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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 Chalametis 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 filmMarty Supremeon 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)."
Infootageshared 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 anotherclip, 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."
He came to Brazil@CCXPoficialpic.twitter.com/fcRf9lrG7k
— Marty Supreme (@martysupreme)December 5, 2025
This isn't the first time that Chalamet's shown off his Soulja Boy skills. In December 2024, theA Complete Unknownactorappearedon the podcastThe 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, hisDuneco-starZendayashared that she and Chalamet haddance partiesin her hotel room during filming. He also did a lot of dancing in his turn as Willy Wonka in the 2023 filmWonka.
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And, like Soulja Boy, Chalamet once had ambitions as a rapper. In 2012, Chalametperformedas 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 busypromotingthe release ofMarty 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 Supremeis in theaters on Dec. 25.
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