Timothée Chalamet hasn’t paused for a second between starring in “Dune: Half Two,” “Wonka,” and “A Full Unknown” in 2024, plus filming “Marty Supreme.”
The actor stated throughout Theo Von’s “This Previous Weekend” podcast that he simply is likely to be probably the most booked and busy star in Hollywood, particularly given his immersive dedication to roles like when portraying Bob Dylan for biopic “A Full Unknown.”
“You’re by no means speculated to say you’re aggressive however…there’s been lots of music biopics and I needed to do a terrific fucking job. I like Bob Dylan, I like this artist. None of that is with no consideration,” Chalamet stated.
And the “grit” of engaged on movies, moderately than TV, is what drives Chalamet.
“There’s this little false impression about actors too. You’ll be able to have a comfortable job on a TV present. In the event you give a shit about your work, it may very well be a terrific way of life. You’re making like excessive six figures, low seven figures, and also you’re simply exhibiting up whenever you need,” he stated. “In the event you give a fuck about what you’re doing…these are lengthy ass days. These are 14-hour days, six days every week, for 3 months. I do know individuals acquired it means more durable however I need to really feel that grit. I hope individuals don’t chuckle at it. I really feel like I’m the toughest working man. Possibly I shouldn’t say that. Why do that for those who’re not going to go as exhausting as potential?”
He continued to “go as exhausting” as he may for Josh Safdie’s upcoming characteristic “Marty Supreme” by which Chalamet performs a ping-pong champion. Gwyneth Paltrow co-stars.
“Principally I shot this film ‘Marty Supreme’ all fall,” Chalamet stated. “This loopy director, Josh Safdie, it was type of that [‘Uncut Gems’] vitality, that chaotic factor. It wasn’t like a low vitality shoot. This was like 16-hour days for 3 months. Then I went proper into this [‘A Complete Unknown’ press tour].”
Safdie additionally needed Chalamet to look to have smaller eyes whereas in character, and had the actor impair his imaginative and prescient with equipment.
“On ‘Marty Supreme,’ I’m sporting contacts as a result of he needed my eyes to be little,” Chalamet stated. “He gave me actual glasses that fuck my eyes up and I’m sporting contacts beneath to offset what the glasses are doing. My imaginative and prescient was principally fucked up till a day in the past.”
The movie moreover employed the “‘Forrest Gump’ ping pong coaches” for the characteristic.