Timothée Chalamet believes Adam Sandler is one of the greatest actors of all time and deserves an Oscar.
Timothée Chalamet believes Adam Sandler is one of the greatest actors of all time.
The Wonka actor heaped praise on the 59-year-old star because of the diverse range of his performances and admitted he grew up hoping to emulate Adam’s turn in 2006 romantic dramady Punch Drunk Love.
The two stars reviewed and discussed their movies at the Sandler x Chalamet event in the Fairfax High School gymnasium in Los Angeles over the weekend and after a clip from Punch Drunk Love aired, Timothée said: “It is one of the most important performances. It’s impactful, deeply moving.
“As a young actor knowing you for your comedic work, seeing that thrown against the context of your other work, I’m like, ‘Wow, this is a f****** incredible actor. I hope I can give a performance like this.’”
The 29-year-old star thinks Adam should have received more awards recognition over the years.
He said: “I know it’s not about awards, blah, blah, blah, but you should have a golden man in your hand, because, man, you’re one of the best f****** actors of all time.”
The Happy Gilmore actor returned the praise.
He told Timothée “What you continue to do for cinema and for all of us is beyond it all. I just cannot wait to see what you bring in the future.”
The pair have never appeared in a movie together but the Marty Supreme star was cut from Adam’s 2014 movie Men, Women + Children.
And Adam recalled how director Jason Reitman was full of praise for the then-teenage actor.
He said: “I remember when Jason Reitman was talking about you being in it, he said to me, ‘Oh, I got this kid playing the quarterback. He’s coming. He’s incredible.’ He like, knew.”
The Dune star recalled: ““I was at the [premiere] party at the Toronto Film Festival and I was sitting there and I was bummed, and you were leaving the party and you gave me a nice little shoulder pat; man, it meant a lot.”
The two stars also bonded over their shared love of basketball.
Timothee said: “The times we’ve played basketball, we haven’t had great luck. We played these random kids and that was rough.”
Adam added: “You’re very good, awesome. I’m fine. We played these two kids, just out of nowhere they just so happened to be so f****** good.”
At the end of the night, the pair took on two fans in a quick game of basketball – but lost.
Timothee Chalamet thinks Adam Sandler is one of the greatest actors ever
