Gwyneth Paltrow and Timothée Chalamet on Marty Supreme intimacy coordinator, Digi Mart USA News: Gwyneth Paltrow said she and Timothée Chalamet asked the intimacy coordinator on Marty Supreme for more space while filming their love scenes. In Vanity Fair’s April 2025 cover story, the actress explained that the film was the first time she had worked with such a coordinator.
Josh Safdie made his solo directorial debut with the 1950s sports comedy-drama, which loosely draws on table tennis player Marty Reisman. Chalamet plays Marty Mauser, while the Goop founder appears as Kay Stone, a retired actress and wealthy socialite, in her first leading film role since 2010.
Chalamet’s salary for A24’s Marty Supreme has not been disclosed, fueling speculation as the $70 million film posts strong box office numbers. “There’s now something called an intimacy coordinator, which I did not know existed,” Paltrow told the magazine.
The Shakespeare in Love star said the coordinator asked during a sex scene whether she felt at ease with a specific move.
The Oscar winner recalled her response: “I was like, ‘Girl, I’m from the era where you get naked, you get in bed, the camera’s on.'”
“We said, ‘I think we’re good. You can step a little bit back,'” Paltrow said, recalling how she and Chalamet responded to the coordinator.
“I don’t know how it is for kids who are starting out, but if someone is like, ‘Okay, and then he’s going to put his hand here,’ I would feel, as an artist, very stifled by that,” she explained.
Paltrow was 52 and Chalamet 29 at the time of the interview, making the Dune star 23 years younger than his co-star. She joked about the difference, saying, “I was like, ‘Okay, great.
I’m 109 years old. You’re 14.'”
“I mean, we have a lot of sex in this movie. There’s a lot, a lot,” Paltrow said.
“He’s just a very polite, properly raised, I was going to say kid. He’s a man who takes his work really seriously and is a fun partner,” the Los Angeles-born actress said of Chalamet.
In the film, her character is “married to someone who is in the Ping-Pong mafia, as it were,” Paltrow explained. On October 16, 2024, paparazzi captured photos and videos of the co-stars kissing while they filmed in Central Park in New York City.
Gwyneth Paltrow previously drew backlash for questioning how society treats the ultra-rich on her podcast while sitting on a $200 million fortune herself.
Hollywood turned to intimacy coordinators in large numbers after the MeToo movement, and the job is now standard on many film and TV sets. Actors and directors tell coordinators what they are comfortable with, and the coordinators plan intimate scenes within those limits.
Paltrow has been a professional actor for more than three decades, and her remarks place her on the old-school side of the argument. Anora star Mikey Madison faced criticism after telling Pamela Anderson in a Variety Actors on Actors interview that she had declined an intimacy coordinator.
Director Sean Baker had offered her one, but she said she felt comfortable working with him on the film. Intimacy coordinator Veronica Burt responded by calling her field revolutionary, while many other actors have spoken in favor of the job.
Principal photography ran in New York City from September 23 to December 5, 2024, with extra scenes shot in Japan in February 2025. After a surprise premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 6, 2025, A24 released the film in theaters on December 25, 2025.
Marty Supreme later grossed roughly $179 million at the global box office, making it the highest-grossing A24 film. It also passed Everything Everywhere All at Once to become the studio’s top-earning film at the domestic box office.
A24 reportedly spent $70 million on the production, more than it had ever backed for any of its other films. At the Oscars, Marty Supreme received nine nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Chalamet and Best Director for Safdie.
The film won no awards at the 98th Academy Awards on March 15, 2026. Chalamet won Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes for his performance and was also named Best Actor at the Critics’ Choice Awards.
