\tTimoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan may both have two films each vying for awards contention this year in Chalamet\u2019s \u201cA Complete Unknown\u201d and \u201cDune: Part Two\u201d and Ronan\u2019s \u201cThe Outrun\u201d and \u201cBlitz,\u201d but the pair took the time to reunite in London to discuss two films they appeared in together at the earlier stages of their careers. <\/p>\n
\tIn a special event hosted by the British Film Institute and Vanity Fair at the BFI Southbank on Wednesday evening, Chalamet and Ronan reflected on making 2017\u2019s \u201cLady Bird\u201d and 2019\u2019s \u201cLittle Women,\u201d both from a pre-\u201cBarbie\u201d writer\/director Greta Gerwig. <\/p>\n
\tWhile the two hadn\u2019t me prior to \u201cLady Bird,\u201d Chalamet recalled being told about Ronan by Emery Cohen, who had worked with her on the 2016 hit \u201cBrooklyn.\u201d \t<\/p>\n
\t\u201cI kept hearing this name \u2018Saoirse, Saoirse\u2019 and didn\u2019t put two and two together when I saw the name spelled out, because I\u2019m an ignorant American, but then we got to work and I was just blown away immediately,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\t\t\t \t\t\tPopular on Variety\t\t \t \t\t \t \tAdded Ronan: \u201cWe were very lucky that we clicked straight away and we had Greta, who from day one seemed to be so excited about what was happening between the two of us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tWhile not her first major role, \u201cLady Bird\u201d would further cement Ronan\u2019s leading lady status (and land her her 3rd Oscar nomination). For Chalamet, his supporting role in the film, coupled with his Oscar-nominated lead turn in \u201cCall Me By Your Name\u201d that was released around the same time, would dramatically boost his profile. <\/p>\n
\t\u201cEveryone was sort at a genesis, especially on \u2018Lady Bird,\u201d Chalamet said. \u201cIt was a small production and I feel like we had no clue how well received it was going to be.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tIt was while doing the press tour for \u201cLady Bird\u201d that Ronan recalled having to pitch herself to Gerwig for her next feature, \u201cLittle Women.\u201d \u201cI sort of had to tell her that I was going to be in it,\u201d she said. \u201cShe hadn\u2019t sort of landed on me yet, and were in the middle of promoting \u2018Lady Bird\u2019 and I was like, \u2018By the way, I\u2019m going to be Jo, right?\u2019 And she was like, \u2018I guess, sure.\u201d For Chalamet, meanwhile, he said Gerwig simply asked him to play Laurie, but while he was shooting \u201cThe King\u201d in Budapest (and also while he was \u201cchasing\u201d \u201cDune,\u201d having already \u201cmet with Denis [Villeneuve] a couple of times\u201d). \t<\/p>\n
\tDuring the shoot for \u201cLittle Women,\u201d Chalamet recalls getting a vital lesson in timekeeping from Ronan. Promoting \u201cBeautiful Boy\u201d \u2014\u00a0\u201cwhich was basically the second \u2018biggish\u2019 movie that I was in\u201d \u2014\u00a0around the same time, he got caught up in his trailer on the phone arranging tour dates, meaning he was late to get to the hair and makeup and was holding the production back. <\/p>\n
\t\u201cI was on the phone trying to do this thing, and I get this bang on my trailer door, like really intensely so I was thinking someone had died,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I opened the door and there was Saoirse in a bald cap and she was like \u2018get your fucking ass to the trailer right now.’\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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