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Vicky Jessop

Why did Timothée Chalamet’s Oscars campaign bomb so hard?

Timothee Chalamet in Givenchy by Sarah Burton - (Getty Images)

It was supposed to be his moment of triumph. When Timothée Chalamet took to the Oscars red carpet on Sunday, he doubtless expected (or at least, hoped) he’d be walking away victorious at the end of the night.

After all, his film, Marty Supreme, was a critical darling. Critics had raved about it, and especially about Chalamet’s performance as the livewire ping-pong hustler, Marty Mauser.

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