Timothée Chalamet Shares First Bob Dylan Covers, Responds to Musician's Tweet About His Role in Biopic: 'Thank You Bob'

Mar. 15, 2025

Timothée Chalamet’sfirst impression ofBob Dylan’smusic has arrived.

On Thursday, Dec. 5, theDuneactor, 28, shared two covers from the forthcoming biopicA Complete Unknown— 1965’s"Like a Rolling Stone,“and 1963’s"Girl From the North Country”— the latter of which features his co-star Monica Barbaro who playsJoan Baez.

While clips of both “Like a Rolling Stone” and “Girl From the North Country” were featuredin the film’s trailers, the songs hadn’t fully been released yet.

The Marty Supreme actor’s take on “Like a Rolling Stone” may be much shorter than the original, but it captures the famed singer’s gritty sound. Alongside Barbaro, 34, the pair deliver a stunning cover of “Girl From the Country.”

On Thursday, Dec. 5, Chalamet replied toa post on X (formerly Twitter)from the folk -ock legend who showed his support for the actor.

“There’s a movie about me opening soon called A Complete Unknown (what a title!),” Dylan, 83, began. “Timothee Chalamet is starring in the lead role. Timmy’s a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me,” Dylan wrote.

The “Blowin' in the Wind” musician continued, “The film’s taken from Elijah Wald’sDylan Goes Electric– a book that came out in 2015. It’s a fantastic retelling of events from the early ‘60s that led up to the fiasco at Newport. After you’ve seen the movie read the book.”

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Timothée Chalamet in March 2024; Bob Dylan in February 1966.Alice Ochs/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty

Alice Ochs/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty

In a recentRolling Stonecover story, Chalamet opened up about how he prepared to take on the role of The Bard, working with a vocal coach, a dialect coach, a guitar teacher and a movement coach.

“Youcan’tre-create it in the studio,” he told the publication. “If I was singing to a prerecorded guitar, then all of a sudden I could hear the lack of an arm movement in my voice.”

A Complete Unknownchronicles Dylan’s early life and career as he rose to prominence in the 1960s and hits theaters Dec. 25.

source: people.com