Timothee Chalamet Mounts Sphere to Promote New Movie

By Scott Roeben, on December 22 2025
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Actor Timothee Chalamet stood atop Sphere in Las Vegas to promote a movie, “Marty Supreme.”

That’s pretty much the whole story, and we have fallen prey to a lame publicity stunt like everyone else by giving this ink.

We can set the record straight, though. Claims that Chalamet is the “first person to appear atop the Sphere” are patently false. He’s the first person to do it legally, however. Read on, it’s a very slow news day.

There was more safety harnessing than there was Chalamet.

Technically, it’s Timothée Chalamet. We think accent marks are pretentious, along with being ignored by keyboards, autocorrect, blog headlines, social media and 99% of the English-speaking world. In English, accent marks usually add no clarity, no certainty and no practical benefit. They’re ornamental and we don’t use them. See also Beyonce. Oh, and his middle name is Hal.

But a pretentious accent mark isn’t the least likable thing about Timothee Chalamet.

He recently did an interview that was so embarrassing, it has since been scrubbed from the Internet, mostly. The interview with Margaret Gardiner, he said of his work in “Marty Supreme,” “This is probably my best performance, you know, and it’s been like seven, eight years that I feel like I’ve been handing in really, really committed top-of-the-line performances. “And it’s important to say it out loud because the discipline and the work ethic I’m bringing to these things, I don’t want people to take it for granted. I don’t want to take it for granted. This is really some top-level shit.”

This jackass is so full of himself, it’s like Timothee Chalamet visited an all-you-can-eat Timothee Chalamet buffet.

We worked at the Writers Guild of America for nearly a decade, and we know one thing: There’s almost no better way to get snubbed during awards season than to be an arrogant dick.

Honestly, Chalamet isn’t all that good even in the things he’s good in. He defiled “Wonka,” and in “Dune,” he had two modes: Talking and shouting.

His appearance on the Sphere was equally cringeworthy, consisting mostly of Chalamet randomly shouting like he’s at a sportsball match.

It’s been widely reported Chalamet was the first person to appear on the Las Vegas Sphere, which is pure hogwash. Another guy climbed to the top.

Well, Chalamet went all the way up there (Sphere is 366 feet tall), which we trust was terrifying, so we should at least talk about his movie for a second. Here’s a perfunctory blurb about it.

“Marty Supreme” is a sports-drama from Josh Safdie starring Timothee Chalamet as Marty Mauser, a fast-talking, hyper-ambitious table-tennis hustler in 1950s New York whose dreams of greatness propel him into chaotic, morally tangled territory. Loosely inspired by real-life ping-pong legend Marty Reisman, the film zips through hustles, heartbreak and brash ego with Safdie’s signature kinetic energy, an anachronistic soundtrack and striking period visuals.

“Brash ego”? How will Chalamet flex into a character so different from who he is in real life, we asked sarcastically?

That said, early reviews have been positive, praising Chalamet’s performance the film’s propulsive direction, wit, and emotional punch, with many critics calling it “a riveting, funny, and thrilling character study that could land awards recognition.”

Rarely has an actor been so thirsty for external validation.

Movies are released at Christmas to capitalize on the awards season timeline. Chalamet really, really wants an Oscar. December releases allow films to build buzz, get reviewed and gain visibility among critics and voters before nominations are decided.

None of which has anything to do with Las Vegas, other than the Sphere thing.

We feel obligated to include that time Steve Wynn stood on his hotel to promote, well, his hotel.

We would also be remiss if we left out these Chalamet pop culture moments.

If you want to make an impression, standing on the Las Vegas Sphere is a guaranteed to do that. It also doesn’t hurt that Sphere is pretty much the shape of a ping-pong ball.

Our advice to Timothee Chalamet: Do the work and STFU.

If anyone else wants to use Sphere to promote something, hire a writer. Chalamet’s stunt was a great reminder actors (and directors) might get the glory, but without writers, they’re just standing there screaming like idiots.