Fans of the actor held a Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest in Washington Square Park on Sunday and, according to a Partiful page promoting the event, More than 2,500 people agreed to go – although a report from The Cut estimated that the final number of The number of participants significantly exceeded this number. The competition became a viral sensation after participants shared videos showing Chalamet himself – not a lookalike – taking part in the event.
The contest was originally scheduled to take place in Washington Square Park, but viral videos show NYPD asking the crowd to move and people moving to a basketball court at the end of the street.
Nicole Sievers, a self-proclaimed Chalamet fan who attended the event in person, told Polygon that she went because she saw flyers for the event around town and knew “it was one of the events in New York City.” which she “couldn’t carry out under any circumstances”. renounce it.” Then, as she stood under the arch of Washington Square Park, she could see Chalamet himself.
“[I was] I tried to remain calm because I didn’t want to cause a scene.” Sievers told Polygon via text message: “It turned out he was willing to cause his own scene, which I deeply respect.”
A Timothée Chalamet fan account on TikTok described the event as “one for the pop culture history books.” The account shared a photo carousel from that day, featuring photos of Chalamet sporting a mustachioed smile amid a packed crowd of fans holding up their phones, a Chalamet lookalike being arrested by the NYPD, and a Chalamet lookalike posing as Willy Wonka dressed up was standing next to a shimmering trophy.
A video showed all the contestants, which the audience voted on by loudly calling out their favorites. We have Willy Wonka Timmy, Call me by your name Chalamet and some good old non-character doppelgängers. Maybe the funniest part? The winner received $50 in the form of a giant check like the ones you see in contests or shows.
As someone who just watched the videos, I can understand why people are so obsessed with the event. The variety of images – from a huge $50 check to a photo of the police arresting one of the doppelgangers – seems more like a dream sequence than a real event. For Sievers, the actual event was much more relaxed than it seemed in the videos. Chalamet dabbed at people, took photos and skipped.
“Honestly, it was pretty harmless,” Sievers said. “For example, if you saw one of the videos of the parade from the park to a basketball court at the end of the street, everyone was sitting there and very quiet. I think the police made it worse. Even when Timothée unmasked himself in front of some attendees, people were a little shocked and cheered because he ‘did the thing.’
