After more than a year of on-set paparazzi set photos and red carpet interview fodder, Searchlight Pictures released the teaser trailer for director James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” on Wednesday morning. Aside from showing his physical transformation into the music icon, it offered a quick sample of his singing voice. The actor sings Dylan’s 1963 anti-war song “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” dividing the internet, much like his casting announcement did.
“Stranger Things” star and Dylan superfan Jamie Campbell Bower posted on X to share his support for Chalamet. “As a man who has Bob Dylan tattooed on his butt cheeks I can safely say I am VERY excited about Chalamet as Dylan after seeing that trailer,” Bower wrote. In an interview with Rolling Stone , director and co-writer Mangold lauded Chalamet’s acting and ability to embody Dylan.
“There were also moments where it felt like something was getting channeled,” he said. “I don’t mean in mimicry. I mean in feeling.
” Chalamet fan account Club Chalamet shared its support for the star on X. “Oscar pundits, start adding Timothée Chalamet to your predictions! Wow!” the fan page wrote . Some users were not entirely convinced by the “Dune” star’s singing.
“I’m sorry but that is just not bob dylan. that is timothee chalamet,” one user wrote . Another user echoed the same sentiment.
“The singing is fine but then he starts speaking and I’m like that’s literally .