Josh Safdie has weighed in on his original intent for Marty Supreme‘s ending, which sees Timothée Chalamet‘s Marty facing the consequences of his action, and it seems Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary was right all along. During a discussion with Oscar-winning Sean Baker at the A24 podcast, the auteur revealed that he did intend a literal vampire ending for the movie, which would’ve been Marty being bitten by a vampire in the 1980s.

The director acknowledged they even built a prosthetic for Chalamet, who would’ve been bitten by O’Leary, adding:

You’re on his eyes, we built the prosthetic for Timmy and everything, and Mr. Wonderful shows up behind him and takes a bite out of his neck, and that was the last thing in the movie.

Considering the movie is heavily influenced by the ’80s, this could’ve been a potential homage to popular vampire movies of that era, including Tony Scott‘s The Hunger or Joel Schumacher‘s The Lost Boys. 

MovieIMDBRotten Tomatoes(Tomatometer / Popcornmeter)Marty Supreme8.293% | 82%

Kevin O’Leary Was Meant to Be a Literal Vampire in Marty Supreme

Kevin O’Leary, who plays Milton Rockwell, initially wanted his character to be a literal vampire. During production, they even took dental moulds for fangs, but the idea was eventually dropped in favour of a more grounded ending.

This does add another dimension to O’Leary’s vampire speech, and had they pulled it off, it’d have been one of the most bizarre yet fascinating. But to be fair, Milton’s speech, even without the literal vampire speech, does on brand with his character, as it seems one of O’Leary’s own remarks that he would dish out during his Shark Tank bits.

And even though Marty’s ending is pessimistic in its own right, as he burns all the bridges with the world of ping pong and has a life-long enemy in Milton, O’Leary didn’t feel it was enough.

Kevin O’Leary Proposed a Much Brutal End for Marty Supreme

Kevin O’Leary didn’t shy away from expressing his dissatisfaction with the ending. While Milton’s fate was grim and hollow, Marty, despite being stripped of his supreme status, ultimately finds new purpose in fatherhood. O’Leary argued that Marty, too, should have been condemned to a life of misery.

A still from Marty Supreme | Credit: A24

Moreover, Mr Wonderful added that the consequences of Marty’s action should have extended to his family, arguing his wife should have died in childbirth(via Variety).

Rachel has to die. She has to die in childbirth […] I know that sounds nuts, but to me that would be the right punishment.

Although O’Leary’s proposed ending would have been a step too far, it does seem on brand for him to suggest something this extreme, and it would have been interesting to see how the audiences would have received the ending had they stuck with Safdie’s original intent.

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Marty Supreme is currently running in theaters (USA).
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