Timothée Chalamet transformed one of Bob Dylan’s most infamous looks while at the A Complete Unknown premiere in New York City.
On Friday, the 28-year-old heartthrob — who plays the Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door hitmaker in the forthcoming biopic — wore a blue knit beanie, leather jacket, gingham scarf and plaid button up.
The boyfriend of Kylie Jenner completed the look by donning straight blonde locks — completely different from his natural curly dark brown hair.
The actor has not yet confirmed in the blonde blocks are permanent or if the new look is a wig. He also sported a mustache to pay homage to the music icon.
Chalamet emulated Dylan’s exact look from the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. At the time, the Mr. Tambourine Man singer had made his return to the big screen starring in Masked and Anonymous.
A Complete Unknown is slated to hit theaters on Wednesday, December 25 and has already received mixed reviews from fans and critics.
Timothée Chalamet transformed one of Bob Dylan’s most infamous looks while at the A Complete Unknown premiere in New York City; Bob Dylan seen in 2003
Chalamet also posed with his costar Elle Fanning at the star-studded red carpet prior to the special screening.
Later in the evening, he posted a photo of the exterior of the theatre with the Empire State building in the background
Nowadays, the 83-year-old legend sports his natural, effortlessly tousled brunette locks.
The movie will see the Dune star portray Bob Dylan and centers on the singer-songwriter’s controversial switch to electric instruments at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
Chalamet — who will be joined in the cast by Edward Norton, Boyd Holbrook and Monica Barbaro — was confirmed to be doing his own singing in the movie after lending his vocals to his 2023 musical flick Wonka.
Director James Mangold confirmed that he has been working with Dylan on the project and that the Hurricane singer had some personal input into the screenplay.
During an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the filmmaker said: ‘I’ve spent several, wonderfully charming, days in his company, just one-on-one, talking to him.
‘I have a script that’s personally annotated by him and treasured by me. He loves movies. The first time I sat down with Bob, one of the first things he said to me was, “I love Cop Land.”‘
The movie centers on the singer-songwriter’s controversial switch to electric instruments at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965; Bob Dylan seen in 1965
Nowadays, the 83-year-old legend sports his natural, effortlessly tousled brunette locks; Bob Dylan seen in September 2023
Chalamet wore a blue knit beanie, leather jacket, gingham scarf and plaid button up
The boyfriend of Kylie Jenner completed the look by donning straight blonde locks — completely different from his natural curly dark brown hair
He also sported a mustache to pay homage to the music icon
The actor has not yet confirmed in the blonde blocks are permanent or if the new look is a wig
Chalamet also posed with his costar Elle Fanning at the star-studded red carpet prior to the special screening
Later in the evening Chalamet posted a photo of the exterior of the theatre with the Empire State building in the background
While the picture will cover Dylan’s early years, the Logan director emphasized that Complete Unknown wasn’t strictly a biopic about the musician.
He explained: ‘By the way, it’s not really a Bob Dylan biopic.
‘The reason Bob has been so supportive of us making it, is it’s about, as in all cases I think the best true-life movies are never cradle to grave but they’re about a very specific moment.
‘In this case, it might sound Altman-esque, but it’s a kind of ensemble piece about this moment in time, the early 60s in New York, and this 17-year-old kid with $16 in his pocket hitchhikes his way to New York to meet Woody Guthrie who is in the hospital and is dying of a nerve disease,’ he finished.
Chalamet gave fans a first look at the highly anticipated film’s poster via Instagram in late August just after the first trailer was released, giving fans taste of the New York native in action.
And he has been seen channeling the singer on set on various occasions.
An insider close to the actor shared that a lot is at stake for him: ‘There’s a lot of pressure to get it right. Bob Dylan fans are insane and will tear him [Timothée] apart if he gets it wrong.’
The title — A Complete Unknown — is recognizable from Dylan’s rock anthem which changed his career, Like a Rolling Stone.
