Timothée Chalamet declined to half-ass his Marty Supreme efficiency, and when it got here time to movie a ping pong paddle spanking scene, he refused to let a stunt double butt-in on his position.
Chalamet performs a desk tennis prodigy who will get embroiled with a retired actress (Gwyneth Paltrow), and her humiliated entrepreneur husband (Shark Tank shark Kevin O’Leary, making his cinematic debut). O’Leary advised Variety that to play his revenge-seeking character, he spanked Chalamet “for hours,” as director Josh Safdie filmed about 40 takes till 4 within the morning.
“When it got here time to whack him, there was a stunt ass. There was a double,” O’Leary stated. “[Chalamet] wouldn’t do it. He stated he’ll do it himself. He didn’t need another ass immortalized.”
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O’Leary famous {that a} softer, prop paddle broke on the primary try, necessitating using the true factor. “Josh [Safdie] was saying, ‘You’ve acquired to wind up tougher,’” O’Leary recalled. “I used to be actually whacking him.”
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