In light of the new Wonka trailer setting the internet alight, director Paul King has revealed that viral videos of Timothée Chalamet's high school performances helped him get cast in the all-singing, all-dancing movie.
"Because he’s Timothée Chalamet and his life is so absurd, his high school musical performances are on YouTube and have hundreds of thousands of views," King told Rolling Stone. "So I knew from stanning for Timmy Chalamet that he could sing and dance really well. And I knew that was in his arsenal, but I didn’t know how good he was. When I spoke to him he was quite keen. He’d done tap dancing in high school and he was like, 'I’d quite like to show people I can do that.'"
