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- Fran Drescher is opening up about what it was like to work with Timothée Chalamet
- She says she was delighted to be cast as his mom in Marty Supreme
- She also jokes that she tried to be his best friend on set but he wasn’t interested — and she doesn’t blame him
Fran Drescher is back on the big screen playing Timothée Chalamet‘s mom in Marty Supreme, and while she says she loved it (and loves him), she jokes that he wasn’t exactly interested in hanging out and gabbing about their lives on set.
“He’s delightful,” she tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story of her onscreen son. “I mean, it’s not like he wanted to be my best friend or anything. Even though I was open to it! But he’s a young lad, living his dream. I’m very happy for him. His success is well deserved.”
She also adds that he’s got oodles of talent.
“Very, very talented,” she says. “I’ve always been a big fan of his. I like everything he does. I was delighted to be cast as his mom.”
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Drescher, 68, says she landed the Marty Supreme role party due to leading the 2023 actors’ strike as president of SAG-AFTRA, She says director Josh Safdie kept calling her to find out what the latest was with all the negotiations.
“It made us friends, because I always took his call,” she says. “And then Marty Supreme was his next movie that was lined up, and Josh felt like me and Timmy kind of looked alike. And he said, ‘I know your background, and I know there’s a depth to you that I want to extract for this movie. I know you’ve got that in you.’ You have to love a director like that. It’s always the good ones.”
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Chalamet, who has been dating Kylie Jenner for three years, has been winning awards and gaining Oscars buzz for his portrayal of a legendary ping pong player.
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On Jan. 4, he won a Critic’s Choice award and began his speech by thanking his fellow nominees, his team and the film’s director. He then surprisingly gave a shoutout to his girlfriend.
“And lastly, I’ll just say, thank you to my partner of three years,” he said to Jenner from the stage.
“Thank you for our foundation. I love you. I couldn’t do this without you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much,” he concluded while motioning to Jenner, 28, who could be seen mouthing “I love you, too” from the audience.
For more on Fran Drescher, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE on stands Friday. Marty Supreme is in theaters now.
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