A few years ago, when Jewish actor Timothée Chalamet said his next project involved ping pong, people were perplexed. The star had already been nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his performance as ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. First clue that someone is serious about pingpong: They call it table tennis. Second clue: They bring their own ...

Timothée Chalamet stars in Marty Supreme—a sports drama set in 1950s New York City that follows Marty Mauser, a pompous hustler on a mission to pursue his ping-pong dreams by any means necessary. The ...

The director Josh Safdie had a personal connection to 1950s players, but he also enlisted professionals to choreograph the action and employed a visual trick. By Esther Zuckerman When Josh Safdie was ...

In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, the film's ping-pong consultant, Diego Schaaf, says he hopes the actor's wild press run "gives the sport the breakthrough it’s deserved." By Lexi Carson ...

In the 1940s and '50s, New York City table tennis was a gritty subculture full of misfits, gamblers, doctors, actors, students and more. They competed, bet on the game or both at all-night spots like ...

Timothée Chalamet wouldn’t be everyone’s first thought when it comes to playing a character like Midnight Cowboy’s Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), a fast-talking New York hustler always on the run from ...

In Marty Supreme, Timothée Chalamet plays a true hustler. The character is one of the world’s greatest table tennis players, and he is willing to do just about anything to prove it – and that means ...

“Drama is very important to me. I can’t undercut the drama,” notes one of the year’s most deeply carved cinematic characters, Marty Mauser, played by Timothée Chalamet with a staggering commitment to ...

Timothée Chalamet made history today by becoming the first person to appear on top of the Sphere in Las Vegas in order to promote his upcoming ping-pong film, Marty Supreme. A clip posted on social ...

Brothers Josh and Benny Safdie, the indie filmmakers who made a splash with the 2019 Adam Sandler drama "Uncut Gems," have decided to amicably split and make movies on their own. Yet, funnily enough, ...

The 29-year-old actor sat down for an interview with "Good Morning America." Timothée Chalamet stars as Marty Mauser, a young man who will do whatever it takes to become a champion table tennis player ...