Overview
- After a platform bow and Christmas expansion, the film is in wide theatrical release with strong reviews and A24’s second‑biggest opening performance.
- Timothée Chalamet’s turn has drawn heavy best‑actor chatter from awards watchers, with multiple outlets citing him as a frontrunner.
- Kevin O’Leary says Chalamet refused a body double for a humiliating paddle scene, a fake prop broke, a real paddle was used, and roughly 40 takes were filmed late into the night.
- Josh Safdie explains the film’s core is not sports triumph but change and responsibility, drawing on his own experience of marriage and fatherhood.
- Marty Supreme is loosely inspired by ping‑pong hustler Marty Reisman and features a Holocaust anecdote tied to Alojzy ‘Alex’ Ehrlich that outlets report is based on real testimony.