Theres Something About Timothee

Six years ago, he became the most in-demand young actor in Hollywood.

What makes him so irresistible?

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Not everyone gets a movie-star name.

Marilyn Monroe, famously Norma Jean.

Eric Bishop was not going to win Jamie Foxx an Oscar.

Its one of those underacknowledged privileges the Hollywood elite get to divvy up amongst themselves.

Some people are industry plants, some people get rags-to-riches stories, and some people have names likeTimothee Chalamet.

As @uncoolboyfriend succinctly puts it, if timothee chalamets name was timothy he wouldnt have a career.

Much like his forerunner / Benedict Cumberbatch: / Hexasyllabically, Easy to rhyme.

I tried Timo and Tim, too.

But Im glad hes committed to it.

The state of California thinks Im someone Im not.

When I get on flights, I have to assume a new identity.

Everyone deserves to be called by their own name.

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