Did a real Marty Supreme exist? Is Marty Supreme based on a true story?
Embed from Getty Images If you’ve seen Timothée Chalamet’s magnetic performance in Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, you might be wondering: was there really a ping-pong hustler this audacious and wild? Marty Supreme is loosely based on Martin “Marty” Reisman (February 1, 1930 – December 7, 2012), a legendary American table tennis champion whose life read…
