Tyler, The Creator is set to make his movie debut in Marty Supreme with the first trailer for the film being released.
Billed under his real name Tyler Okonma, it is not known what role the rapper is playing in the movie but the trailer shows him arguing with Timothee Chalamet’s character.
Directed by Joshua Safdie, Marty Supreme follows an ambitious ping pong player as he tries to become a superstar.
Chalamet plays the title character while the film also stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion, Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, magician Penn Jillette and controversial film director, Abel Ferrara.
Marty Supreme is currently scheduled to be released on Christmas Day.
Tyler recently opened up about his creative philosophy and how he prefers to release music instead of searching for perfection.
Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music, Tyler said: “I didn’t wanna be precious. I didn’t want to spend three years and try to be super innovative. … I made an album, I was done.”
Tyler went on to explain: “I was just gonna upload that muthafucka the moment it was done and continue moving on with my life because I just wanted it out. And it’s so easy to design your own handcuffs, lock yourself up, and put the key over there that just turns…into pressure, whether it’s from you or fans.”
He added: “People end up scared and not putting albums out for 15 years because they feel like they always have to — ‘I got to make the most innovative, best stuff.’ And sometimes, man, that song is good. Just put that bitch out. ‘Cause when n-ggas is 80 years old, you really think [you] about to sit here [with] all this great music on a hard drive, be like, ‘Oh fuck, it wasn’t…’ Fuck it, put it out.”
The “Sticky” rapper concluded by saying: “But the beauty in it is like my idea on that might change tomorrow. I might work on something new be like, ‘Oh, I gotta spend five years on this album and this bridge and get these strings right.’ But where I’m at now, I’m like, ‘Oh my god, I just wanna make stuff and put it out like when I was 17,’ ’cause that shit was just fun and free.”
