Timothée Chalamet becomes Bob Dylan in the new biopic A Complete Unknown. As the new trailer reveals, the Dune actor singing live and sounding astonishingly similar to the folk singer. News47.us has rounded up everything you need to know about the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic, below!
The Searchlight Pictures biopic is scheduled to hit theaters on December 25, 2024, as shown in its official theatrical poster.
Apart from Timmy, who plays Bob in the movie, the film is complete with a star-studded cast. Elle Fanning plays the role of Bob’s former girlfriend Sylvie Russo, and Monica Barbaro plays folk singer Joan Baez. Award-winning actor Edward Norton plays music artist Pete Seeger, and Boyd Holbrook plays Johnny Cash.
In the trailer, Timmy is heard singing one of Bob’s hits “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.”
According to A Complete Unknown director James Mangold, the Call Me By Your Name star does, in fact, sing in this movie. While speaking with Rolling Stone in July 2024, the Walk the Line director confirmed that Timmy “was a partner in this” endeavor, referring to providing vocals for the film.
“You want everyone putting everything on the line every moment,” James explained to the publication. “But it’s not [like] if one of our actors hit a bad note, I don’t have an alternative take or the ability to replace that one beat. If Timmy’s brave enough to stand out there and make himself vulnerable, throwing himself at this, I should be brave enough to stand behind the camera and shoot. And Timmy was a partner in this. He very much wanted to.”
