‘Marty Supreme’: Gwyneth Paltrow Calls Co-Star Timothée Chalamet “A Thinking Man’s Sex Symbol” & They “Have A Lot Of Sex” In The Movie

Director Josh Safdie‘s (“Uncut Gems,” “Good Times”) next feature film effort, “Marty Supreme,” sees the filmmaker linking up with recent Oscar-nominee Timothée Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown”) and Oscar-winner Gwyneth Paltrow (“Contagion”), the latter hasn’t done a lot of major work outside of Marvel movies (a self-imposed absence from big roles for the last 15 years) and in a new interview is singing the praises of her young leading man in the pic focusing on Ping-Pong hustler, Marty Reisman.

“He’s such a thinking man’s sex symbol,” Paltrow said of her co-star Chalamet in a new extensive profile from Vanity Fair. “He’s just a very polite, properly raised, I was going to say kid,” but Paltrow corrected herself. “He’s a man who takes his work really seriously and is a fun partner.”

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Calling Chalament a “sex symbol” might have to do with the two shooting plenty of onscreen sex scenes (they were spotted making out on set) in the film.

“I mean, we have a lot of sex in this movie. There’s a lot — a lot.”

Speaking of sex, Paltrow wasn’t exactly aware of what an intimacy coordinator does after decades without them being on sets and them being more of a modern concept.

“There’s now something called an intimacy coordinator, which I did not know existed,” Paltrow said of something new experienced while shooting “Marty Supreme.” When the film’s intimacy coordinator asked Paltrow if she’d be okay with a particular move she said, “I was like, ‘Girl, I’m from the era where you get naked, you get in bed, the camera’s on.’ ”

Paltrow also revealed that she isn’t as plugged in with the industry as you might think after stepping away from doing projects on a regular basis and cites her brother Jake Paltrow for helping her get into the work of The Sadifes, also, landing the gig.

“She’s a movie star. I say that in the cosmic sense. She’s got a gravitational pull that only a camera can depict,” Safdie told VF, praising his lead actress. “I think her absence from acting has lent a vulnerability to her abilities.”

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The rest of the supporting cast of “Marty Supreme” features Tyler The Creator, Fran Drescher, Abel Ferrara, Kevin O’Leary, Sandra Bernhard, Odessa A’zion, Spenser Granese, and magician/actor Penn Jillette.

We’ll be excited to see A24 release some official photos and a trailer, but we might have to be patient as the film’s official release date isn’t until December 25, 2025 (a prime spot for an awards consideration) and the studio is downplaying a rumored debut at the Venice Film Festival.