Marty Supreme Star Pressed to Kill Off [Spoiler] in Timothée Chalamet Movie Finale

Marty Supreme is out in US theaters, and one of its stars is very much not on board with how the movie wraps up. He even thinks the film should have gone a lot darker. Spoilers ahead.

So who is calling for a different ending?

Kevin O'Leary, who plays Milton Rockwell, told Variety he hated where things landed. He felt his character gets steamrolled and that the movie's final beat lets the title character off the hook.

'I told them I was really unsatisfied with the ending... This kumbaya ending is absurd.'

'Rachel has to die. She has to die in childbirth.'

What actually happens at the end

By the finale, Marty gets shut out of a ride back to the United States with Milton and has to hitch a flight home with United States Army soldiers. Once he lands, he goes straight to the hospital to meet the newborn he kept insisting wasn't his. The movie closes on Marty smiling through tears when he finally sees his son. It's a deliberately tender note for a guy who, by O'Leary's assessment, steamrolls everyone in his orbit.

The alternate ending O'Leary wanted

O'Leary argued that Marty 'screwed everybody' all movie long and deserved a lifetime of misery. He also pushed for a much harsher twist: he thinks Rachel (Odessa A'zion) should die in childbirth. Josh Safdie apparently kicked around that idea at one point but decided it was 'too sick.' Honestly, hard to argue with passing on that one, but it's a revealing peek at how far the tone might have swung.

Who is in this thing

• Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser
• Gwyneth Paltrow as Kay Stone
• Odessa A'zion as Rachel Mizler
• Kevin O'Leary as Milton Rockwell
• Tyler Okonma as Wally

Where the movie stands now

A24's Marty Supreme, directed by Josh Safdie, opened on Christmas and has pulled in around $58 million worldwide so far. Awards chatter is buzzing; the film is expected to show up across multiple Oscar categories. Academy Award nominations are set to drop on Thursday, January 22.

What the movie is about (in plain English)

It's the story of Marty Mauser, a young guy with a big ambition nobody takes seriously, who drags himself through hell trying to turn that dream into something real. Whether you buy the ending's mercy or think it should have gone full scorched earth probably depends on how you feel about the way Marty treats everyone on the way up.