09/19/2024

In a dozen separate interviews with Variety, some of the world’s preeminent Dylan experts expressed cautious optimism toward James Mangold’s forthcoming bio-drama

The odds were stacked against Timothée Chalamet long before those set photos trickled online.

By just signing up to play Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s forthcoming bio-drama “A Complete Unknown,” the 28-year-old megastar willingly placed himself in the crosshairs of Dylan’s most devoted fans — who, let’s be honest, are not easily impressed.

When paparazzi pics of Chalamet dressed in character seeped onto social media, the response was largely negative. Dylan fanatics, or Dylanologists as they self-identify, lost faith in the project and picked apart every detail of Chalamet’s Greenwich Village getup, and a photo of the actor wrapped in an enormous (and rather hideous) scarf quickly became meme fodder.

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