Timothée Chalamet ‘Floored’ by Bob Dylan’s Reaction to New Biopic
The legendary singer-songwriter praised Chalamet’s performance in ‘A Complete Unknown.’

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Timothée Chalamet thanked Bob Dylan for the shoutout after the legendary singer-songwriter praised his new biopic A Complete Unknown. “Floored. I am so grateful. Thank you Bob,” Chalamet posted on X. The film, set to be released on Dec. 25, stars Chalamet as a young Dylan. “Timmy’s a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me,” Dylan posted on X. Though Dylan didn’t share if he’s seen the film yet, he did recommend the book the biopic is based off of. “The film’s taken from Elijah Wald’s Dylan Goes Electric – a book that came out in 2015. It’s a fantastic retelling of events from the early ‘60s that led up to the fiasco at Newport,” he added. “After you’ve seen the movie read the book.” Dylan also gave a nod to the film’s title, A Complete Unknown, which references lyrics from Dylan’s 1965 song “Like a Rolling Stone.” “What a title!” he wrote.
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