Timothée Chalamet’s role as a ping pong prodigy in “Marty Supreme” is being celebrated by Italy’s National Film Museum in Turin with a nearly 10-foot tall sculpture in the iconic Mole Antonelliana domed tower, which is the country’s cinematic shrine.
The sculpture of Chalamet as Marty Mauser — the fictionalized version of real-life American table tennis champ Marty Reisman — has been unveiled in one of the museum’s VR rooms to promote the upcoming release of “Marty Supreme” in Italian cinemas on Jan. 22 via distributor I Wonder Pictures.
Directed by Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme” recently became A24’s highest-grossing film at the U.S. box office with a more than $80 million haul and has earned more that $100 million worldwide.
The film premiered in Italy on Nov. 26 at the Turin Film Festival as a “secret screening” event, sans talent in tow.
The Chalamet sculpture was conceived “as an independent scenic work, capable of condensing the film’s energy, charisma and imagery into a single physical presence,” according to a statement from the museum. It was designed by Danish creative director Lulu Helbaek and Canadian production designer Dominique Gaucher (“Beau Is Afraid”) as part of an immersive experience dedicated to “Marty Supreme” at Italy’s Lucca Comics and Games Convention in November, and was originally housed in the I Wonder/A24 pavilion for the duration of the event.
The piece “portrays the character in an iconic pose, suspended between ambition, irony, and heroic tension, transforming Marty into a mythical figure, halfway between pop champion and contemporary anti-hero,” the statement said.
See the full “Marty Supreme” sculpture below.
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