By Juliette Gurunlian
Published yesterday at 3:30 p.m., Updated yesterday at 3:52 p.m.
Timothée Chalamet transformed for the filming of Marty Supreme. (New York, le 2 octobre 2024.)
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Mustache, slicked back hair, round glasses and period costume: the actor’s new look on the set of Marty Supreme panics the Twittersphere.
Seen in the streets of Manhattan on Wednesday October 2: a Timothée Chalamet straight out of a black and white film. Period costume, round glasses, mustache and slicked back hair, the 28-year-old actor radically changed his look for the filming of the film Marty Supreme. The actor plays Marty Reisman, an American table tennis champion who died in 2012. The opportunity to delve back into the 1950s, to follow the story of the famous table tennis player, twice United States champion.
It’s a transformed Timothée Chalamet, therefore, who wandered the streets of New York this week, and whose appearance divided the Web. To the point that some fans did not recognize Kylie Jenner’s boyfriend. On Twitter, Internet users reacted to the first images of the shooting with humor. For @smk73, the actor looks like Marcel Proust “in casual Friday attire.” For others, to the “artistic director of a company that sells coffee pods”.
“Timothée Chalamet in the role of Brooklyn Beckham,” teases @__szbea. For some, he would rather resemble the sinister Gomez Addams, or even Judge Doom in Who wants Roger Rabbit’s skin?.
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The jokes are going well. Like that of the Internet user @realoverheardla, who did not view the actor’s outfit very favorably. “Why is Timothée Chalamet dressed like he’s trying to attract girls by pretending to read a copy of The Body Keeps Score (and personal development book, Editor’s note) in the metro,” he wrote.
A “James Bond villain”
Another outfit of the actor, immortalized in a long black coat and red leather gloves, also made Internet users react. “He looks like a James Bond villain,” added @CinéCoeur.
On Instagram, meme creators took advantage of the photos to parody them, such as @yugnat999, who shared this humorous post with his 574,000 subscribers.
A dream casting
The release date of Marty Supremedirected by Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein, has not yet been announced. We nevertheless know that Fran Drescher, the star ofA nanny from hellwill play the mother of Timothée Chalamet, as revealed Variety Friday October 4. The actor will also share the screen with Gwyneth Paltrow and rapper Tyler The Creator.
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This is not the first time that Timothée Chalamet has made up his face in the streets of New York. In March, photos from the filming ofA complete strangerthe biographical film about Bob Dylan, had already panicked the Internet. The biopic on the singer will be released in theaters on December 25, 2024.
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