Need a 'real' villain? Call Kevin O'Leary. Why the Shark Tank star shows up in Marty Supreme

Entertainment Kevin O'Leary, seen attending the New York premiere of Marty Supreme on Dec. 16, was perceived by some as a surprise choice — or even an example of stunt casting — for a prominent role in the film starring Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow.(Evan Agostini/Invision/The Associated Press) The cast of Marty Supreme in New York on Dec 16, from left: Tyler, the Creator; O'Leary; Gwyneth Paltrow; Timothée Chalamet; Odessa A'zion; Fran Drescher; Sandra Bernhard and Japanese professional table tennis player and actor Koto Kawaguchi.(Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images) Kevin O'Leary paid a visit to Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., earlier this year, along with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, amid the U.S. president's tariff threats against Canada and repeated 51st state rhetoric.(Danielle Smith/X) Need a 'real' villain? Call Kevin O'Leary. Why the Shark Tank star shows up in Marty Supreme Love him or loathe him, the Canadian 'Mr. Wonderful' was apparently the perfect choice Kevin O'Leary is waving his "asshole" flag proudly this Christmas, but not in the way that you may be accustomed to. In what might be the most WTF casting this year, the Canadian businessman-turned-TV-host, wannabe political leader and Trump pal features prominently in the new film Marty Supreme. O'Leary may be most familiar for his stint as an investor on CBC's Dragons' Den , which he left in 2014 , and the U.S. adaptation Shark Tank . While he bills himself as Mr. Wonderful, it's his blunt on-camera personality that he's best known for. He's leaning into the a-hole label as he promotes the film, joking to Vanity Fair that it's "starting to work for me." But how on Earth did he even wind up in the Josh Safdie-directed movie, alongside stars Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow? That's what some film critics - and O'Leary critics - have been wondering. "I was pretty stoked for this movie, but man Kevin O'Leary is just such garbage. Not sure if that's genius stunt casting, but seeing him made my frown go upside down," a Canadian Reddit user wrote on a thread titled, "Is anyone else bummed out about Kevin O'Leary being in Marty Supreme ?" WATCH | Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin O'Leary star in Marty Supreme: We need to talk about Kevin The 101 on O'Leary is that the 71-year-old was born in Montreal and made a name for himself in the business world, co-founding the tech company SoftKey (later known as The Learning Company) in 1986 and selling it to Mattel 13 years later in a transaction worth as much as $4 billion. He also started his own investment firm and from the 2000s onward became a fixture on television as a host of business shows, including the CBC News Network program The Lang & O'Leary Exchange , Dragons' Den and Shark Tank , which airs on ABC in the U.S. and CTV in Canada. O'Leary briefly campaigned to be leader of the Conservative Party of Canada in 2017. He also made headlines for...

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