Bob Dylan Gives Seal of Approval to "Brilliant Actor" Timothée Chalamet
"After you've seen the movie read the book," the music legend wrote of Chalamet's upcoming star turn in 'A Complete Unknown'
"There's a movie about me opening soon called A Complete Unknown (what a title!). Timothee Chalamet is starring in the lead role. Timmy's a brilliant actor so I'm sure he's going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me," the songwriter wrote on Twitter. "The film's taken from Elijah Wald's Dylan Goes Electric — a book that came out in 2015. It's a fantastic retelling of events from the early '60s that led up to the fiasco at Newport. After you've seen the movie read the book."
A stamp of approval from the guy you're portraying can't hurt the ego. Chalamet, who spent five years training with a harmonica coach for the role, will also be singing Dylan's songs in the film. A trailer from July showed a sneak peek of Chalamet singing "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall," and if his vocal talents in Wonka weren't proof enough, he sounds pretty good!
Directed by James Mangold, A Complete Unknown arrives in theatres December 25.