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Timothée Chalamet Trained ‘For Months and Months’ To Play The Titular Ping Pong Champ in ‘Marty Supreme,’ Cinematographer Darius Khondji Says in Doha
Timothée Chalamet trained for many months to play the titular ping pong Champ in Josh Safdie's upcoming 'Marty Supreme,' Darius Khondji tells Variety.
Chalamet, who prepared for five years to play Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown,” also trained intensely for his role as Reisman – who started his career as a hustler in Manhattan and went on to win 22 major ping pong titles from 1946 to 2002 – “because you can do anything, any camera tricks you want, but you need to have a core,” Khondji said. As previously reported, Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed that she is starring in “Marty Supreme” as the wife of a rival professional who falls into bed with Chalamet’s character and they have a lot of sex. Khondji, a two-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer (“Evita,” “Bardo”), recently worked on Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17” and Ari Aster’s “Eddington,” starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal and Austin Butler.
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