Off-kilter chocolatiers, desert messiahs, civil war-era heartthrobs, lone-wolf cannibals. Thus far, Timothée Chalamet ’s career has been one of thrilling roles – and his latest is no different: Bob Dylan in the James Mangold-directed A Complete Unknown. Here’s everything we know so far.
Is there a trailer for A Complete Unknown ? Yes! Watch both below. What’s the plot of A Complete Unknown ? While the plot is still largely under wraps, we know that the film will follow a 19-year-old Dylan’s first arrival in New York City from Minnesota, as he seeks a career in music and soon skyrockets to worldwide fame. “It’s such an amazing time in American culture and the story of a young 19-year-old Bob Dylan coming to New York with like two dollars in his pocket and becoming a worldwide sensation within three years,” Mangold told Collider during a red-carpet interview in April 2023.
“First being embraced into the family of folk music in New York, and kind of outrunning them at a certain point as his star rises so beyond belief.” Who else is in the cast of A Complete Unknown ? Joining Chalamet will be Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Dylan’s fictional girlfriend, inspired by the musician’s real-life former girlfriend and muse Suze Rotolo. Edward Norton will play Dylan’s fellow folk musician Pete Seeger, Monica Barbaro will play a young Joan Baez and Boyd Holbrook is rumoured to play Johnny Cash.
Is Timothée Chalamet recording his own vocals for A Complete Unknow.