Summary
- Timothée Chalamet shines in his Saturday Night Live monologue, addressing the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike and teasing his upcoming film Wonka.
- Chalamet’s monologue includes a hilarious spoof of Pure Imagination, emphasizing shameless self-promotion.
- Chalamet playfully pokes fun at his ad campaign with Martin Scorsese for Bleu de Chanel perfume, expressing his excitement about working with the renowned director.
It’s like fans of film and television winning their very own golden tickets. The world was a much less entertaining place during the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strikes. But with both disputes safely in the history books, Saturday Night Live is suddenly beginning to feel like its old self again. And Timothée Chalamet knocked it out of the park during his opening monologue over the weekend. The actor’s second stint hosting the comedy series began with him not only spoofing his upcoming film Wonka, but then he rapped about his perceived baby face. Check out Chalamet’s monologue in its entirety, courtesy of SNL, below:
Chalamet briefly touches on the SAG-AFTRA strike’s end, and then he spoofs a very famous song that appeared in Gene Wilder’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). Chalamet says and then sings:
“Now, the strike is over, and it’s like we’re all returning to this magical world where actors can once again talk about their projects. [Breaks out singing a hilarious version of ‘Pure Imagination’] ‘Come with me, and you’ll be in a world of shameless self-promotion. It’s okay, I can say… that my new film Wonka is out in theaters December 15th […] If you want to view a 3 1/2-hour film, go see Killers of the Flower Moon, or just wait for part two of Dune. Just make sure before to use the bathroom.”
After stepping off of the stage and mingling with some people in the live studio audience, Chalamet returned to the stage where he was joined by SNL’s Marcello Hernandez. The duo then rapped their way to the conclusion of Chalamet’s hijacked monologue, and the musical number even had a little fun with 27-year-old Chalamet’s baby face.
Timothée Chalamet’s Career & Martin Scorsese
Timothée Chalamet had been working steadily for about six years prior to his appearance in filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. And then the Wonka actor shot to stardom in 2017 after his memorable appearances in both Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird and Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name. During his SNL monologue, Chalamet took a playful shot at his ad campaign for Bleu de Chanel perfume, in which Hollywood icon Martin Scorsese actually directed the commercial. Chalamet said:
Now let me tell you, when you get that call that Martin Scorsese wants to direct you, the first thing you think is man, I really hope it’s a perfume commercial.
But in real life, Chalamet couldn’t have been more ecstatic to work with the renowned director. Chalamet said in a behind-the-scenes look from the Chanel shoot (via YouTube):
One of the highest honors, if not the highest honor in my career [was] to get to work with Martin Scorsese.
Chalamet was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance in Call Me By Your Name. And in 2019, the actor brought his own charisma to the literary character of Laurie in Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. And today, Chalamet is the lead of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune films.
Wonka opens in theaters on Friday, December 15.
