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Timothée Chalamet has had complex feelings about his work on Interstellar since its 2014 release. Previously, he shared that he felt like a “fraud” after attending an early screening of Christopher Nolan’s beloved sci-fi flick and then “wept for an hour” afterwards because he thought his role would be bigger than it was. Still, Chalamet says Interstellar remains his favorite project that he’s worked on.
The film marked one of Chalamet’s first major roles. Just 17 at the time, he played the younger version of Tom Cooper, the son of former NASA pilot Joseph Cooper (Matthew McConaughey), who struggles with his father’s departure on a high-risk space mission.
At the time, the now A-list actor was at a career crossroads, and believed that McConaughey considered him “aimless but motivated.” In a conversation with his Interstellar co-star filmed at the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication, McConaughey admits he thought Chalamet was “figuring some stuff out,” but that it seemed obvious to him that “no matter what you were dealing with, you were going to make your way.”
There seemed to be good vibes between the pair during their chat, with Chalamet noting McConaughey’s warmth and guidance towards him as they worked on the movie together. However, a “souvenir” left by the older actor in Chalamet’s Interstellar trailer left him reeling.
“I gotta say, my last day on Interstellar, I was sad to be leaving,” Chalamet recalled. “In my trailer, I went to the bathroom, and there was a huge turd in my toilet. I felt so disrespected. Like, ‘I know I’m not the star of this movie, but who’s coming in here?’ So I went around to all the grips, these big guys, and I said, ‘Hey, one of you let it loose in my trailer.’ They said no. I went up to Nolan, and he pointed to Matthew, and Matthew had this devilish grin on his face. I said, ‘Why’d you do that?’ You said, ‘In Texas, it’s a coming of age, baby.’”
More than a decade on from the Interstellar prank, Chalamet is doing just fine, as he’s in the running for a Best Actor Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards for his performance in Marty Supreme. He also has Dune: Part Three coming out later this year.
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