After playing young Willy Wonka Timothée Chalamet is once again portraying the young, pre-fame iteration of a world-famous pop culture icon: Bob Dylan.
The actor was tasked with bringing the music legend’s life story to the screen in the new biopic A complete strangerand the first set photos have emerged, giving fans a glimpse of Chalamet in costume as a young Dylan.
The 28-year-old actor was recently spotted on the film’s New York set in photographs taken by People on Sunday.
Chalamet looked perfect as a 1960s Dylan, wearing a retro jacket, jeans, a worn newsboy cap, an oversized scarf and a mustard yellow backpack, while carrying a guitar case through the streets of the Big Apple.
ET first learned in January 2020 that Chalamet was in negotiations to play the folk rock icon in a biographical film directed by James Mangold.
Variety previously reported that the project was unofficially being called Becoming electric, before the official title, A complete stranger, was announced. The film will detail a particularly important moment in Dylan’s life when he turned away from folk music and into rock and roll, which caused outrage among many of his biggest fans while also cementing his status as a timeless figure. of American music. music.
In addition to Chalamet, A complete stranger also stars Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Dylan’s 1960s love interest, Monica Barbaro as music icon Joan Baez, Hal Holbrook as Johnny Cash, Nick Offerman as folk music historian Alex Lomax, PJ Byrne as music manager Harold Leventhal and Edward Norton as folk singer Pete Seeger.
Production started in April 2023, but was interrupted and postponed due to dual attacks from the SAG and WGA. Filming resumed last week in New York and New Jersey. There is still no projected release date for the highly anticipated biopic.
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