Timothée Chalamet Controversy Boosts Opera Ticket Sales, Royal Ballet Boss Says
Timothée Chalamet is helping out the opera.
The 30-year-old Marty Supreme actor, who landed in hot water while offhandedly suggesting that “no one cares” about ballet or opera, has seemingly already had a positive effect on those communities.
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In a new interview, the head of the Royal Ballet and Opera (RBO) Alex Beard explained that ticket sales increased after the controversy, noting the reaction has been “fantastic.”
“I thought it important that we didn’t issue a kind of hoity-toity response to Chalamet,” he said to the Times.
“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. And you know what? Our post got two-and-a-half million engagements and half a million shares, just on Instagram. And our ticket sales got an immediate boost. So cheers, Timmy!”
If you missed it, he and Brad Pitt are teaming up for a new movie! The two are among the producers for a film adaptation of Richard Powers‘ bestselling novel Playground, and the movie rights have been picked up by Warner Bros. Get all the details about the upcoming project.