Timothée Chalamet reveals incredible 5-year evolution as he 'fell in love' amid new role
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Already touted as the big biopic of this year, A Complete Unknown depicts the life and times of legendary folk and rock singer Bob Dylan. It’s not an easy task to portray such a celebrated musician, but Timothée Chalamet’s amazing performance as the singer-songwriter could become his most critically acclaimed yet. A rapidly rising star in Hollywood, Timothée, who is best known for playing the leads in Wonka and Dune, was determined to do the part justice, as he told OK!, and fully immersed himself in the role of the man once hailed as the greatest songwriter of all time.
This included singing and playing guitar live during filming and preparing for five years for the role. It’s no mean feat, but it’s something that came naturally to the actor due to him to falling deeply in love with Bob’s music. “And that’s not unique to me,” he says when speaking at the international press conference on Zoom from New York. “That’s why there are millions of Bob Dylan fans all over the globe — because this music, while relatable, which has had a mass success over the last decades, is also really deeply poetic and emotional and grand. It’s a fabulous thing for a young artist like myself to dive into over the course of my twenties. He’s just the greatest artist and musician to learn from.”.
In fact, the 29-year-old actor likens his research into Bob’s life as an “obsession”. “It remains an obsession,” he explains. “That was simply the gift of how much time I had to work on this project and, I guess, not work on it; just to be in it and to live in it. The whole process was more than five years. It was before Covid, during Covid and afterwards. If you prepare for a role over the span of two or three months, then I would say it qualifies as research. With this, I had so much time, so I could really breathe the experience.”.
