Wearing sunglasses and a brown Givenchy suit, Timothee Chalamet was welcomed like a proper rockstar at the French premiere of “Marty Supreme” at Le Grand Rex theater in Paris on Tuesday night.
Addressing people in the crowd from the stage, Chalamet playfully called out the Paris venue for charging attendees overpriced tickets to attend the premiere of the A24 movie. “I know you were charged a lot,” said Chalamet, who appeared to somewhat still be in character as hustling table tennis champ Marty Reisman. “It has nothing to do with me! I’m not getting any money from it, I would have liked for it to be free.”
The actor, who is also producing the film, was alluding to the fact that Le Grand Rex sold tickets for the Paris premiere that went up to €50 ($60) for reserved seats in the orchestra.
Chalamet, whose performance in Safdie’s movie has won him his first Golden Globe win and an Oscar nomination, also paid tribute to France’s cinephile culture and delighted fans by speaking French to present the movie alongside Josh Safdie and Ron Bronstein.
He praised “the French people who love movies.” “There is a big cinema culture in France,” he said, “and even if the film is successful in the United States, it’s a miracle movie.”
Safdie, who’s nominated for best director at the Oscars, said the part of Marty Reisman “was written for (Chalamet).”
“I met him when he was in his early 20s, and I met a young man who had eyes bigger than his head,” said Safdie. “I met a young man who was present in the room but not where he wanted to be, and I met Timmy Supreme. I met a kid who had a vision for himself. He could see the world, he could see the arts, but he was so far away. He needed to be at the center.”
“Marty Supreme” will be released in France on Feb. 18 by Metropolitan FilmExport.
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