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In the lead-up to Oscar season, Josh Safdie, the director of Marty Supreme, has been elaborating on the many cameos in his film that build on real-world associations<\/a> to create a rich cast of characters.<\/p>\n While usually cameo publicity is all about the director\u2019s vision, Marty Supreme\u2019s director of casting, Jennifer Venditti, has also made appearances in press<\/a> for the film, amid increased recognition for the art of casting<\/a>.<\/p>\n Marty Supreme is up for nine Oscars<\/a>, including for casting<\/a>, the first year this category will be awarded, and Venditti is nominated<\/a>.<\/p>\n In Marty Supreme, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet stars as an ambitious table tennis champion running away from his life as a shoe salesman in a largely Jewish slice of 1950s New York. Alongside this star are many other recognizable faces playing cameos<\/a>.<\/p>\n Finding a famous face in an unexpected place is strangely thrilling. As some of my research has examined, this recognition is the allure behind cameos<\/a> \u2014 small roles where famous and celebrated people play versions of themselves on screen. Cameos are full of contradictions: audiences are taken aback by famous people appearing in front of the camera. They proudly pick out celebrity faces in a crowd. <\/p>\n At a January screening, Safdie clued in London audiences to a Robert Pattinson voice cameo<\/a>. In the film, Pattinson voices an announcer at the British Open for table tennis. <\/p>\n Pico Iyer, the travel writer Safdie knew from his 2019 TED Talk<\/a> about ping pong, wrote in the New York Times in January about his own small role<\/a>. This cameo began with a formulaic query email and Zoom call with Safdie and Venditti.<\/p>\n
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\n A brief history of celebrity cameos, from \u2018Sunset Boulevard\u2019 to \u2018Eurovision Song Contest\u2019<\/a>
\n <\/strong><\/p>\nRobert Pattinson, Pico Iyer<\/h2>\n