Controversial they may have been, but Timothée Chalamet comments on ballet and opera might have done some good.
In a new interview with The Times, the chief of London’s flagship opera house has thanked the Hollywood actor for boosting ticket sales amid his outrage-sparking remark that “no one cares” about the art forms anymore.
Alex Beard, of the Royal Ballet and Opera, said public reaction to the Marty Supreme star’s comments was “fantastic.”
“I thought it important that we didn’t issue a kind of hoity-toity response to Chalamet,” said Beard. “We simply said ‘Take a look at what we’re doing, mate’ — for instance, the fact that the largest portion of our audience by age is 20 to 30-year-olds.”
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