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First Look Of Timothée Chalamet As Bob Dylan In James Mangold’s Musical Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’

By The Big Magazine


New photos from the set of James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown have leaked a first look at Timothée Chalamet As Bob Dylan. Mangold has shared his own behind-the-scenes snaps from the musical biopic. 


Posted the filmmakers X account is a photo of Timothée Chalamet suited up in the folk singers’ customary suede jacket, boots, and sunglasses as Bob Dylan heading toward the Chelsea Hotel.  Scenes were being shot around El Quijote, the restaurant inside the Hotel Chelsea, where Dylan used to hang out. 


Mangold shared the image specs in a caption alongside the pic: Photo by JM w/ Leica SL3 Summicron-SL APO 50mm 2.8 1/160 ISO 12500.


Photo Timothée Chalamet As Bob Dylan In James Mangold’s Musical Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ - via James Mangold X

Chalamet has been linked to the role since 2020. Mangold previously confirmed in a Collider interview that Chalamet will be doing his own singing in the role of Dylan.



Also starring in the pic written by Mangold and Jay Cocks are Edward Norton, Elle Fanning and Monica Barbaro. Producers include Range’s Fred Berger, The Picture Company’s Alex Heineman, Veritas Entertainment Group’s Peter Jaysen, Bob Bookman, and Alan Gasmer, Bob Dylan’s longtime representative Jeff Rosen, Chalamet, and Mangold via his Turnpike Films.


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