Overview
- Chalamet is nominated for Best Actor for Marty Supreme and as a producer for Best Picture, making him the youngest actor with three Best Actor nominations and the youngest to be nominated for acting and producing in the same year.
- At a February 24 CNN/Variety town hall, he said he didn’t want to work in ballet or opera because “no one cares about this anymore,” a line that circulated widely despite his follow-up noting respect for those fields.
- Opera star Isabel Leonard criticized the remark, Doja Cat weighed in with a defense of ballet and opera, and Saturday Night Live referenced the dustup in a Weekend Update joke.
- Tabloid coverage quotes an unnamed Academy member claiming to have switched a Best Actor vote to Michael B. Jordan and cites concerns about Chalamet’s persona and high-profile relationship; these claims are not independently verified.
- He remains a major nominee and is expected at the 98th Academy Awards, which air tonight on ABC.