Timothee Chalamet has admitted that his character in Marty Supreme is the most like him.
In a new chat with Matthew McConaughey for Variety magazinehe explained the reasoning behind this claim which makes his role as the ambitious Marty Mauser a direct mirror of his personality.
Chalamet began by talking about how growing up in New York shaped his personality as a defense mechanism rather than an identity.
“When you’re from New York and you grow up in a box, your personality is all you have. Your personality is your armor.”
He also mentioned his humble roots, saying, “I was smaller than everyone growing up. I’m still smaller than everyone. So weaponize that. I was a crazy kid on the subway growing up. I sang the French national anthem to impress girls twice my size.”
“And Marty’s that guy. I like the glasses and the bad skin, because he’s like, ‘It’s all attitude, man.’ I don’t give a shit. I am the best table tennis player in the world. You can’t take anything from me. You may have more money or more power, but when it comes to that damn table and that paddle and that little orange ball, I’m the king, man,” he continued.
Referring to his previous project alongside McConaughey: “It’s like when I was on ‘Interstellar.’ I live with my mother in New York, and I see you and I see Nolan and Anne Hathway.
“I see the SUVs and I arrive in the die-cast van. I’m like, ‘I want to be in the SUV, man.’ ” And by some miracle I’m fine. It’s moving to be here with you. I’m damn excited,” he concluded.
