Elle Fanning was left a modified lady when she noticed Timothée Chalamet rework into Bob Dylan for his or her upcoming biopic, A Complete Unknown.
Speaking at The Wrap’s 2024 WrapWomen Power Women Summit in Beverly Hills on Tuesday, December 3, the 26-year-old actress shared how Chalamet’s rendition of Dylan’s iconic A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall left her “tearing up.”
“Timothée’s so extraordinary within the film,” she mentioned, recalling how he delivered a full concert-like efficiency as Dylan on her first day on set.
Giving a nod to their historical past working collectively, Fanning mentioned of Chalamet, “Seeing him accomplish this character in such a ravishing approach [was moving].”
Fanning, a lifelong Dylan fan, admitted she was initially sceptical of how her good friend would method the position. “I used to be a harsh critic. I used to be like, ‘What is Timmy gonna do?’ And he simply blew me away,” she added.
Fanning performs Sylvie Russo, impressed by Suze Rotolo, Dylan’s girlfriend and muse within the early ’60s.
Directed by James Mangold, A Complete Unknown chronicles Dylan’s rise as a revolutionary folks icon. The movie, starring Monica Barbaro, Edward Norton, and Boyd Holbrook, hits theatres on December 25.
Chalamet, who just lately acquired the Gotham Visionary Tribute honor for the position, described immersing himself in Dylan’s world as “the best schooling a younger artist may obtain.”
