Timothée Chalamet plays Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s upcoming film, a complete unknown, Appreciated by Dylan.
“A complete unknown (what a title!) is a movie about me coming out soon,” Dylan posted on social media on Wednesday.
“Timothy Chalamet stars in the lead role. Timmy is a fantastic actor so I am sure he will be completely believable as I am. Or younger than me. Or anyone else.”
The film revolves around Dylan, then 19 years old, moving from Minnesota to New York City in the summer of 1961, with only his guitar.
The film was inspired by the 2015 book. Dylan Goes Electric. Elijah Wald’s book examines Newport, Seger, Dylan, and the controversy surrounding Dylan’s switch to electrically amplified instruments. The Night That Divided the Sixties..
Dylan wrote Wednesday that the book is “a wonderful story of the events of the early ’60s that led to the Newport fiasco,” adding, “You read the book after you see the movie.”
Chalamet recently spoke to Zane Lowe about feeling connected to Dylan’s story. “I’ve experienced life, I wouldn’t say it’s weird, but I can relate to some of these things. [Bob Dylan] Chalamet said.
“Bob wanted to be a rock ‘n’ roll star—Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Elvis Presley—depending on your point of view, Rice Crispy Pop, rock ‘n’ roll music was like saturated, you You know, marketed to kids in the late 50s. Likewise, I wanted to be a big movie actor.
He continued, “I found my way into these very personal films [Dylan]it was folk music. He couldn’t have a rock ‘n’ roll band because they’d all get hired by other kids who literally had more money in Minnesota. So for me, it was finding a very personal kind of movie — Call Me By Your Name or Beautiful Boy or Lady Bird or Little Women, Miss Stevens, Hot Summer Nights. They were small budget but very… I don’t know how else to put it… personality films starting from that theater space. This is where I found my rhythm, my confidence, my flow, whatever you want to call it.
A complete unknown Hit theaters on Christmas Day.