Bob Dylan Read the Script For 'A Complete Unknown,' Director Reveals What He Thought

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Bob Dylan had some consultation on the new movie about his life, A Complete Unknown! The 83-year-old musician read the script for the movie over COVID and had a meeting with director and co-writer James Mangold.

In a newly released interview, James opened up about his meeting with Bob and what things he thought would get push back and more. Keep reading to find out more… “COVID hit, and then I got a call from [manager] Jeff Rosen saying COVID had canceled Bob’s tour.

Given he didn’t have anything to do at the moment, [Dylan] said, ‘Let me read this script that’s got you guys worried.’ And then he read it, and he liked it, and that changed everything,” James told Variety. “That then instigated the series of meetings with myself and Bob, and Bob read the movie you saw.

I didn’t think he had an issue with how he was being depicted, because I think that he saw it as essentially: I didn’t have an agenda, and I wasn’t picking a side.