Timothée Chalamet virtually referred to as Oliver by a unique identify.
Screenwriter and producer James Ivory reveals in his new memoir, Strong Ivory, that the position of Oliver was almost given to actor Shia LaBeouf as an alternative of Armie Hammer.
In an excerpt revealed by GQ, Ivory recollects assembly with LaBeouf in New York Metropolis, the place the Even Stevens actor did a studying with Timothée, who performed Elio, Oliver’s lover.
“Luca [Guadagnino] and I had been blown away,” Ivory writes. “The studying by the 2 younger actors had been sensational; they made a really convincing scorching couple.”
Nevertheless, Ivory claims that LaBeouf was “dropped” from competition after a run of “unhealthy publicity.”
The screenwriter, who was initially presupposed to direct the movie, went on to say, “Luca solid Armie Hammer and by no means spoke to, or of, Shia once more.”
Previous to contemplating LaBeouf, Ivory was “uncertain” the Transformers star may do Andre Aciman‘s character justice. As he put it, “He is a particularly good actor. However as an educational writing in regards to the Greek thinker Heraclitus, he could be a stretch.”
