Timothée Chalamet is using “method dressing” to promote his film “Marty Supreme.” The movie hits theaters on Christmas Day, and the actor has been hitting the pavement going from coast to coast and across the Atlantic to ensure that fans are inspired to buy tickets.

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Josh Safdie's 'Marty Supreme' is a breathtaking supernova of energy, electricity of, laughs and drama, and Timothée Chalamet is outstanding.

Reisman himself once smuggled a clutch of pricey watches home to the US, entering New York—as Sports Illustrated put it in 1977 —“wearing two dozen Rolex watches under his Bolero sleeves.” Marty’s Elgin, however, is much less glitzy.

The businessman and ‘Shark Tank’ star on his first scripted role, why Timothée Chalamet impressed him, and cooling off on the whole MAGA thing: “I don’t shill for politicians, even Trump.”

Odessa A'zion talks about her horrifying experience at the New York premiere for her HBO series I Love LA, self-taping her Marty Supreme audition in a phone booth in Budapest and working with Fran Drescher in the film.

Rooting for the underdog, on the field or in a movie, is one of America’s greatest traditions. You can trace it all the way back to our time-honored, tea-stained origin story of a ragtag band of farmers and shopkeepers taking on the British Empire.