Gaten Matarazzo makes playful jab at Timothee Chalamet's controversial opera and ballet comment
Gaten Matarazzo and Sean Giambrone mocked Timothee Chalamet's Marty Supreme promotional video with their upcoming film, Pizza Movie.
Gaten Matarazzo has made a playful dig at Timothee Chalamet's claim that "no one cares" about opera and ballet.
The actor took to Instagram on Thursday (26.03.26) and shared a promotional clip for Pizza Movie - which sees college roommates Jack (Gaten) and Montgomery (Sean Giambrone) take a hallucinogenic drug, and they have to reach their pizza, delivered by drone, to reverse its effects.
Gaten, 23, yelled to the camera: "Pizza Movie is an American film that comes out on April 3, 2026."
As the frame widened to reveal more of the background, Sean, 26, popped up standing next to his co-star and said: "It’s on Hulu, streaming!
"It’s not in the theaters, we wanted it to be in the theaters, but they said, 'No!'"
The duo then revved up the buzz for Pizza Movie as they cheered, before Gaten screamed and Sean yelled: "Streaming!"
Now, the camera shot panned back enough to reveal that the film's lead stars were standing on a park picnic table.
It mimicked a video that Timothee, 30, posted to Instagram in December 2025 to promote Marty Supreme - a 1950s-set ping-pong drama loosely based on the real-life table tennis great Marty Reisman's journey to becoming a champion.
Timothee - who plays Marty Mauser - was outside when he bellowed: "Marty Supreme is an American film that comes out on Christmas Day 2025!"
As the frame zoomed out, Timothee cheered and yelled, the iconic Las Vegas skyline appeared, including The High Roller ferris wheel, and it was revealed he was standing on top of the Sphere - an immersive music and entertainment arena.
The Sphere's LED billboard projected "Marty Supreme Dream Big".
At the end of Sean and Gaten's version, the latter made the playful dig about Timothee's controversial comment that "no one cares" about opera and ballet.
As the Pizza Movie graphic burst onto the screen, Gaten said: "By the way, we wanted to be clear, we love the ballet and the opera!"
Sean quipped: "I don't."
Gaten replied: "Why would you say that?"
In a resurfaced clip from his live conversation with Interstellar co-star Matthew McConaughey for Variety, Timothee insisted that "no one cares" about the art forms of opera or ballet.
He said: "I don’t want to be working in ballet or opera where it’s like, 'Hey! Keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore.'
"All respect to the ballet and opera people out there … I just lost 14 cents in viewership. I’m taking shots for no reason."
Soon after, legendary tenor Andrea Bocelli invited Timothee to one of his concerts to help him understand the appeal of opera.
In a statement to PEOPLE, Bocelli, 67, said: "I am convinced that a sensitive performer like Timothee, who understands the power of emotions, may one day discover that opera and dance draw from that very same source.
"Should he ever be curious, I would be happy to welcome him as a guest at one of my concerts.
"Sometimes it only takes a few minutes of hearing this music live to understand why, after centuries, it continues to be loved all over the world.”
The singer praised the way both art forms "answer a deep need for beauty, truth and emotion", as well as the ability to evolve and move between generations.
He added: "I believe we often tend to keep our distance from what we have not yet truly encountered.
"Opera and ballet are art forms that have crossed centuries and continue to speak to the human heart, because they answer a deep need for beauty, truth and emotion.
"They are not arts of the past, but living languages that can still move us, make us reflect, and bring different generations together."
