Gwyneth Paltrow and Timothée Chalamet apparently have "a lot of sex" in Marty Supreme

Until now, we haven’t known anything about the actual plot of the film beyond the fact that all of these personalities are somehow going to be involved in the high stakes world of professional ping-pong. Luckily, you can always count on Paltrow for some color, as she just gave to Vanity Fair in a new profile. Her tease? She and Timothée Chalamet have “a lot of sex in this movie… There’s a lot—a lot.” That admission was partially inspired by a leaked set photo of the pair passionately kissing, but Paltrow’s description of the younger actor as “a thinking man’s sex symbol” was all her.

As Paltrow has been out of the game for a while, she apparently “did not know” intimacy coordinators existed, a protection she and Chalamet largely chose to waive, she said. “We said, ‘I think we’re good. You can step a little bit back,'” Paltrow recalled, explaining that the idea of someone saying “Okay, and then he’s going to put his hand here” would make her feel “as an artist, very stifled.” Actors and filmmakers continue to navigate the relatively new position as it grows, with a similar refusal by Mikey Madison stirring up some controversy for eventual Best Picture winner Anora in the lead-up to the Oscars. 

Paltrow also shared some details about the actual plot of the film, in addition to all that sex. Her character “is married to someone who is in the Ping-Pong mafia, as it were,” before having an affair with Chalamet’s Marty. (What is it about racket/paddle sports that inspires so much cheating?) “They meet and she’s had a pretty tough life, and I think he breathes life back into her, but it’s kind of transactional for them both,” she continued.

Marty Supreme is currently slated to premiere Christmas Day this year. Sounds like fun for the whole family!