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- Timothée Chalamet is making it clear that he’s always ready to dance to Soulja Boy
- Appearing at the CCXP convention in São Paolo, Brazil to promote his film Marty Supreme, Chalamet took the stage dancing to “Crank That”
- This isn’t the first time Chalamet’s performed the dance — in 2024, he taught the steps to podcast host Brittany Broski
Timothée Chalamet is making it abundantly clear that he’s got the steps down to Soulja Boy’s “Crank That.”
While appearing at the CCXP entertainment convention in São Paolo, Brazil, to promote his film Marty Supreme on Friday, Dec. 5, Chalamet, 29, fired up the crowd with a high-energy take on rapper Soulja Boy’s eponymous dance, inspired by the 2007 track “Crank That (Soulja Boy).”
In footage shared to X from the convention, Chalamet can be seen taking the stage in a green and yellow pullover. The second he hits the dance’s first steps, the crowd breaks out into deafening cheers.
In another clip, Chalamet removes his pullover, revealing a grey hoodie with “USA” printed on the back, and tosses the jacket to a fan in the crowd. He then pulls off the hoodie, throwing it to another fan, to reveal a white tank top as he greets the crowd with an enthusiastic “Yeah.”
This isn’t the first time that Chalamet’s shown off his Soulja Boy skills. In December 2024, the A Complete Unknown actor appeared on the podcast The Broski Report, where he cranked it alongside host Brittany Broski, teaching her the dance’s signature moves along the way.
Chalamet’s enthusiasm for dancing has been well-documented. In 2021, his Dune co-star Zendaya shared that she and Chalamet had dance parties in her hotel room during filming. He also did a lot of dancing in his turn as Willy Wonka in the 2023 film Wonka.
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And, like Soulja Boy, Chalamet once had ambitions as a rapper. In 2012, Chalamet performed as his alter-ego, Lil Timmy Tim, at an event held at his alma mater, New York’s LaGuardia High School.
In recent weeks, he’s been busy promoting the release of Marty Supreme, the Josh Safdie film in which he portrays the titular character, a ping-pong champion with a dream “no one respects,” according to an official synopsis.
Chalamet stars as Marty Mauser, whose story is loosely inspired by real-life Jewish American tennis table pioneer Marty Reisman, who died in 2012.
Marty Supreme is in theaters on Dec. 25.
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