I’m trying to go where it’s not obvious to go,” says Timothée Chalamet of the eclectic CV that has set him on the path to becoming the actor of his generation. The 26-year-old, who has already played a teenage cannibal, King Henry V and a futuristic desert warrior on the big screen in Dune – and will soon slip into Willy Wonka’s purple velvet tailoring – joined Edward Enninful in a New York diner to discuss his latest role: British Vogue cover star. Becoming the first solo male cover star in the magazine’s 106-year history feels “extraordinary”, he tells Enninful. “And weird. And just an honour.