‘She dreamt bigger than all of us’: is Timothée Chalamet really a Susan Boyle superfan?

The Marty Supreme star said the Britain’s Got Talent runner-up is one of the greatest Britons of all time – surely he’s not taking her name in vain for attention

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imothée Chalamet understands the true nature of greatness. In Marty Supreme, he plays a character loosely based on a former two-time US men’s singles table tennis champion. In A Complete Unknown, he played Bob Dylan at the exact moment he decided to reshape all of pop culture in his own image. His upcoming third Dune film is based on a book that is literally called Messiah. So when Timothée Chalamet singles out a figure for greatness, understand that the greatness is warranted.

Which is a roundabout way of saying that Timothée Chalamet thinks Susan Boyle is great. Not only great, but one of the greatest Britons to have ever lived.

In a recent interview with the BBC, Chalamet was asked to list his favourite British people. After naming David and Victoria Beckham, Lewis Hamilton and Fakemink (a rapper who has worked with EsDeeKid, a performer some suspect is Chalamet in disguise). And then he named Susan Boyle. As the interviewer laughed in surprise, Chalamet clarified his choice. “She dreamt big,” he said. “She dreamt bigger than all of us. Who wasn’t moved by that? I remember it like it was yesterday.”