Timothée Chalamet Reveals How Lil B Helped Launch His Acting Career

Timothée Chalamet credited Lil B with the success of his acting career while reflecting on meeting the rapper during a recent interview with Nardwuar. The A Complete Unknown star explained that he met the BasedGod while studying at NYU and Lil B knighted him. A clip of the interaction has been circulating online for a number of years now.

“I met him at NYU,” Chalamet told Nardwuar, “I had $50 from a commercial I did, I bribed a kid to give me his ticket. I was in there alone, you know, front row to the right, I raised my hand, I got called on by him, [and] told him I was going to ask out a crush. He invited me on stage and he knighted me. And honestly, he said, ‘That boy’s hands been blessed,’ and from there, my acting career took off. Thank you, BasedGod. I was struggling before that, basically just done Royal Pains, and, you know, I was nominated for an Oscar by the time I was 22. Shout out, Lil B. Nothing possible without Lil B.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Chalamet discussed the legacy of Bob Dylan, who he plays in the aforementioned film, A Complete Unknown. They spoke about Dylan’s iconic and surprising shift to electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, how his impact has carried on through the years, and much more.

A Complete Unknown hit theaters across the United States on December 25. It also stars Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz, and Scoot McNairy. Check out Timothée Chalamet’s full interview with Nardwuar below.