Timothée Chalamet: "no one cares" about ballet or opera - Variety & CNN Town Hall
- Ikuko
- Mar 6
- 1 min read
Updated: Mar 7
Timothée Chalamet thinks no one cares about ballet or opera.
The Dune and Marty Supreme actor told Matthew McConaughey, with whom he co-starred in Interstellar;
"And I don't wanna be working in ballet or opera, or you know things where it's like 'hey, keep this thing alive even though no one cares about this anymore'. All respects to the ballet and opera people out there."
Here is the full interview on Variety & CNN Town Hall dated on 24th February 2026. You hear the comment about 50 minutes in.
Timothée is seeing a huge backlash from the ballet, opera and theatre community. What do you think?
Updated on 7th March 2026 to omit a duplicated word.