Meet the duo who helped Timothée Chalamet master table tennis
NBC News • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Diego Schaaf and Wei Wang, a husband-and-wife duo running Alpha Productions in Pasadena, have become Hollywood's go-to consultants for table tennis scenes in films, TV shows, commercials, and music videos since 1993.
- For A24’s “Marty Supreme,” they trained Timothée Chalamet extensively, helping him develop the skills and footwork to convincingly portray a world-class table tennis player, with Chalamet reportedly practicing the sport for about seven years prior to filming.
- Wang, a former top-ranked table tennis player and U.S. Table Tennis Hall of Fame inductee, focused on teaching actors proper form and technique, while Schaaf choreographed matches, sourced period-appropriate equipment, and ensured the authenticity and
