- The Willy Wonka star, 28, poured all his attention into playing the folk artist
- His costars revealed the extreme lengths he took to become Bob
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Timothée Chalamet’s costars have exposed the extreme lengths he went to on the set of the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, as he channeled his entire focus into playing the legendary folk artist.
Ahead of the movie’s release next month, Monica Barbaro and Edward Norton have revealed just how tirelessly the Willy Wonka star, 28, worked behind the scenes, forbidding any loved ones from visiting him.
‘He was relentless,’ Fight Club actor Edward, 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.
Timothée Chalamet’s costars have exposed the extreme lengths he took on the set of the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic
The Willy Wonka actor plays the legendary folk artist in the biopic, alongside and Elle Fanning
‘We’ve got to believe to the greatest degree we can. And he was right to be that protective.’
Sharing her experience, Monica, 34, 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.’
A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold, is based on Elijah Wald’s book Dylan Goes Electric (2015), which follows the story of his journey from acoustic to electric guitars.
The film’s title is recognizable from Bob’s rock anthem which changed his career, Like a Rolling Stone.
A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold, is due for release on Christmas Day
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.’
Last week, Timothée revealed that he has not actually had any face time with Bob, despite playing the singer songwriter.
‘I never met him,’ he told Apple Music 1’s The Zane Lowe Show. ‘He’s sort of retreated from the public eye.
‘Never met him… I’ve seen him live.’
Timothée added: ‘He approved the script, he made modifications to the script, there are lines that are his in the script that I relished.’
