Timothée Chalamet Worried About Getting Electrocuted While Naked in a Bathtub for “Marty Supreme”: 'Not How I Want to Go Out'
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Tommy McArdle, Alex CramerJanuary 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Timothée Chalamet on Jan. 11, 2026 (left); Chalamet in Marty Supreme
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Timothée Chalamet revealed that he was briefly concerned by how close lighting fixtures were secured to a water-filled bathtub he filmed scenes in for Marty Supreme
Chalamet has, so far, won a Critics Choice Award and Golden Globe Award for his performance in Marty Supreme
The actor said during the Q&A that he believes scenes like Marty Supreme's bathtub moment "are the things that excite [director Josh Safdie] the most in filming"
Timothée Chalamet is recounting a risky moment that took place while he filmed Marty Supreme.
Chalamet, 30, told Robert Downey Jr. during a Q&A for his latest movie in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 14, that he specifically asked Marty Supreme director Josh Safdie whether a lighting setup was safely secured for a scene requiring Chalamet to sit in a bathtub filled with water.
"I appreciate it. I think Josh nailed that though," Chalamet said, after Downey Jr., 60, complimented the sequence.
In the film, Chalamet's character Marty Mauser falls through the floor while using a hotel room's bathtub and lands on another man (Abel Ferrara) and his dog.
"I remember reading that thinking, 'Man, with any other project that might be the thing, what is this?' " Chalamet said. "I also think those are the things that excite [Safdie] the most in filming. And then I'm there naked with the appropriate ... I don't know. I only know the dirty way of saying it, the c--k sock. I don't know how else to say it."
"Josh was so excitable that day and loving it. And we're in the bathtub," he added. "It's practical. There's water. And I look up and there's lights that are hanging off our rig basically. I pulled Josh aside. I was like, 'Man, has this been properly done? It's not going to collapse in the water? It's not how I want to go out.' "
Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme
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Chalamet has received critical acclaim and awards season success for his performance in Marty Supreme. The movie follows Chalamet as a young Jewish American aspiring table tennis champion in 1952 as he struggles to make enough money to travel to Japan for the table tennis world championships.
Chalamet won Best Actor at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards on Jan. 4 and received his first career Golden Globe Award on Jan. 11 for his performance in the movie.
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Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme
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Chalamet is next nominated for his role in the movie at the 2026 Actor Awards on March 1. At that awards ceremony, he is nominated in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role category alongside Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) and Jesse Plemons (Bugonia). Last year, Chalamet won the same award for his performance as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.
Marty Supreme is in theaters now.
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