Timothée Chalamet chose a sustainable means of transport for his red carpet appearance, but he received a fine for it.
After the Oscar nominee arrived at the London premiere of “A Complete Unknown” on Tuesday (January 14) on a shared bike, he announced that he had been fined £65 for parking his bike illegally ) has been documented. “It’s ecological!” Chalamet explained his reasons for switching to the bicycle on the French talk show “Quotidien”. “It was terrible because it was actually a kind of advertising for them.” Due to a traffic jam in front of the location, he decided not to drive to the premiere at the BFI Southbank.
The New York-born actor may have meant his unconventional performance as a homage to Bob Dylan. The musician was also known for frequently riding his motorcycle in the early days of his career. After all, the e-bike would be a more climate-friendly option.
Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan
Timothée Chalamet was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance as Bob Dylan in the biopic “A Complete Unknown” by writer and director James Mangold. “A Complete Unknown” also stars Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash, Will Harrison as Bob Neuwirth, among others. “It’s about this moment in the ’60s when American culture was blossoming and Greenwich Village was taking center stage,” says Chalamet about their joint performance in the film.
Chalamet had to learn to play a total of 13 Bob Dylan songs for the film. To do this, he took lessons with a harmonica coach for five years. A movement trainer also helped him to imitate the songwriter even better. However, imitating Dylan’s voice was out of the question for the actor; everything was an “interpretation” and it didn’t sound like “the way it was once sung.”