| Chalamet remembers seeing Stuhlbarg on Broadway, too: ''I’m a theatre kid from New York: I grew up going to see plays, and I had seen Michael Stuhlbarg in Martin McDonagh’s 'The Pillowman,' when I must have been 12 or 13 years old. When I heard he had been cast in 'Call Me by Your Name,' I was already like a kid in the candy store. When it came time to shoot that scene [where Elio's father gives his advice], I simply thought to myself, 'Let the master go to work, and be a fly on the wall.' ... Sometimes, as an actor, you kind of memorize a scene in its entirety, or what your scene partner is doing, if you have a sensitive scene. But with that one, I didn’t even look at the speech beforehand. I wanted to hear it wholly and authentically for the first time on camera. So it’s a real wild experience watching it, because it’s just so profound and touching.” |
