Timothée Chalamet Accuses Background Actor of Threatening Remark

Timothée Chalamet has shared a unique story from the set of the upcoming ping pong film, Marty Supreme, highlighting an unusual encounter with one of the background actors. The actor, known for his role in Dune, spoke about this experience during a Q&A session alongside Robert Downey Jr. on Wednesday.

Chalamet reflected on a scene that involved a number of non-actors, which he found both challenging and exciting to work with. “I won’t say who, but in that motel sequence, there are a lot of non-actors…that I find it really thrilling to work with, but sometimes it would take multiple takes to really get something out of them,” he said.

He described how he was trying to provoke a reaction from one of the background actors during a scene. “I was really getting in the guy’s face and I’m really trying to get him angry with me. I was saying to Josh [Safdie, the movie’s director], he’s not getting angry with me, he’s not getting angry with me.”

However, during another take, the background actor decided to warn Chalamet about his own temper. “I did another take, and then the guy said, ‘I was just in jail for 30 years. You really don’t want to f* with me. You don’t want to see me angry,’ the Little Women actor recalled.

Chalamet’s story ended with a humorous twist. “I said to Josh, ‘Holy s***, who do you have me opposite, man?’”

This anecdote came just a day after the director of Marty Supreme revealed that Robert Pattinson had a hidden role in the sports drama. Speaking at London’s BFI Southbank, Safdie disclosed that the Twilight star provided the voice for the unseen announcer during the British Open ping pong semifinals between Marty Mauser (played by Chalamet) and Hungarian champion Bela Kletzki (Géza Röhrig) in the early part of the film.

“No one knows this, but that voice — the commentator, the umpire — is Pattinson,” the Uncut Gems filmmaker said. “It’s like a little easter egg. Nobody knows about that. … He came and watched some stuff and I was like, I don’t know any British people. So he’s the umpire.”

Pattinson, 39, previously worked with Safdie on the 2017 crime thriller Good Time, which the director co-helmed with his brother, Benny. The film centered on Pattinson’s character, Connie, a criminal who goes to extreme lengths to free his developmentally disabled brother (played by Benny) from custody.

Earlier this week, Chalamet won the Golden Globe for Marty Supreme, setting the stage for a potential Oscar win. He is now expected to receive a Best Actor nomination at this year’s Academy Awards for his performance. If he is recognized, it would be the 29-year-old’s third nomination.