Timothée Chalamet goes blonde at the New York premiere of his Bob Dylan biopic
Timothee Chalamet and Bob Dylan
Getty Images (2)Timothée Chalamet takes Method dressing to the next level.
The actor, 28, recreated Bob Dylan‘s look from a 2003 Sundance Film Festival event during the premiere of A complete unknown in New York City on Friday, December 13.
Chalamet plays a younger version of Dylan, 83, in the biopic of the legendary musician. He showed up to the SVA Theater with sandy blonde hair with bangs — apparently a wig — that specifically nodded to Dylan’s hairstyle during the Sundance photo shoot for the drama. Masked and anonymousin which the rock icon played the leading role.
Like Dylan at the time, Chalamet wore a black leather jacket on top of a red and blue checked shirt – accessorized with a black and gray scarf and a blue knitted hat that covered the bronze locks. But while Dylan’s mustache was gray in the photo that inspired Chalamet’s sartorial tribute, the Dune star kept his facial hair dark – just like his original hair color.
Earlier this month, Dylan officially factored into the biopic via Or a younger me. Or another me.”
He continued: “The movie is coming out Elijah Wald‘S Dylan goes electric – a book that came out in 2015. It’s a fantastic retelling of events from the early 1960s that led to the Newport fiasco. After you see the movie, read the book.”
Timothy Chalamet
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty ImagesAlthough it was unclear whether Dylan had seen the film, his praise warmed Chalamet’s heart. In response to this Chalamet gushed“Floored. I am so grateful. Thanks Bob.”
He also posted a screenshot of Dylan’s tweet via his Instagram Story on Thursday, December 5. “Screaming crying laughing screaming laughing pooping screaming crying,” he wrote next to the photo. “THANK YOU!!!! DREAM COMES TRUE!!!!”
From Jeremy Allen White’s upcoming Bruce Springsteen film to Timothée Chalamet showing off his Bob Dylan-esque vocals in A Complete Unknown, music biopics seem to be everywhere. Yet these films are not a new phenomenon. Films centering on the lives of music icons have captivated audiences for decades, from 1980s Coal Miner’s Daughter to the […]
A complete unknownwhich hits theaters on Christmas Day, follows Dylan from the start of his career in 1960s New York to his famous electric guitar performance of “Like a Rolling Stone” at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
Although Dylan is director, he is not directly involved in the project James Mangold told Rolling stone last month that he sat down with the singer-songwriter several times before filming began.
“Bob would have these one-off lines that were so fantastic,” Chalamet told the outlet in a joint interview with Mangold, 60. “Jim has an annotated Bob script lying around somewhere. I’ll beg him to get his hands on it. He will never give it to me.”
Mangold noted that he “felt like Bob just wanted to know what I was up to,” adding, “Who is this guy?” Is he like head? Does he understand?’ – I think these are the normal questions someone asks when competing with someone.”
