Gwyneth Paltrow Is 'Having a Good Time' Working with Costar Timothée Chalamet: 'He's Very Polite'

Mar. 15, 2025

Gwyneth Paltrow and Timothee Chalamet.Photo:Getty(2)

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Gwyneth Paltrowis enjoying her time working withTimothée Chalamet.

During Paltrow’s appearance on the Friday, Nov. 1 episode ofThe Drew Barrymore Show, Paltrow, 52, called Chalamet, 28, “such a wonderful young man” as she discussed returning to movies to act in the filmMarty Supreme.

“Really, he’s very polite, very talented, just so nice to be with,” Paltrow said. She and Chalamet were seen filming scenes together in New York City’s Central Park — including one shot in which theyshared a kiss— on Oct. 16. “I’m really having a good time with him.”

Marty Supremewill make for Paltrow’s first big screen role since she appeared in 2019’sAvengers: Endgame. Back in 2017, theAcademy Awardwinner said that she wasstepping away from actingto focus on her lifestyle and wellness brandGoop, which she founded in 2008. She has not entirely strayed from Hollywood, though: Paltrow lent her voice in cameo appearances in a 2023American Horror Storiesepisode and the 2022 filmShe Said, in which she voiced herself; she also starred in the Netflix seriesThe Politicianfrom 2019 to 2020.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Timothée Chalamet on Oct. 16, 2024.Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

News broke that Paltrow wascast alongside Chalametin the upcoming movie back in August. When hostDrew Barrymoreasked Paltrow on Nov. 1 why she decided to take a new movie role on, she cited life as an “empty nester” after her and husbandBrad Falchuk’skidsall went to college.

“Honestly I think it’s a few things; my son and stepson both went to college for the first time, they’re both freshmen, and my daughter and stepdaughter have gone already a couple of years ago,” Paltrow said. She and ex-husbandChris Martinshare daughter Apple, 20, and Moses, 18; Falchuk shares children Isabella and Brody with his first wife Suzanne Bukinik, whom he divorced from in 2013.

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“So the nest is empty and I feel like there’s this really grief-filled part of it and then there’s this part of it that’s like maybe I can explore, I don’t know, my own creativity again, or something like that,” Paltrow said of returning to acting. “To be honest I was a bit nervous,” she added, after she and Barrymore’s cohostRoss Mathewsjoked that she consulted herOscar statuettefor advice.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Drew Barrymore.The drew Barrymore show/Ash Bean

The drew Barrymore show/Ash Bean

source: people.com