Timothée Chalamet shares wild promo ideas for ‘Marty Supreme’

Timothée Chalamet seems to prefer brainstorming promotional ideas for his upcoming film, Marty Supreme.

The Josh Safdie movies loosely inspired by ping-pong legend Marty Reisman, stars Chalamet as the fictional Marty Mauser and is set to release on December 25.

Early Saturday, Chalamet shared an 18-minute Zoom video on social media, featuring the “marketing team” behind the A24 film.

The Wonka actor called the project “one of the most important things that happens on Planet Earth this year. Marty Supreme. Christmas Day.”

“I wake up every morning, I think culmination, integration, like all of us, and fruition, fruitionizing, which is not a word, obviously, but fruitionising the release of this movie, like really making sure it comes out in a great way,” Chalamet explained.

He pitched painting landmarks including the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower in Marty Supreme orange and presented a line drawing of a blimp, saying,  “My visual artist, it took him six months to mock this up.” 

The Zoom participants, whether real marketers or actors, played along as Chalamet’s ideas grew increasingly absurd.

For the blimp, the Dune actor suggested, “We should have the blimp go above Flog Gnaw and rain ping-pong balls, Marty Supreme branded, rain ping-pong balls on everyone.”

When safety concerns were raised, Chalamet acknowledged the risk, “I don’t want to put anybody in an unsafe condition, but I don’t want to be too safe about putting out this movie."

The 29-year-old star added, “If it’s the difference between, you know what I mean, someone losing an arm putting out the movie, but someone gaining an arm intellectually when they see it, I’m a fan of the latter.”

With nearly six weeks until Christmas, fans can likely expect more wild promotional antics from Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme.