Timothée Chalamet's ping pong movie brings huge star back to big screen after five-year hiatus
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn upcoming Timothée Chalamet film will mark the return of a Hollywood star who has been on a five-year hiatus. Gwyneth Paltrow will star opposite the Dune actor, 28, in writer Josh Safdie's upcoming film Marty Supreme, which is rumoured to be loosely inspired by the story of a professional ping-pong player, Marty Reisman.
Reisman was dubbed a 'wizard of table tennis' and over his career won 22 major ping pong titles spanning 1946 to 2002 with a forehand shot that could reportedly reach speeds of 115 mph.
The picture – which is being co-written by Safdie and Ronald Bronstein – is being produced by A24 and will mark Paltrow's first appearance on the silver screen since 2019's Avengers Endgame, where she played Tony Stark's (Robert Downey Jr.) partner Pepper Potts.
Even though she enjoyed her time playing the character – who had appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) for 11 years after her introduction in 2008's Iron Man - Paltrow had previously admitted she felt like she was done with the superhero franchise.
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