Mickey Rourke seemingly critical depiction bob dylan just a few days ago Timothée Chalamet Perform rock legends.
“Bob Dylan is one of the funniest people I’ve ever met,” Rock, 72, wrote on Instagram on Monday, December 23, along with a photo of the music icon. “But whoever the actor was who played Bob Dylan in “Portraits of Bob Dylan,” the actor was really bad. Mickey, Dima, and the kids woo woo.
While Chalamet wasn’t mentioned by name, Rock’s candid post comes just days before the young actor’s new movie is released, Completely unknownreleased on Christmas Day.
In the film, Chalamet, 28, plays the now 83-year-old Dylan, who began his career in New York in the 1960s and performed his famous electric guitar hit “Like a Rolling” at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Stone”.
Dylan himself was very excited about the casting and the movie.
“There’s a movie about me coming out called Completely unknown (What a great title!). Timothee Chalamet stars,” Dylan wrote via X on December 4. “Timmy is a great actor, so I made sure he was completely believable as me. Or younger me. Or another me.
Dylan explains that the film is based on Ilya Waldof Dylan goes electric ——A book published in 2015.
“It’s a wonderful retelling of the events that led to the Newport debacle in the early 1960s,” he added. “After watching the movie, read the book.”
Chalamet later responded: “The floor,” thanking Dylan for the post. I’m very grateful. Thank you, Bob.
As part of the role, Chalamet sought help from a vocal coach before singing and playing guitar live. In a November interview with Apple Music, the actor called the role “the most unique challenge I’ve ever taken on.”
While it’s unclear what Dylan thinks of Rock’s latest Instagram post, he has previously expressed awe at his work on the big screen.
In his memoirs, titled Chronicle Volume 1Dylan recalls seeing Locke perform Otaku and shared how it had such an impact on his album Oh mercy.
“One look from him could break your heart,” Dylan wrote. “Every time he’s on screen, movies go to the moon. There’s no one like him. He’s just there, no hello or goodbye needed. Seeing him perform inspired me to cut for this album the last two songs.
us Locke’s team has been contacted for comment.
Completely unknown Releases Wednesday, December 25th.
