MARTY SUPREME

MARTY SUPREME

Feature Film

A24

Director: Josh Safdie

Writer: Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie

Casting Director: Jennifer Venditti

Casting Associate: Alan Scott Neal, Ivy Pham

Casting Assistant: Vivian Shamma

Start Date: Fall 2024

Location: New York, NY


CAST: Timothée Chalamet - Marty Reisman

SEEKING:

[ BELA ]
Male. 30s, Hungarian Jewish. Professional table tennis player. Open to all Eastern Europeans. EASTERN EUROPEAN ACCENT IS A MUST, but speaks fluent English. Handsome in an unusual way. Mathematician type. Laid back, very bright, has a sense of humor, sinewy. WOULD HAVE TO BE OKAY SHAVING HIS HEAD. ABILITY TO PLAY TABLE TENNIS A PLUS. ALSO SUBMIT DANCERS ETC. PLEASE SUBMIT TALENT OF JEWISH HERITAGE. SUPPORTING. CAN BE BASED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

[ AMIT ]
Male. Late 40s to mid 60s. British / European / Indian / Middle Eastern. Authoritative. A no nonsense type of man that does not do favors. A calm disciplinarian. Someone who has a great mid-century authoritative face. SUPPORTING. LOOKING FOR ACTUAL BRITISH, EUROPEAN, MIDDLE EASTERN, AND INDIAN TALENT. CAN BE BASED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

[ LAWRENCE ]
Male. 45 - 70. Black. Caribbean. Tall. Business owner. He has incredible elegance, but not necessarily refined in appearance. Patient speaker. Graceful. NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST 6’3” OR TALLER. SUPPORTING. CAN BE BASED ANYWHERE IN THE US.

[ HOFF ]
Male. 60s-70s. White. Nasty and very lonely potato farmer in NJ. Racist. Empty nester/widower. Imposing and stoic. SUPPORTING. NOW: CAN BE BASED ANYWHERE IN THE US. (originally was NY LOCAL)

[ DION ]
Male. 20s - 30s. White. A dumpy overweight young man. Son of a local successful businessman. Lives at home. SUPPORTING. NY LOCAL

[ LLOYD ]
Male. 30s. White. BLONDE. Pencil necked do gooder. Type of guy who works his ass off but is not exceptional. SUPPORTING. NY LOCAL.

[ MOM ]
Female. 40s-50s. Jewish. First generation American. Frail, manic-depressive and an incredibly overbearing Jewish mom. PLEASE SUBMIT TALENT OF JEWISH HERITAGE. SUPPORTING. NY LOCAL

[ IRA ]
Male. 20s-30s. Jewish. Built like a boxer/dock worker. Blue collar, rough around the edges. Stanley Kowalski-type. Big brutish. Hot head. PLEASE SUBMIT TALENT OF JEWISH HERITAGE. SUPPORTING. NY LOCAL

[ DIRECTOR GLENN ]
Male. 40s - 60s. White. The director of a play and juggles the stresses of throwing on this play while handling all the big personalities. SUPPORTING. PLEASE ALSO SUBMIT ACTUAL FILM AND BROADWAY DIRECTORS. NY LOCAL

[ MERLE ]
Male. 60s / 70s. White. Foppish publicist. Explains pedantically that talent means nothing if nobody knows it. SUPPORTING. PLEASE ALSO SUBMIT ACTUAL PUBLICISTS, AUTHORS, ETC. NY LOCAL

[ CLARK ]
Male. 20s-30s. White. Clark Kent type. Working class. From the farmlands of New Jersey. Neutral accent. Has a wife and young child. Follower type. SUPPORTING. NY LOCAL

[ ROGER ]
Male. 20s-30s. White. Irish. Beady eyed, crooked teeth. Very competitive. Will keep gambling to win. Working class from Jersey. Neutral accent. MUST BE GOOD AT TABLE TENNIS. SUPPORTING. NY LOCAL

[ BLONDIE ]
Male. 20s-30s. White. Working class. From the farmlands of New Jersey. Neutral accent. Blonde. MUST BE GOOD AT TABLE TENNIS. ALSO SUBMIT DANCERS ETC. SUPPORTING. NY LOCAL

[ ASSISTANT ]
Female. 20s-30s. Assistant to an actor in a play. DAY PLAYER. NY LOCAL

[ TORY ]
Male. Early - mid 20s. White. Actor. His acting is an overwrought jumble of 3rd rate Brando-isms/James Dean. He's just as unbearable when breaking character. PLEASE SUBMIT ACTUAL THEATER ACTORS. DAY PLAYER. NY LOCAL

[ PRODUCTION MANAGER ]
Male. 40s. The production manager of a play. Defensively argues over the costs of production. Put out, put upon, tired, overworked. DAY PLAYER. NY LOCAL

[ ABE ]
Male. 40s-50s. Jewish. Rotund, bald. Basketball coach. Curt, crass, businessman, creative, jovial, big laugh. PLEASE SUBMIT TALENT OF JEWISH HERITAGE. DAY PLAYER. NY LOCAL

[ 14 YEAR OLD FRENCH KID ]
Male. 14 years old. White. PLEASE SUBMIT REAL FRENCH TALENT WITH REAL FRENCH ACCENT. There is mature content in the film, but the minor won't be involved in any scenes involving mature content. DAY PLAYER. NY LOCAL

[ COP 1-3 ]
Male. 20-40. White. Uniformed cops that show up in an attempt to intimidate on request. Can be aggressive verbally and physically when provoked. PLEASE SUBMIT REAL POLICE OFFICERS. DAY PLAYER. NY LOCAL

[ REDHEAD ]
Male. 20s-30s. White. Working class. From the farmlands of New Jersey. Neutral accent. Pock-marked, redhead. Observant and least talkative of the bunch. DAY PLAYER. NY LOCAL

[ YOUNG WOMAN ]
Female. 20s-30s. White. Working class. From the farmlands of New Jersey. Neutral accent. Roger's girlfriend who waits for a bowling lane. DAY PLAYER. NY LOCAL

[ PRO BASKETBALL PLAYERS ]
Male. 20s - 40s. Black. Timeless looking and can do trick-like things. PLEASE ONLY SUBMIT ACTUAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS. DAY PLAYER. NY LOCAL

[ COUNTRY CLUB BUSINESSMEN ]
Male. Late 50s / 60s. White. Country club American businessmen type. DAY PLAYERS. NY LOCAL

[ COMPETITIVE PING PONG PLAYERS ]
All genders. All ethnicities. Age 18-70s. Looking for REAL COMPETITIVE PING PONG PLAYERS for various supporting day player roles. MUST ACTUALLY PLAY PING PONG AT AN ADVANCED LEVEL. YOU WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT PROOF AS PART OF THE AUDITION. DAY PLAYER. MUST BE NY LOCAL.