United Kingdom, Feb. 1 -- Timothee Chalamet insists that his unconventional promotion tours aren't a gimmick.

The 30-year-old actor has been questioned for his unorthodox methods of promoting his movies but insists that stunts such as turning the Las Vegas sphere into a ping-pong ball for Marty Supreme are a way of "expressing myself".

Chalamet said during a Q+A at London's Prince Charles Cinema on Sunday (01.02.26): "Here's the thing - this risks killing any mystery around it, but I really don't look at it as promotion or marketing. I see myself as an artist expanding.

"And certainly the Zoom had a little bit of satire to it, but the initial video in the glass box, those [ping-pong ball] heads, I feel like I'm expressing myself.

"You...