sandworms, a floating Stellan Skaarsgård, and a person named Duncan Idaho. The actor takes advantage of being in almost every scene, using Paul as a tiny emotional guide to a sprawling world with complex, often treacherous diplomacy. In this way, Chalamet’s casting as Paul Atredies is essential to Dune: Paul’s back may be sore from the pressures of space-age geopolitics, but Chalamet’s spine must be equally aching from carrying this two and a half hour film epic. As i-D contributor Jack King writes, “he has, quite literally, the weight of the entire universe on his shoulders and it shows, percolating through his wistful eyes.” Chalamet’s body language and expressions as Paul are stiff, restrained, the character’s inner turmoil as an heir-apparent absolutely apparent in his stalk-like body. You can feel the uncertainty and fear in every intentional, heavy step. In an early scene in Dune, Chalamet’s Paul walks across a sandy plain in a long, sleek coat that (it must be said) really complements his sculptural cheekbones. While Chalamet is far from Adam Driver-sized (read: large), his presence is so large that he has a comparable impact.
Of course, this is where his body language comes in. It’s scared, unsure and almost every word feels strained, as if it’s causing him physical pain to speak. As Paul, the reluctant, confused Messiah and sad sand boy, Chalamet speaks in a deep but soft voice. Chalamet builds up to protagonist Paul Atriedes’s subtle but gutting sensitivity quietly and gradually. Although Chalamet had been acting for years before, it was only in 2017 that his roles began to allow him adequate room for expression.Ĭhalamet’s range and ability to portray a whirlwind of feeling - the kind with many footnotes - is arguably most evident in his performance in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. He doesn’t keep it all bottled up, saving an explosion of emotion for a pivotal scene he wears it all over his body at all times. Chalamet is a remarkably generous actor in this regard.
But let’s stay on message: Timothée Chalamet is famous because he is an incredible actor, with the unique skill of being able to capture an impossibly wide range of feelings in the near-limitless spectrum of human emotion. Also, potentially, in his green, crystalline eyes. Timmy C is so famous now that the reason why he is so famous has, generally, gotten lost in the discourse. He’s expressive, transparent and at the same, an enigma, which makes him even more magnetic. In 2021 – just four short years after his enrapturing, twinky break-out role in Call Me By Your Name – Timothée Chalamet is an enterprise and spectacle the kind of celebrity who goes viral for changing his hair or simply going outside.
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