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Wonka's Timothée Chalamet 'warned' over 'sexy Hull accent' comment

Warner Bros Timothée Chalamet in WonkaWarner Bros
The actor's comments have attracted amusement on social media

Hollywood actor Timothée Chalamet has been jokingly warned his comments about Hull having a "sexy" accent will see him "savaged by middle-aged women".

The star of the new Willy Wonka film revealed his love for the northern twang in an interview with LadBible.

The actor admitted he also loved the Essex accent and a "middle-aged northern accent".

TV star Lucy Beaumont, from Hull, said she was baffled as to why Chalamet would find it attractive.

In the clip, Chalamet said: "I like the Hull accent... Hull is sexy."

After people behind the camera starting laughing, the actor said: "Why is everyone cracking up?"

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Responding to his remarks on BBC Radio 5Live, Beaumont said: "I think he's on drugs.

"I've had this accent for 40 years and no-one has ever told me it's sexy."

The actress, who wrote the sitcom Hullraisers, added: "He looks like a very lovely young man and he should stay away from the region or he'll be savaged by middle-aged Hull women."

BBC / Jonathan Birch Lucy BeaumontBBC / Jonathan Birch
Lucy Beaumont also wrote BBC radio sitcom To Hull and Back

Chalamet's comments attracted surprise on social media, with one person writing: "Timothée Chalamet saying Hull is sexy is the highlight of my year."

Another said: "Can someone ask Timothée Chalamet how he knows that Hull exists?!"

Chalamet plays the character previously depicted by Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp in earlier adaptations of the children's novel. The film was released on Friday.

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