Bob Dylan has provided his ideas on the upcoming movie A Full Unknown, which hits theaters this Christmas, taking to Twitter to specific his pleasure for the biopic and Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet’s starring position.
“There’s a film about me opening quickly known as A Full Unknown (what a title!),” he stated within the put up. “Timothée Chalamet is starring within the lead position. Timmy’s a superb actor so I’m certain he’s going to be fully plausible as me. Or a youthful me. Or another me.”
A Full Unknown was directed by James Mangold, whose credit embody Stroll the Line, the Johnny Money biopic for which Reese Witherspoon gained Greatest Supporting Actress at The Oscars for her position as June Carter Money. With such an in depth and iconic profession to discover, Mangold used a 2015 e book about Dylan as his jumping-off level for the movie, zeroing in on a particular interval within the early ’60s.
“The movie’s taken from Elijah Wald’s Dylan Goes Electrical — a e book that got here out in 2015,” Dylan continued in his put up. “It’s a implausible retelling of occasions from the early ‘60s that led as much as the fiasco at Newport. After you’ve seen the film, learn the e book.” Final yr, it was revealed that Dylan personally provided Mangold notes for the undertaking, which had been then handed to the notoriously diligent Chalamet as he labored to authentically painting Dylan onscreen.
For these eager about following Dylan’s decree to benefit from the e book after seeing the movie, Dylan Goes Electrical could be ordered right here. Plus, you should definitely see the place A Full Unknown landed in our Greatest Movies of 2024 checklist.
Watch the most recent on-set sneak peek for the movie under, which teases Chalamet showing alongside co-stars Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Money, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, and Nick Offerman as Alan Lomax. Plus, discover a clip of Chalamet singing “Subterranean Homsick Blues” right here.
There’s a film about me opening quickly known as A Full Unknown (what a title!). Timothee Chalamet is starring within the lead position. Timmy’s a superb actor so I’m certain he’s going to be fully plausible as me. Or a youthful me. Or another me. The movie’s taken from Elijah…
— Bob Dylan (@bobdylan) December 4, 2024