Actor Timothee Chalamet says he has heard 12 hours value of unreleased Bob Dylan music in preparation to play the legendary singer within the upcoming biopic “Full Unknown“.
Chalamet, star of movies corresponding to “Wonka” and “Dune” collection, mentioned Dylan’s longtime supervisor Jeff Rosen gave him entry to the prolonged playlist of unreleased songs by the Nobel laureate which have been recorded between 1959 and 1964.
The actor, who will likely be singing within the movie, likened the gathering of music to “gold”.
“This would possibly earn the ire and wrath of lots of Bob followers, rightfully however he (Rosen) despatched me like a 12-hour playlist of unreleased Bob stuff from like 1959 to ’64. I really feel like I am holding onto gold or one thing,” Chalamet shared on the Comfortable Unhappy Confused podcast.
A number of the music accessible to the general public through bootlegs like The Minnesota Tapes, he added.
“Full Unknown” is being directed by James Mangold. The movie will concentrate on Dylan’s controversial determination in 1965 to embrace the electrical guitar, alienating lots of his authentic followers.