Timothée Chalamet Dismisses Speculation That Cannibal Movie ‘Bones And All’ Was Some Sort Of Elaborate Armie Hammer Joke

Timothée Chalamet is shooting down speculation once and for all that his appearance in Luca Guadagnino’s 2022 cannibal movie Bones and All had anything to do with Armie Hammer.

The show business career of Chalamet’s Call Me By Your Name co-star imploded in 2021 when a woman’s accusations of sexual assault against Hammer included alleged details of the actor’s cannibalistic fetish. (The actor denied any criminal allegations and earlier this year the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office declined to press any charges against Hammer.)

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Now, in a GQ cover story, Chalamet addresses the internet speculation that his decision to star in Bones and All was a choice made ironically or, at least, insensitively.

“I mean, what were the chances that we’re developing this thing?” Chalamet said, suggesting that the movie was in development well before the Hammer allegations. Chalamet said the false reports that the movie was inspired by Hammer actually made him double-down on the film. “It made me feel like: Now I’ve really got to do this. Because this is actually based on a book.”

The GQ author reports that “Chalamet’s face went stiff” when asked to describe “how he personally experienced the allegations against Hammer.”

Chalamet responds (reluctantly, the article notes), “Disorienting is a good word.”

Chalamet also talks in the interview about his upcoming starring role in a Bob Dylan biopic, which Chalamet has been preparing for since 2020. He says that his preparations have not yet included meeting Dylan.

“I didn’t want to [meet him] three years ago, because I just didn’t want to for superstitious reasons,” he says. “Now I would love to.”

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