Timothée Chalamet takes the role of Bob Dylan very seriously and his co-stars support this.
In a new interview, co-star Edward Norton opened up about Chalamet’s journey into playing the famous singer-songwriter in the highly anticipated Dylan biopic. A complete unknown.
“He’s relentless. There are no visitors, no friends, no representatives, nothing. ‘No one comes near us while we’re doing this.’ We’re trying to do the best we can with something that’s so totemic and sacrosanct to so many people,” Norton said. Rolling Stone.
“And I completely agree – like, we can’t have a fucking audience for this. We have to believe to the greatest extent possible. And he was right to defend that,” he said. continue.
While speaking with the publisher, Chalamet said that he studied under Christian Bale, who is famous for his method acting, to help him play Dylan.
“That’s what scares me when I go to sleep: losing a moment of character discovery — no matter how pretentious it sounds — because I’m on the phone or because of whatever other reason,” Chalamet shares. Let’s get distracted.”
“I had three months of my life to play Bob Dylan, after five years of preparing to play him. So, when it came to the movie, it was my eternal goal. He deserves that and more that too…. My God, I missed an opportunity.” walk away because I’ve been Timmy for the rest of my life!” the actor added.
To perfect his role, Chalamet spent five years learning how to play the harmonica the way Dylan could.
Chalamet sat down with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe to reveal that he had to learn to play 13 of Dylan’s iconic songs for the film. To perfect the songs, he had to work with a harmonica coach for five years.
“It was either the greatest experience I’ve ever had as an actor or the most rewarding experience I’ve had that doesn’t really translate into the impact it had, not just on the people but maybe on the finished product as well because I also had more challenging experiences that turned out to be more wonderful,” Chalamet said about this experience.
“I’m glad it took five, six years because now I’m deep in that Church of Bob. I feel like my mission is that for the next three months, until the movie comes out, I feel like I’m in Bob’s Church.” Bob, I am a humble disciple and I feel I have an opportunity to be a bridge for this music or this period, this time period,” he added.
Chalamet went on to say that he wasn’t just trying to imitate Dylan’s voice.
“This is an interpretation. This is not definitive. This is not the truth. This is not how it happened. This is a fable,” he said.
A complete unknown will hit theaters on December 25.
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