Timothée Chalamet covers the new issue of GQ, and people are going crazy for this cover and editorial. People really love him, don’t they? I think it’s partly because he’s so young (he’s 22) to be a Best Actor Oscar nominee, and everything about him feels very fresh and new, even though he’s been a working actor for many years. You know how I know that Chalamet’s fame hasn’t quite peaked yet? Dude’s on the cover of GQ with a unibrow. Only men can get away with this bushy-brow look! Imagine if a lady had the audacity to rock a unibrow on the cover of a fashion magazine.
Chalamet’s GQ profile was written by Daniel Riley, who does a really good job of capturing the on-the-edge-of-the-precipice moment in Chalamet’s life. GQ also makes the case that perhaps Chalamet is The Guy of his generation, the Daniel Day-Lewis, the James Dean, the Christian Bale. Someone insanely talented whose performances will define a generation of actors. I’m not going to excerpt from the piece, but it’s definitely worth a read – go here for the full cover profile.
I’ve said before that I think Chalamet has handled his newfound fame really well – he’s got that self-conscious self-awareness that all Millennials seem to have, that “everything I do is being recorded somewhere” feel, which actually works well for a high-level Oscar campaign. He comes across as professional, cool, a bit dorky and very sweet. I hope fame doesn’t change him.
Cover and photos courtesy of GQ.
