Josh Brolin’s Poem for Timothée Chalamet

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Josh Brolin’s Poem for Timothée Chalamet refers to a poem written by actor Josh Brolin for actor Timothée Chalamet on the set of Dune: Part Two, which leaked on Twitter / X in February 2024 after it was included in the book Dune: Exposures by Brolin and photographer Greig Fraser. Brolin's poem was about Chalamet's look of "adolescence." Many saw the poem as oddly erotic, portrayed in memes, reactions and quotes that painted Brolin as Chalamet's secret admirer. Brolin also wrote poems about actress Zendaya in the book.

Origin

In February 2024, Insight Editions^[1] and Amazon ^[2] started presales for the photography book Dune: Exposures by Dune cinematographer Greig Fraser and words by actor Josh Brolin. One of the preview pages for the book on both sites showed a poem next to a photo of actor Timothée Chalamet.

On February 10th, 2024, the X^[3] account @DiscussingFilm posted the photo and the poem side-by-side, writing, "Josh Brolin’s poem for Timothée Chalamet on the set of ‘DUNE 2’." In one day, the tweet gained over 22.2 million views and 19,000 likes (shown below).

Your face is etched by
adolescence.

Your cheekbones jump toward
what are youth-laden eyes that slide down
a prominent nose and onto lips of a certain poetry.

And the way you hold my gaze
makes me fear my own age

because something in me tells me
you are going to offer me something and,
for now,
I'm not sure
it's going to be
something
I want anymore.

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@DiscussingFilm's viral tweet^[3] inspired numerous viral replies and quotes after its upload. For instance, an early, viral example was posted by X^[4] user @kendallhosseini on February 10th, 2024, who wrote, "imagine your 55 year old coworker recited this poem about you in the break room," gaining over 50,000 likes in one day (shown below, left).

Also on February 10th, X^[5] user @BrndnStrssng posted a quote reading, "I don’t think we should be seeing this," earning over 92,000 likes in a day (shown below, right).

Internet users started to reference then-recent meme trends and formats in their viral posts. For instance, on February 10th, 2024, X^[6] user @ElectionLegal replied with the I Might Switch To Bussy lyric, captioned, "Josh Brolin be like," gaining over 7,300 likes in a day (shown below, left).

Also on February 10th, X^[7] user @therealpraveer used the Tucker Carlson Looking at the Camera format, receiving over 6,500 likes in a day (shown below, right).