First Official Picture of Timothée Chalamet in Bob Dylan Movie

To head off the paparazzi pictures of the young star as the music legend in his new movie, director James Mangold has shared his own behind-the-scenes look.

Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in director James Mangold's 'A Complete Unknown.' Photo: James Mangold's Twitter Account.

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The first official image of Timothée Chalamet in ‘A Complete Unknown’ has landed.
Director James Mangold posted the picture in response to a flood of paparazzi set images.
This new movie will chronicle a key early part of Bob Dylan’s career.

Thanks to the recent one-two punch of ‘Wonka’ and ‘Dune: Part Two’, Timothée Chalamet’s celeb-obsession-ometer is naturally high right now. So with him out and about in New York shooting the new film ‘A Complete Unknown’, there has been a paparazzi feeding frenzy for images of the young star playing a scruffy 1960s-era Bob Dylan.

To head off more, filmmaker James Mangold, who is directing the new movie, has released his own image of Chalamet, plus one of the clapper board from the movie, via social media.

What’s the story of ‘A Complete Unknown’?

(Left) Bob Dylan in director D. A. Pennebaker's documentary 'Don't Look Back.' Photo: Leacock-Pennebaker, Inc.

Co-written by Mangold and Jay Cocks, ‘A Complete Unknown’ is set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s.

It follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation — culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.

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Who else is in ‘A Complete Unknown’?

Edward Norton as Miles in 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.' Photo: Courtesy Netflix.

In the new movie, Edward Norton plays fellow folk musician Pete Seeger (a role that initially went to Benedict Cumberbatch before scheduling issues forced him to drop out), Elle Fanning is appearing as a character based on university student and artist Sylvie Russo, who was an early big love of Dylan’s, while Monica Barbaro is Joan Baez.

The cast also includes Boyd Holbrook, Scoot McNairy, Dan Fogler, Will Harrison, Charlie Tahan, P.J. Byrne, Eli Brown, Nick Pupo, Big Bill Morganfield, Laura Kariuki, Eric Berryman, David Alan Basche, Joe Tippett, and James Austin Johnson.

One person not in the movie? Chalamet’s ‘Dune’ co-star Austin Butler, who famously got his own big break playing another huge music icon in ‘Elvis’.

Here’s how Chalamet joked to Butler about him appearing, as reported by NME:

“I wish you were in it! There’s an Elvis character in the Johnny Cash biopic ‘Walk the Line’. It’s really brief, it’s very brief, but I was kind of wishing we could create a musical cinematic universe.”

What else is Chalamet working on?

Timothee Chalamet at a fan event for 'Wonka.' Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2023 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

While the actor doesn’t have any roles officially lined up after the Dylan pic, he’ll likely return for ‘Dune: Messiah’ as and when director Denis Villeneuve is ready to make the next chapter in the successful sci-fi saga.

But Warners, pleased with the box office hauls of both ‘Wonka’ and ‘Dune: Part Two’, has now signed a deal with the star, which will see the studio collaborating with him on movies he’ll lead and produce, much as it recently did with ‘Barbie’s Margot Robbie and her LuckyChap company.