Could you please call them by his name?
The lanky, mop-wearing boys and their fans are flocking to New York this weekend. outre Event: Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest will award a $50 prize to his most convincing doe-eyed doppelganger.
London student Octave Ksimbaş, 22, is considering flying in from the UK if his university finals go well this week.
“The whole thing is pretty funny,” he told the Post. “is that so?”
The curly French brunette is often said to look like Chalamet, so Coussembache hopes she's convinced. Je ne sais qui The 28-year-old's “Call Me By Your Name'' evokes the heartbeat.
He hasn't bought a ticket yet, but said a lot of people across the pond are talking about the event. The event is scheduled to take place Sunday at 1 p.m. at Washington Square Park's famous arch.
And while Ksimbersh admitted that the prize money wouldn't cover the cost of tickets, at least the aspiring contestant still saw some justification for possibly making the trip.
“This is a story for my grandchildren,” said Kusinvarsh, who posted the photo on the online party planning tool Partiful, hoping that even if she doesn't make it, the photo will be entered into a contest in the United States. .
Counterfeit contest flyers have been spotted around the city since September and attracted international attention a few weeks ago. It became a hot topic in X.
The page has open event Partiful was created by an anonymous host who advertises minimal information and a guest list.
No one knows what will happen, but nearly 2,000 would-be Wonka actors have RSVPed since the Howard Street flyer photo went viral.
That's how Reed Putnam, 21, who lives in north Ogdensburg, learned of the incident.
He didn't believe it was real until he checked out Partiful and saw all the participants. That's when he realized, “This is a big deal.”
The Chalamet clone uploaded a photo of himself to the event page and received a lot of feedback, including people dropping friendly emojis, notes claiming he had a good chance of winning, and messages asking to see him. I was pleasantly surprised by the reaction.
The State University of New York student and substitute teacher decided to get involved and bought tickets to fly to New York to attend the event with his girlfriend, who is a Chalamet fan.
“It's kind of mind-blowing, to be honest,” he told the Post.
“It's one of those things where you take something small, almost like a joke, and then it becomes something this big.”
The avid traveler is “excited” to use the event as an excuse to come to the city because “everyone is just there to have a good time.”
But some Chalamet knockoffs don't have to travel very far.
Loris van Flordrup, 19, a 2026 leadership management student at New York University, Chalamet's alma mater, happened to be celebrating her birth as a way to celebrate because “everyone” was talking about it. He told the Post he may enter a contest set for the day.
“When I saw it, I thought, this is a $50 prize, there's nothing wrong with that,” said the student and professional soccer player. “But more importantly, we are proud of this historic and exclusive competition.”
He thinks the event was probably organized by a certain type of woman or by a filmmaker with a big budget looking for an off-brand Chalamet.
The birthday boy told the Post he wanted to take home some phone numbers and a movie deal.
“I'm very interested in the contest, because at the end of the day I'm just a brown-haired guy,” he said.
Some hope Chalamet himself will stop by the event. Some fans donated $5,000 through crowdfunding. – 100 times the prize money – If an actor comes in for a laugh, the money will be donated to a charity of his or her choice.
His representative has not yet confirmed to the Post whether the actor knows about this.
But even if the actor is a no-show, most people seem happy with the prospect of attracting Chalamet wannabes.
Lily Jones, 22, told the Post she was simply “intrigued by the absurdity” and planned to attend the event with a few friends.
“We just think it’s fun,” she said. “And it would be really funny if Timothée Chalamet happened to seduce one of my friends.”
