The actor makes no secret that Timothée Chalamet Bob Dylan meticulously studied to play him in his biopic “A Complete Unknown”. He learned to play guitar and harmonica and train to sing, speak and go in Dylan manner. The 29-year-old also effortlessly copied the physical appearance of the music legend, started to dress like Dylan, and was a beard.
“I gained £ 20”
But in an interview with “NPR”, CHALAMET is now open how far he had actually gone to fit the role of Bob Dylan. “I have turned every stone,” says Chalamet about his meticulous dylan studies, “but something that we didn’t really talk about: I also gained £ 20 (the equivalent of around 9 kg) because, whether you believe it or not, I was thinner than the guy. “
In the past, the American-French acting talent had often had difficulty getting roles because of its filigree body building, as he confirmed in a different interview with Zane Lowe in November 2024. “When I said for ‘The Maze Runner’ or ‘Divergent’, for things of this kind that were just fashionable, the feedback has always been: ‘Oh, you don’t have the right body,” says Chalamet about his earlier Experiences in the film and television world. “I had an agent who called me and said, ‘You have to gain weight’ – not aggressive, but you already know.”
So Timothée Chalamet still made his way
But instead of bending the standards according to the standards, the then prospective actor decided to go his own way, away from blockbusters and towards individual author films such as “Call me by your name”, “Little Women” or “Lady Bird”. “These were films with a smaller budget, but very – I don’t know how to express it differently – personal films that were made in this theater room. Here I found my rhythm, my self -confidence, my flow, whatever you want to call it, ”recalls Chalamet of those roles that helped him to break through.
In the meantime, the New York native is one of the most sought -after actors of our time and looks back on a wide -ranging repertoire of roles. In the end, the actor landed in the Hollywood cosmos via a small detour and even landed one of the greatest blockbusters of our time with his role in the “Dune” series.