Timothee Chalamet says Bob Dylan’s approval of his casting in the biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ “really, really affirming”.
Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan
The 28-year-old actor plays the 83-year-old music icon in the upcoming biographical drama film, and Chalamet is honoured that Dylan stated that he is “sure” Timothee will give a “completely believable” performance as the ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ singer in the film.
While Dylan may approve of his casting in ‘A Complete Unknown’, the ‘Dune’ star admitted he was unsure what the blues music legend thought of the picture as a whole.
When Deadline asked Chalamet how Dylan felt about ‘A Complete Unknown’, he said: “It’s hard to tell. He’s a mysterious, elusive figure.
“So I figured if he or his team didn’t want me to be a part of it, I would’ve known about that. But equally, I didn’t really know how involved he’d be.”
Chalamet added that while Dyan hadn’t seen the movie yet, the musician had been “creatively involved” with the project alongside director James Mangold, and “gave his input on the script”.
Even so, Chalamet emphasised ‘A Complete Unknown’ was never meant to give a completely accurate account of Dylan’s life.
He explained: “It’s an interpretation. This was a fable. This was not meant to be a Wikipedia fact-for-fact recreation of how it was. Otherwise, you might as well just watch the footage that exists.”
‘A Complete Unknown’ – which also stars Edward Norton as folk singer Peter Seeger and Elle Fanning as Dylan’s renamed university love interest Sylvie Russo – focuses on the life and career of Dylan from January 1961, when he moves from Minnesota to New York City, to his 1965 concert at the Newport Folk Festival,…
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