After declaring at the SAG Awards that he wants to be "one of the greats," Timothée Chalamet says Marty Supreme is "probably" his best performance.
"This is probably my best performance, and it's been like seven, eight years that I feel like I've been handing in really, really committed, top-of-the-line performances," Chalamet said in an interview with Margaret Gardiner, which has since been taken down from YouTube (H/T ScreenRant). "And it's important to say out loud because the discipline and the work ethic I'm bringing to these things, I don't want people to take for granted. I don't want to take for granted. This is really some top-level shit."
Those top-of-the-line performances over the last seven or eight years include Dune, Dune 2, Lady Bird, Beautiful Boy, The French Dispatch, Don't Look Up, Bones and All, and Wonka... and he's not wrong.
Back in February, Chalamet accepted the SAG Award for Best Actor for his performance as a young Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown (based on the book Dylan Goes Electric). Though he caught some flak afterwards, the actor boldly stated that he's "in pursuit of greatness" and wants "to be one of the greats." He may have lost to Adrien Brody at the Oscars the following week, but Josh Safdie's Marty Supreme seems to have him back in the running. This week, the film received three Golden Globe nominations: Best Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor – Music or Comedy for Chalamet.
Directed by Safdie from a screenplay he co-wrote with Ronald Bronstein, the film loosely follows the life of the late table tennis player Marty Reisman, who rose to fame in the late 40s and early 50s. Per the synopsis, "A young man with a dream no one respects goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness."
Marty Supreme is set to hit US theaters on December 25, and UK cinemas in December 26. For more, check out our list of the most exciting upcoming movies in 2025 and beyond.
