Marty Supreme: Fran Drescher will play Timothée Chalamet’s mother
The famous Nanny from Hell joins the unlikely cast of the new film by Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems).
Timothée Chalamet is currently in the middle of filming Marty Supremea film about a table tennis champion, Marty Reisman, who left his mark on America in the 1950s. This A24 production is by Josh Safdie, known for having designed Uncut Gems with his brother, Benny Safdie, for Netflix.
Around the actor Dune and of Wonka had already been announced Gwyneth Paltrow, in her first film role since Avengers: Endgamein 2019, the rapper Tyler, the Creator (who will make his cinema debut here), as well as the filmmaker Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant). Variety announces a new arrival, Fran Drescher. The star ofA nanny from hell was chosen to play Marty/Chalamet’s mother.
The latter had not appeared on screen for some time, busy with her position as president of SAG-AFTRA, the Hollywood actors’ union. Elected in 2021, she supported the five-month strike last year. Now that studio managers have accepted some requests from actors – better social security, an increase in extra fees, supervision of the use of artificial intelligence… – she can return to the forefront as a actress, and should also soon join the cast of the continuation of Spinal Tapforty years after his participation in the first part.
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