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Timothée Chalamet Prepares for Dylan Role with Unreleased Music

Chalamet to sing in upcoming biopic 'A Complete Unknown', focusing on Dylan's controversial shift to electric guitar.

  • Timothée Chalamet, who is set to play Bob Dylan in the upcoming biopic 'A Complete Unknown', has been given access to 12 hours of unreleased Dylan music to prepare for his role.
  • The unreleased music was provided by Dylan's longtime manager Jeff Rosen, who is also a producer on the film.
  • Some of the unreleased music is already available to fans through bootlegs like 'The Minnesota Tapes'.
  • The film, directed by James Mangold, will focus on Dylan’s controversial decision in 1965 to embrace the electric guitar, alienating many of his original fans.
  • Chalamet will do his own singing in the movie, which is set to begin production in August.
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