Timothée Chalamet takes New York as Bob Dylan in new biopic set photos

Filming has begun on "A Complete Unknown," the biopic directed by "Indiana Jones" and "Logan" helmer James Mangold.

The Bard has arrived!

Photos of Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan have been popping up all over the place as the Wonka and Dune superstar films the biopic A Complete Unknown in New York City. This week, the actor was spotted again in character as the legendary folk music hit-maker at locations around the Big Apple.

Chalamet was spotted in Downtown Manhattan in a classic Dylan look: curly hair, sunglasses (even though it was a night shoot), black button-up, and brown jacket. Scenes were being shot around El Quijote, the restaurant inside the Hotel Chelsea, where Dylan notably found musical inspiration.

The actor was also spotted during a daytime shoot in a local park, where Mangold directed Chalamet through a scene that involved reading a letter on a bench.

Earlier photos captured from the set saw Chalamet donning different Dylan looks, notably a '60s-era paperboy hat, scarf, and jeans, while carrying a worn-down guitar case. He was also seen filming beside a similarly retro car loaded with luggage.

Chalamet has been linked to the role since 2020. James Mangold, who helmed Logan and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, is directing the young actor in the film, which takes place in 1965 at a time when Dylan made a controversial shift to rock 'n' roll and the electric guitar.

Mangold previously confirmed that Chalamet will be doing his own singing in the role of Dylan. "It's such an amazing time in American culture and the story of Bob's — a young 19-year-old Bob Dylan coming to New York with two dollars in his pocket and becoming a worldwide sensation within three years," the filmmaker had told Collider in an interview published last year. "First being embraced into a family of folk music in New York and of course kind of outrunning him at."

While on the press tour to promote Dune: Part II, Chalamet playfully mentioned how he wants to build a cinematic universe between his Bob Dylan and his costar Austin Butler's take on Elvis Presley. "I'm deep in the Bob Dylan lore and he had tremendous respect for Elvis and Sun Records," Chalamet told NME. "I wish you were in it! There’s an Elvis character in the Johnny Cash biopic [Walk the Line]. It’s really brief, it’s very brief, but I was kind of wishing we could create a musical cinematic universe.”

Deadline reported Edward Norton in the role of folk singer Pete Seeger and Elle Fanning as Dylan's love interest, Sylvie Russo.

See the photos of Chalamet above.

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