Timothée Chalamet triggers backlash over ballet and opera remarks

2026-03-10 - 02:15

Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet has triggered a backlash from the performing arts world after he dismissed ballet and opera as art forms that audiences do not care about. Chalamet had been talking to Matthew McConaughey at the University of Texas in February about efforts to preserve cinema. “I don’t want to be working in ballet,