Luca Guadagnino responds to Timothee Chalamet’s ‘ballet’ controversy

Luca Guadagnino recently responded to Timothee Chalamet’s ‘ballet and opera’ controversy in his new interview.

The Italian movie-maker, who also launched Timothee’s career with Call Me By Your Name movie, was asked about the actor’s viral remarks that ballet and opera are dying forms of art during his conversation with Interstellar co-star Matthew McConaughey last month.

“I am not on social media and don’t understand how one [single] comment can become a planetary polemic,” said Luca in an exclusive interview with Italian daily La Stampa.

The director, who is all set for the premiere of The Death of Klinghoffer in Italy on April 19, went on saying that maybe the Wonka actor “could become marginal”.

“And that’s exactly why every form of imagination should be nurtured,” noted Luca.

Meanwhile, the director added that it’s important as artists to “unite the arts, not separate them”.

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