Timothée Chalamet was seen carrying a guitar around the streets of New York City on the set of the upcoming musical Bob Dylan biopic, in which he plays the title role.
As he completed to film the highly-anticipated film, tentatively called A Complete Unknown, the 28-year-old Oscar nominee sported a newsboy cap over his curly brown hair, an olive green jacket, texted scarf and light-wash blue jeans.
The actor also sported a pair of suede shoes and large backpack.
At one point, he began smoking a cigarette outside a music club, called Cafe Wha?, which has been a place for musicians to perform live since 1959.
At 19, Dylan performed at the venue for the first time on January 24, 1961, according to the nightclub’s website.
Timothée Chalamet was seen carrying a guitar around the streets of New York City on the set of the upcoming musical Bob Dylan biopic , in which he plays the title role
The owner of the Greenwich Village nightclub, Manny Roth, told the outlet that he requested ‘to do a few songs.’
After he ‘sang a handful of Woody Guthrie songs,’ the crowd ‘flipped’ in excitement, Dylan later recalled.
Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor are all also said to have honed their skills at the club.
Previously, Chalamet learned to play the guitar for his role in Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name, based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman.
In a recent interview with GQ, the boyfriend of Kylie Jenner revealed that he has been readying himself for the biopic with help from the team who coached Austin Butler for Elvis.
‘I’ve basically been working with his entire Elvis team for my Dylan prep,’ Timothee dished.
‘There’s a wonderful dialect coach named Tim Monich. Vocal coach named Erich Vetro. Movement coach named Polly Bennett.’
In a tip of the hat to Austin’s performance as Elvis, he added: ‘I just saw the way he committed to it all – and realized I needed to step it up.’
Additionally, he has been taking more lessons following news of his casting as the legendary Bob Dylan in the upcoming James Mangold-directed biopic.
A Complete Unknown is based on Elijah Wald’s book Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties, which was released in 2015.
The movie will be focused on Dylan’s early years in New York City and his involvement with the early 1960s folk scene.
As he completed to film the highly-anticipated film, tentatively called A Complete Unknown, the 28-year-old Oscar nominee sported a newsboy cap over his curly brown hair, an olive green jacket, texted scarf and light-wash blue jeans
The actor also sported a pair of suede shoes and large backpack
At one point, he began smoking a cigarette outside a music club, called Cafe Wha?, which has been a place for musicians to perform live since 1959
At 19, Dylan performed at the venue for the first time on January 24, 1961, according to the nightclub’s website
The legendary musician’s controversial switch to an electrically amplified sound will also be covered.
Development on the project was revealed to the public in 2020, when Mangold and Chalamet signed on to direct and star in the film.
The movie will feature the talents of an ensemble cast that includes the likes of Nick Offerman, Edward Norton and Monica Barbaro.
While filming was originally set to commence last year, production was put on hold due to the onset of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.
The feature’s team waited until the end of the strike to commence shooting, and production on the project ultimately kicked off this past March.
The owner of the Greenwich Village nightclub, Manny Roth, told the outlet that he requested ‘to do a few songs’
After he ‘sang a handful of Woody Guthrie songs,’ the crowd ‘flipped’ in excitement, Dylan later recalled
Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor are all also said to have honed their skills at the club
Mangold spoke about the feature during an episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast and expressed that the feature would not cover Dylan’s entire life.
‘The reason Bob has been so supportive of us making it, is it’s about, as in all cases I think of the best true-life movies are never cradle to grave but they’re about a very specific moment,’ he said.
The filmmaker also stated that he had spent an extended period of time with Dylan, who was a fan of one of his early films.
He recalled: ‘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.”
A Complete Unknown’s premiere date has not been revealed to the public as of yet.
