Timothée Chalamet Is Everything Leonardo DiCaprio Never Was
Chalamet has been carving out a respectable career ever since his major breakout in "Call Me By Your Name." Since then, he's been a reliable box office fixture, collaborating with the biggest filmmakers in the industry, sweeping awards season after awards season, and the critics, all along the way, have positioned him as the "next DiCaprio."
Chalamet's impressive filmography, committed performances, boyish charm, and feminine-handsome physiognomy are reminiscent of DiCaprio's prime heartthrob era, hence the constant comparisons. Few contemporary actors come close to Chalamet's star power. But is he really the "next DiCaprio" or something of an anti-DiCaprio? To understand why Chalamet is actually DiCaprio's total inversion, we have to understand what it is people see in Chalamet that is so reminiscent of Leo's rise.