US EditionIs Timothée Chalamet as good at pingpong as his character in 'Marty Supreme'?
Timothée Chalamet trained for years with expert coaches, refusing stunt doubles to authentically portray a 1950s table tennis champion in Marty Supreme, which earned $17.4 million opening weekend.
- On Dec. 25, Marty Supreme premiered and featured Timothée Chalamet, two-time Oscar nominee, training for years with a table in his New York apartment during the pandemic.
- Director Josh Safdie enlisted Diego Schaaf and Wei Wang to train Timothée Chalamet, who devoted years to mastering table tennis while working on multiple projects.
- Several sequences were choreographed without a ball, and Diego Schaaf said about 60 points were scripted and rehearsed first with a real ball before CGI additions.
- Critics hailed Timothée Chalamet's work, stirring Oscars buzz as reviewers praised his paddle skills and linked the film to 70 mph balls and the Reisman–Satoh rivalry.
- On set, Timothée Chalamet rejected a stunt double for the public spanking scene, Kevin O'Leary recalled, `We had a stand-in ass and a fake paddle that supposedly would not put the full force`, and Chalamet endured `+10` contact lenses despite dizziness.
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Timothée Chalamet Got Spanked With a Real Ping Pong Paddle in ‘Marty Supreme’ and Refused a Butt Double: ‘He Didn’t Want Some Other Ass Immortalized’
'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary used a real ping-pong paddle to spank Timothée Chalamet's butt in 'Marty Supreme' after the actor refused a double.
Marty Supreme Is A Love Letter to the Underdog
“I’m really in pursuit of greatness,” said Timothée Chalamet earlier this year at the Screen Actors Guild Awards after winning the best actor prize for his turn as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown (2024). His chutzpah was startling but also weirdly charming given the faux-humility of the standard acceptance speech. “I know people don’t usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats,” he continued, invoking the names of Marlon Brando, …
Timothée Chalamet Is So Dedicated to Authenticity, He Purposefully Impaired His Vision to Wear Real Glasses in 'Marty Supreme'
Marty Supreme director Josh Safdie revealed at a recent panel conversation that Timothée Chalamet took steps to genuinely alter his own vision to play the movie's lead character, who wears glasses.
Tyler The Creator Had A "Blast" Filming "Marty Supreme"
Tyler The Creator says he had a “blast” working on Josh Safdie’s newest film, Marty Supreme, which hit theaters on December 25. For the project, he starred as Wally, a taxi driver and friend of the titular character played by Timothée Chalamet. He reflected on his experience with the movie in a post on Instagram on Monday. He shared several pictures from the set, featuring Chalamet, Safdie, and more. In the caption, he wrote: “MARTY SUPREME IN T…
Marty Supreme Is the Quintessential American Story for Its Creators
For screenwriter Ronald Bronstein, the scenes where Timothée Chalamet picks up a ping-pong paddle are among the most moving and pure in all of Marty Supreme. That is saying something since by his own admission, Bronstein was never an athlete. In fact, the filmmaker—who also co-edited and produced the table tennis epic—concedes he was that “obnoxious kid” growing up, the kind who “made not being interested in sports into a part of my identity.” E…
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