‘A Complete Unknown’: Timothée Chalamet Says Dylan’s Support Felt “Really Affirming”; He’s Never Thought Of A Music Career “In A Serious Way”

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In a recent post on X, Bob Dylan made clear his support of Timothée Chalamet playing him in James Mangold‘s upcoming biopic A Complete Unknown.

The iconic singer-songwriter wrote that Chalamet is “a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me.” And on Monday, the eve of the film’s LA premiere, Chalamet told Deadline that reading Dylan’s words felt “really, really affirming”.

As for what else Dylan makes of the project as a whole, Chalamet 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.” While writer-director Mangold has confirmed to Deadline that Dylan hasn’t yet seen the film, Chalamet noted that the musician “got creatively involved with Mangold, which was great, he gave his input on the script,” but also that the project was never intended to replicate Dylan in a precise way. “It’s an interpretation,” he said. “This was a fable.