After spending the past several months engaged in an intense Oscar campaign for Marty Supreme — including claiming that his performance as pompous ping-pong player Marty Mauser was his best work to date — Timothée Chalamet ultimately lost Best Actor to Sinners star Michael B. Jordan during Sunday’s ceremony.
Chalamet’s loss wasn’t a total upset, given Jordan’s win at the Actor Awards two weeks prior. However, it marked a surprising shift in momentum for the young actor, who was positioned as the Best Actor frontrunner early on in the awards season by awards pundits and entertainment outlets.
So, what exactly went wrong? For the past few years, Chalamet has seen both…