The Tamesis
Some people go to great lengths for their art. Timothée Chalamet has reached great heights.
This week he became the first person to climb to the top of the Las Vegas Sphere – the latest in a series of stunts to promote his new movie Marty Supre (“An American movie coming out Christmas 2025!” he shouted in a video shared on social media) and executed in partnership with Cash App (of which he is a spokesperson).
Chalamet is lifted 366 feet into the air and coordinates with the sphere’s 1.2 million LED pucks, turning it into a giant orange ping pong ball. Then the camera (mounted on a drone) pans out and the two-time Oscar nominee begins to shrink – the wedding cake topper transforms into an ant.
his role Marty Supre Not wanting to feel small in the universe, Chalamet has been dreaming of using spheres as canvases since making The Sphere Wonkacoming out in 2023. (Picture a giant candy bar.) As he prepared his pitch, he resumed the conversation dune. The cooperation between the two is not very good. fruitfulAs Chalamet might say. Still, he keeps in touch with executives in the field.
“We’re fans of his,” said Carolyn Blackwood, head of Sphere Studios. “So it was very natural to have big and small discussions about things we could do with him. Obviously, this movie is very special to him.”
indeed. since Marty SupreAfter premiering at the New York Film Festival in September, Chalamet has been hyping it up, designing and selling custom merchandise, hosting screenings, hyping “DREAM BIG” on social media, sitting down with late-night hosts and YouTube stars, weaponizing the concept of Zoom meetings, renting blimps, rapping, and appearing on the cover of this magazine touting his faith in the project.
