Timothee Chalamet jokes it was ‘a lot of auto-tune’ singing in ‘Wonka’

Los Angeles, Nov 29 : Actor Timothee Chalamet developed some new skills while filming ‘Wonka’.

The actor, 27, shared that performing the films dance numbers was "a great learning experience.

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The actor chatted with ‘Extra’ at the films London premiere, and said “I loved it.My mom is a dance teacher and my grandmother was a dancer, my sister is a dancer, so I was always sort of around it but its a big difference between being around it and having to do it”, reports People magazine.

As for the singing, he joked that it involved "a lot of auto-tune.

" Chalamet told People on the red carpet that he also had to learn how to "live and love the tone" of the film.

"I realised everything Ive worked on (has had a) grounded seriousness to it, and here I had to loosen up and play, kind of like I did in high school, but I hadnt done in 10 years or something.

So, that was the learning curve," he said."But once it was in full swing, then it felt like we were cooking.

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As per People, the film serves as the prequel to Roald Dahls 1964 novel ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, with Chalamet as Willy Wonka.While Chalamet has expressed that he had a learning curve he had to go through in the film, Wonka director and co-writer Paul King previously said how he was impressed by the actors performance.

"I think whats so remarkable about his performance is not only that he is funny and mischievous and quite mysterious, as well — just like the Willy Wonka that people will know — but also, he brings such heart to the role and hes a brilliant actor," said King.

The director also said that fans can expect to see Willy Wonkas "energy" shine during the musical numbers.

"We try to evoke that through these kinds of dance sequences there.And theres a couple of really big numbers in there, and theres an amazing sort of zero-gravity set piece (and) some really lovely numbers", he said.

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