Marty Supreme’s first trailer dropped this week as the Internet rushed in to see Timothée Chalamet hustle his way to glory. But Josh Safdie’s newest movie actually has a secret inspiration that makes all of this infinitely more interesting.
In Marty Supreme, Timothée Chalamet plays Marty Mauser. The table tennis player dreams of hitting it big and getting his face on a literal Wheaties box. But, there’s a real life ping-pong-er that inspired Safdie to make this gorgeous-looking film.
