Meet the real ‘Marty Supreme’: A look at the eccentric ping-pong star who inspired Timothée Chalamet movie

While the opening card proclaims the film a "true story," Safdie has described Marty Supreme not as a strict biopic but as a ...
FanBolt

‘Marty Supreme’ Turns Table Tennis Into A Religion – And A24 Fans Are About To Become Ping-Pong Snobs

Josh Safdie’s 'Marty Supreme' turns 1950s table tennis into an A24-fueled obsession powered by Timothée Chalamet.
Biography on MSN

All about Marty Reisman, the ping-pong hustler who inspired Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Marty Supreme’

Just one year after his Academy Award-nominated performance as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet is taking ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How Marty Reisman, the Real-Life Inspiration Behind ‘Marty Supreme,’ Revolutionized the Sport of Table Tennis

A new film starring Timothée Chalamet as a fictionalized version of Reisman dramatizes the career of a larger-than-life ...
NBC New York

It's not ping-pong: Here's the history of the Olympic sport's common nickname

The 2024 Paris Olympic Games will welcome back the fastest sport played on a tabletop: table tennis. Have you called it ping-pong before? Excusez-Moi, but that is an Olympic faux pas. The sport is ...

Timothée Chalamet says he worked with table tennis coach for 6 years for 'Marty Supreme'

Timothée Chalamet stars in "Marty Supreme" alongside Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin O'Leary and revealed how he identifies with ...
Today

Is it ping-pong or table tennis? Everything you want to know about the sport

It’s time to settle this once and for all. That game you play in your basement — is it called ping-pong or table tennis? What are the real rules? How do you keep score? Is “sucker’s serve” only for ...