HOLLYWOOD star Timothee Chalamet has revealed his love for Scotland player Scott McTominay after apologising to a presenter for his England top.
The 29-year-old actor said the Napoli midfielder was "fantastic" when speaking to BBC Scotland Sport about his upcoming film, Marty Supreme, follows Marty Mauser as he chases his dream of becoming a table tennis champion.
McTominay scored a spectacular overhead kick just a few minutes into Scotland's final qualifying match against Denmark last month, in which they came away 4-2 winners and reached their first World Cup for 28 years.
Chalamet, who was wearing an England shirt in the interview joked that he tried to "take a Sharpie and and cross it [England] out" after he found out presenter Colin Paterson was Scottish.
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The actor said: “They told me at the last second you were Scottish and it was too late! I tried to take a Sharpie and cross it out but I apologise."
"I hope this is not your allegiance for the World Cup," Paterson joked.
"No, it's not," Chalamet said, adding: "My allegiance somehow, it's to two countries, neither of them which is England. One of which is France, one of which is the United States."
Paterson then asks Chalamet to "do me one thing" and watch the Scotland v Denmark game telling him, "it's the game that got us to the World Cup, and it made a nation cry".
"Who scored the goals?" Chalamet asks, to which Paterson answers: "Scott McTominay overhead kick."
Chalamet, who just this week revealed his admiration for Susan Boyle, quips: "McTominay's fantastic."
"And Kenny McLean, who plays for Norwich from his own half in the last minute to send us to the World Cup goalkeeper had come up to try and get the equalizer," Paterson says.
"Oh, amazing. So 3-2, and then they tip it over the edge? Fantastic. I will watch that.
"Hey, good luck to you guys. I think it's the biggest field, I don't remember if it was in Qatar or if this one. This one's bigger, right?" to which Paterson confirms the 2026 World Cup to be the largest ever.
Paterson then adds that if Chalamet has any tickets for Scotland's opener against Haiti, "you know where to send them," to which Chalamet says: "I'll let you know."
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The star also spoke about his upcoming film, describing the sports drama as “sort of like a fever dream”.
Chalamet said: “This movie takes on an untraditional structure – if there’s any structure at all.
“It’s about being an idiot in your 20s.”
Chalamet rose to fame after starring in Luca Guadagnino’s acclaimed 2017 romance Call Me By Your Name.
He has gone on to star in Little Women (2019), The King (2019) and Wonka (2023) and won the leading actor prize at the Sag Awards in February for his role as Bob Dylan in the biopic A Complete Unknown.
Marty Supreme will be released on Christmas Day.
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