While everyone else was focused on Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie managed to sneak in another superstar celebrity cameo.
Film fans were surprised to say the least after discovering that Safdie had included one of the stars of a previous movie he completed with his brother Benny, and it's none other than Robert Pattinson.
Pattinson and Chalamet are two of the biggest celebrities in the world right now, and they're both set to star opposite each other in Dune 3, releasing later this year.
Marty Supreme looks set to see Timothée Chalamet nominated for his third Oscar, especially as the New York actor has just recently won a Golden Globe for his performance.
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Watching Marty Supreme is a hectic experience in typical Safdie fashion, with many fans suggesting it completes a trilogy of stressful films about aspirational flawed protagonists alongside Uncut Gems and the Pattinson-starring Good Time.
Despite this, most would figure that, if Pattinson was in the film, they probably would have noticed, right?
Pattinson features in the British open scene where the titular Marty is beaten by Japanese sensation Endo in the final. The Twilight and The Batman star actually voiced the announcer/umpire in the scene, something Josh Safdie revealed in a talk at BFI Southbank a couple of days ago (January 12).
Safdie said: “No one knows this, but that voice — the commentator, the umpire — is Pattinson. It’s like a little easter egg. Nobody knows about that.
“He came and watched some stuff and I was like, I don’t know any British people. So he’s the umpire.”
It is no surprise that Safdie stayed close to Pattinson and was looking to include him in the film if you look at his previous comments about the film star. Good Time, directed by Josh Safdie alongside his brother Benny before their directorial split, was one of the first films that convinced fans Pattinson was more than his sparkly roots.
Putting the Safdie brothers on the map in the process, Josh Safdie stated in an interview with Screen Daily that he saw Pattinson’s performance on the film as being comparable to De Niro in Taxi Driver.
Safdie said: “If you were to show the film to someone who has no idea who Robert Pattinson is, they would just assume that we found this guy.”
He likened the performance to that of Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon, Tommy Lee Jones in The Executioner’s Song, and De Niro in Taxi Driver, adding: “I’m mentioning icons of my filmic mind.
“This is what people will liken this to, it’s a transformation.”
Given these illustrious comparisons, it's not surprising that Safdie found a way to get Pattinson back for Marty Supreme.
As well as its very real Oscar aspirations, Marty Supreme has been a major hit with fans, sparking viral fan edits set to Chalamet’s version of 4 Raws he produced with scouse rapper Esdeekid.
The film sits at 8.2 on IMDb and 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Marty Supreme is available to watch in cinemas now.
Topics: Celebrity, Film, Robert Pattinson, TV and Film, Timothée Chalamet
Michael Slavin