Timothée Chalamet Names Denzel Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio Among the 'Greats' Who Inspired Him to Act

Timothée Chalamet and writer-director Josh Safdie took the signifier astatine CCXP successful São Paulo, Brazil, contiguous to hype up fans for Marty Supreme (review), the duo's upcoming, highly buzzed-about film.

During the panel, which saw the histrion donning a Brazilian emblem with his look connected it astatine 1 constituent -- positive an array of ping-pong-headed men accompanying him, Chalamet was asked what moves him to aspire to greatness successful his career.

"The radical that inspired maine to go an histrion successful the archetypal place," responded the Dune star. "The greats earlier me, the Denzel Washingtons, the Leonardo DiCaprios, the radical that laid a way that you aspire to arsenic a young man, arsenic a young artist. You get inspired by these radical erstwhile you're young and sometimes the satellite puts you down and doesn't promote you to dream. And this movie is exclusively astir that. It's astir pursuing your dreams. Even driving present done Sao Paulo, ever taking a infinitesimal to beryllium grateful for the opportunities I had successful my life. Going to the Performing Arts High School successful New York, being surrounded by artists to beryllium capable to prosecute my dreams, due to the fact that you request radical successful your country that enactment you."

"Equally, Marty Supreme is astir an underdog, it's astir believing your dreams erstwhile nary 1 has your back, erstwhile nary 1 believes successful you, erstwhile the radical you deliberation emotion you the most, that assertion to beryllium in emotion with you, don't person your back. And past he's someway persevering done it to beryllium the top array tennis subordinate of each time."

In his reappraisal of Marty Supreme, IGN's Michael Calabro said it was "equal parts amusive and stressful" and that "Marty Supreme combines the chaotic directing benignant of Josh Safdie with the charisma of Timothée Chalamet to marque a one-of-a-kind ping pong movie that is, without a doubt, 1 of the year’s champion films.

Marty Supreme hits theaters connected Christmas Day.