Monica Barbaro made sure all eyes were on her as she attended Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown UK premiere in London on Tuesday.
The actress, 34, who portrays Joan Baez in the film, turned heads on the red carpet in a black satin plunging gown that hugged her figure perfectly.
Her ensemble was elevated by a silver brooch on one shoulder and a stylish hood framing her raven locks.
Monica completed the look with a radiant makeup palette and minimal accessories, opting for small silver stud earrings.
Timothée Chalamet, who also stars in the film alongside Monica and Elle Fanning – who was a no show at the UK premiere – put on a dapper display in a black blazer and matching trousers, with a blue patterned satin shirt underneath.
The 28-year-old walked the red carpet solo, with his girlfriend Kylie Jenner deciding to stay home. The A-list couple have largely kept their two year romance out of the spotlight.
Monica Barbaro made sure all eyes were on her as she attended Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown UK premiere on Tuesday
The actress, 34, who portrays Joan Baez in the film, turned heads on the red carpet in a black satin plunging gown that hugged her figure perfectly
The movie focuses on Dylan’s early career, his transition from folk to rock, and his performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
The star-studded cast also includes Boyd Holbrook, Will Harrison, CHarlie Tahan, Eli Brown, Laura Kariuki, Dan Fogler, Scoot McNairy, Nick Offerman, Kayli Carter, David Alan Basche, Alaina Surgener, Eriko Hatsune and many more.
It comes after Timothee’s co-stars revealed the extreme lengths he went to on the set of A Complete Unknown as he channeled his entire focus into playing the legendary folk artist.
He was relentless,’ Fight Club actor Edward Norton, 55, shared of Timothée’s method acting.
‘No visitors, no friends, no reps, no nothing. “Nobody comes around us while we’re doing this.”‘
‘We’re trying to do the best we can with something that’s so totemic and sacrosanct to many people,’ Edward added to Rolling Stone.
‘And I agreed totally — it was like, we cannot have a f***ing audience for this.
‘We’ve got to believe to the greatest degree we can. And he was right to be that protective.’
Her ensemble was elevated by a silver brooch on one shoulder and a stylish hood framing her raven locks
Monica completed the look with a radiant makeup palette and minimal accessories, opting for small silver stud earrings
The beauty posed up a storm on the red carpet
Timothee Chalamet, who also stars in the film alongside Monica and Elle Fanning – who was a no show at the UK premiere – put on a dapper display in a black blazer and matching trousers, with a blue patterned satin shirt underneath
Edward Norton, Timothee and Monica posed for a sweet group snap
Sharing her experience, Monica said that she was still able to interact with Timothée in between filming but he did remain ‘in his own world.’
‘It wasn’t so full-on,’ the Joan Baez star said. ‘It wasn’t “Don’t look him in the eye” or anything like that.
We said “hi,” gave each other a hug. I was like, “I just saw Dune!”
‘[But Timothée did stay] in his own world [on set] in a way that I think Bob often was as well.
‘And it was actually really conducive to the dynamic between Bob and Joan.’
The film’s title is recognisable from Bob’s rock anthem which changed his career, Like a Rolling Stone.
The real-life Dylan, 83, serves as an executive producer of the film, and gave notes on the script and took multiple meetings with Mangold.
A source previously said: ‘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 movie focuses on Dylan’s early career, his transition from folk to rock, and his performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, with Timothée being praised for his portrayal (Bob pictured in 2023)
Elle Fanning will star as Sylvie Russo, a renamed version of Bob’s girlfriend from the time while Monica Barbaro (pictured left) will play Joan Baez
Director James Mangold confirmed that he has been working with Bob 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.”‘
While the picture will cover his early years, the director emphasised that A Complete Unknown wasn’t strictly a biopic about the musician.
He explained: ‘By the way, it’s not really a Bob Dylan biopic.’
He added: ‘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.
