Timothée Chalamet ‘wept’ after singing as Bob Dylan in new biopic

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Timothée Chalamet has revealed he was moved to tears after performing in character as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, James Mangold’s new biopic about the influential singer-songwriter’s early years. “It was ‘Song to Woody,’ which is one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs ever,” said Chalamet. And I also felt, I come back to this word a lot, I felt like it was the most dignified work I’d ever done.” Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in ‘A Complete Unknown’, and Bob Dylan in 1963 “And dignity might be a weird word there, but it felt like so dignified and humble, we’re just bringing life to a thing that happened 67 years ago. Those microphones, those old school microphones we were using when playing in concert halls, I could get the strum better and I could get how he was singing.” Fans have responded well to the clips of Chalamet singing in the film’s trailer, with one commenting: “He sounds just like him!” A Complete Unknown is set to be released in the US on December 25, and in the UK on January 17.