Timothée Chalamet endured hours of spanking while filming a scene for the movie Marty Supreme, his co-star Kevin O’Leary has revealed. The scene required Chalamet’s character to be spanked by O’Leary’s wealthy husband character, and the actor refused a body double.
O’Leary told Variety that a stunt double was available for the scene, but Chalamet insisted on performing it himself. “He said he’ll do it himself. He didn’t want some other ass immortalised,” O’Leary recalled. A real paddle was used after a fake prop broke almost immediately.
Director Josh Safdie demanded multiple takes, with O’Leary estimating around 40. “Josh was saying, ‘You’ve got to wind up harder,’” O’Leary said. “I was really whacking him.” The scene reportedly took “hours” to film.
Marty Supreme, directed by Josh Safdie, stars Chalamet as a 1950s New Yorker aspiring to be a table tennis champion. The film also features Gwyneth Paltrow as a faded movie star. It has grossed $27m in the US over the Christmas weekend and received strong reviews.
Chalamet, 30, has called the film the one he is “most proud of” in his career. He is widely expected to receive an Oscar nomination for his performance.
