Gwyneth Paltrow shared a passionate kiss with Timothee Chalamet while filming sports drama Marty Supreme in New York on Wednesday.
The actress, 52, locked lips with Kylie Jenner’s boyfriend, 28, during a steamy street scene where he held her against a wall.
The May-December pair will star in the upcoming film, inspired by the life of Marty Reisman and the world of professional ping pong players.
The actress’s return to the big screen after a five-year hiatus was inspired by her daughter Apple, 20, who is in love with Chalamet.
“Gwyneth has signed on to co-star with Timothee in Marty Supreme thanks to her daughter, who has been in love with the Dune star for years,” an insider exclusively told DailyMail.com.
Gwyneth Paltrow shared a passionate kiss with Timothee Chalamet while filming sports drama Marty Supreme in New York on Wednesday
The actress, 52, locked lips with Kylie Jenner’s boyfriend, 28, during a steamy street scene, where he held her against a wall
The May-December couple stars in the upcoming film, inspired by the life of Marty Reisman and the world of professional ping pong players
The Goop founder and the Call Me By Your Name actor wore vintage-inspired outfits for the scene.
Gwyneth stunned in an elegant floor-length red coat and black opera-style gloves.
Her platinum blonde locks were styled into a sophisticated bun, and she completed the look with dangling earrings.
Meanwhile, Timothee wore a gray double-breasted suit with a matching tie and silver-rimmed reading glasses.
His raven hair was parted at the side and gelled, and he rocked a light mustache.
The pair were spotted filming the scene in the evening.
Despite not having a “great desire” to act, Paltrow was reportedly “convinced” to say yes to the offer after her daughter Apple learned that Chalamet is not only producing but also starring.
‘As soon as Gwyneth told Apple that Timothee is not only a producer, but also the lead actor, she begged her mother to accept this.
The Goop founder and the Call Me By Your Name actor wore vintage-inspired outfits for the scene
The actress’ return to the big screen after a five-year hiatus was inspired by her daughter Apple, 20, who is in love with Chalamet
“Gwyneth signed on to co-star with Timothee in Marty Supreme thanks to her daughter, who has been in love with the Dune star for years,” an insider exclusively told DailyMail.com
Gwyneth stunned in an elegant floor-length red coat and black opera-style gloves
Meanwhile, Timothee wore a gray double-breasted suit with a matching tie and silver-rimmed reading glasses.
At one point she was pictured putting a silver chain around his neck
“After reading it and loving it, despite having no great desire to act at the moment, she was convinced by Apple, who plans to be on set as much as possible.”
Plot details are not yet known, but the film, produced by A24, will be a “fictional original, not a biopic,” according to Deadline, with Chalamet’s character based on Reisman – one of the most talented American table tennis players of all time. time.
Known as “The Needle,” the native New Yorker won more than 22 major table tennis titles between 1946 and 2002 after picking up the sport as a child on the Lower East Side and spending his early years looking for money.
He and his doubles partner – Douglas Cartland – later became the opening act for the Harlem Globetrotters, performing a table tennis comedy involving frying pans.
His autobiography – The Money Player, The Confessions of America’s Greatest Table Tennis Player and Hustler – was published in 1974.
Reisman, who once described his career as “a funny way to spend his life,” died in 2012 at the age of 82.
Paltrow, who shares Apple and son Moses, 18, with her ex-husband Chris Martin, will star alongside Chalamet in the upcoming film directed by Josh Safdie. Her role is not specified.
She recently starred in Netflix’s The Politician and lent her voice to 2022’s She Said and an episode of 2023’s American Horror Stories.
Despite not having a “great desire” to act, Paltrow was reportedly “convinced” to say yes to the offer after her daughter Apple learned that Chalamet is not only producing but also starring; seen with her daughter
But her last big-screen appearance was in Marvel’s 2019 superhero adventure Avengers: Endgame, in which she reprized her role as Pepper Potts, Iron Man’s love interest.
The actress, who is married to producer Brad Falchuk, has scaled back her “incredible acting career” to focus on goop, the wellness brand she launched in 2008 and grew into an estimated $250 million company.
Last year she said she would ‘consider’ possibly returning to the screen.
“I’m happy with what I’m doing at Goop now, but never say never,” she told a panel at the Red Sea International Film Festival.
‘I don’t know what the future will bring. If I’m not busy running Goop, and one of my best friends says please come and do that with us, then I might consider it.”
The character of Chalamet will come from Marty Reisman – one of the most talented American table tennis players of all time (pictured in New York in 2012)
Paltrow – the daughter of director Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner – was cast by her godfather Steven Spielberg in 1991’s Hook, four years before her breakthrough in 1995’s Se7en.
She won an Oscar for Shakespeare in Love and became an important part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, also appearing in roles in The Talented Mr. and more. Ripley, Se7en, Shallow Hal, Contagion and Sliding Doors.
Chalamet, who is dating lip kit mogul Kylie, is currently enjoying a meteoric rise to Hollywood stardom and a burgeoning collection of Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for films such as Call Me By Your Name, Beautiful Boy and Wonka.
The actor, who was catapulted thanks to his role in sci-fi blockbuster Dune, will play Bob Dylan in the upcoming biopic, A Complete Unknown.