LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Making Marty Supreme, in theaters Thursday (Dec. 25), was intense for both Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow. Chalamet endured an eye infection, and Paltrow had reason to feel nervous in her scenes.
Chalamet plays Marty, a table tennis player competing in the 1952 championship. Paltrow plays Kay Stone, a former movie star he meets while on tour.
At a Q&A following a Los Angeles screening of the film, both actors detailed their experiences making the film. Chalamet said director Josh Safdie pushed him out of his comfort zone, but doubling up glasses and contact lenses took a physical toll.
"Josh wanted my eyes beadier," Chalamet said. "That's an easy example to cut me off from my comfort zone."
Safdie, who co-wrote the film with Ronald Bronstein, explained the double lenses Chalamet wore in the film.
