The impartial movie studio, A24, has reached important and business success with many movies (All the things In all places All at As soon as, Uncut Gems, Moonlight) and sometimes works with among the largest names within the enterprise (Adam Sandler, Robert Pattinson, Michelle Yeoh). So when the first trailer dropped for Marty Supreme this week, a film a few ping-pong star, performed by A24 darling Timothée Chalamet (the movie additionally stars Fran Drescher and Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow), a jarring, unmistakable voice might be heard.
Is that…Kevin O’Leary?
The “Shark Tank” star and enterprise capitalist performs a Fifties tycoon within the movie — a piece of fiction however based mostly on an actual individual, American desk tennis legend Marty Reisman. Enjoying a midcentury businessman got here simple for O’Leary, who instructed TMZ (in his signature pajama bottoms) that he did not “take any performing classes.”
“[The directors] stated simply be your self and see what occurs,” O’Leary stated.
The writers of the movie have been in search of a “actual a–hole, and [said] you are it,” he added.
Kevin O’Leary and Timothee Chalamet are seen filming on the film set of the ‘Marty Supreme’ in Occasions Sq., Manhattan, on October 02, 2024, in New York Metropolis. Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Photographs | Getty
Though some folks have been shocked to see O’Leary have such a distinguished half within the trailer, photographs surfaced of his function final fall. And he has fourth billing, per ScreenRant, which implies it is not a small cameo. Often, when a non-acting celeb makes an look in a function movie, it is a brief half (Eminem’s hilarious function in Pleased Gilmore 2, for instance), or the individual performs a model of themselves.
However on this movie, O’Leary’s character is married to Gwyneth Paltrow’s.
We’ll see how movie critics charge his efficiency when the film is launched on December 25, 2025.
“It’s important to spend 30% of your day outdoors your consolation zone,” O’Leary stated.
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The impartial movie studio, A24, has reached important and business success with many movies (All the things In all places All at As soon as, Uncut Gems, Moonlight) and sometimes works with among the largest names within the enterprise (Adam Sandler, Robert Pattinson, Michelle Yeoh). So when the first trailer dropped for Marty Supreme this week, a film a few ping-pong star, performed by A24 darling Timothée Chalamet (the movie additionally stars Fran Drescher and Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow), a jarring, unmistakable voice might be heard.
Is that…Kevin O’Leary?
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