"Maybe this is reason enough alone to give Timothee Chalamet an Oscar for Marty Supreme. The 30-year-old actor was so committed to his performance as Marty Mauser, the desperately ambitious, wannabe table tennis champion in 1950s New York, that he didn't use a stunt double for one of the most shocking scenes in director Josh Safdie's manic, audacious movie, one"
"of Chalamet's co-stars has revealed in a new interview. Leading up to the scene, the ever-hustling Mauser is rushing from one harebrained scheme to another in order to get cash to travel to Tokyo to compete in the world championships for table tennis. He ends up scamming his way into a party hosted by Milton Rockwell, a successful pen entrepreneur whose company is using the"
"ping-pong competition as a way to sell his products to the post-World War II Asian market. Mauser had earlier impressed Rockwell with his gamesmanship, but he irked the businessman by refusing his invitation to come along to Tokyo, on the condition that he lose a match to Japanese champion Koto Endo. But the clock is ticking and Mauser has run out of options for raising"
Timothee Chalamet performed his own stunt in Marty Supreme, executing a shocking scene without a double. He portrays Marty Mauser, a desperately ambitious, wannabe table tennis champion in 1950s New York who hustles through harebrained schemes to raise cash to travel to Tokyo for the world championships. Mauser scams his way into Milton Rockwell's party and agrees to throw a match to Japanese champion Koto Endo in exchange for passage. Rockwell tests Mauser's commitment by humiliating him socially; Mauser submits by dropping his pants and bending over before Rockwell and his wealthy friends, sacrificing his dignity to reach Tokyo.
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