James Mangold is working hard on his Bob Dylan movie, A Complete Unknown. But even though he’s directed installments of the X-Men and Indiana Jones franchises, he’s not bringing that sensibility to this project.
In a Rolling Stone interview, Mangold addressed a question on why star Timothée Chalamet, who plays Dylan, is seen in the teaser with a note from Johnny Cash.
The interviewer mentioned that this sparked hopes of “a cinematic-universe, multiverse return–of-Joaquin Phoenix situation.” Mangold immediately shot that down. “I don’t do multiverses.
But beyond that, Johnny Cash was like, 30. I love Joaquin, but he’s not 30, or whatever Johnny was at this moment. They’re both young people in that moment in life.
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