Timothée Chalamet Debuts Shocking Hair Color Change as He Channels Bob Dylan

Timothée Chalamet is the most recent celeb to embrace methodology dressing.

The actor, 28, appeared on the Friday, Dec. 13, premiere of his newest movie, A Complete Unknown, a biopic of Bob Dylan. Chalamet dressed as Dylan when he appeared at the Sundance Film Festival premiere of his movie Masked and Anonymous in 2003.

At the N.Y.C. premiere, Chalamet wore a Celine black leather-based jacket and classic pure black denim pants, replicating Dylan’s edgy look from twenty years prior. Like Dylan, 83, Chalamet wore a pink plaid flannel beneath his leather-based jacket and topped it off with a grey plaid scarf.

But Chalamet’s recreation did not cease there. The Oscar nominee additionally arrived on the occasion with a blonde hairdo, identical to Dylan’s 2003 locks. He sported a lightweight blue-gray beanie, and his blond bangs peeked out throughout his brow.

Chalamet replicated the look right down to the facial hair. While the actor confessed on the Dec. 12 episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that his skinny mustache is for the mission he is at present filming, Marty Supreme, it labored in his favor when mimicking Dylan’s look.

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Chalamet’s look comes forward of the upcoming launch of the Dylan biopic, which follows the singer’s youth and profession as he rose to prominence within the Nineteen Sixties. In addition to Chalamet, the film — cowritten by director James Mangold and Jay Cocks — additionally stars Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Edward Norton, Boyd Holbrook, Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz, Eriko Hatsune, Big Bill Morgenfield, Scoot McNairy and Will Harrison.

Chalamet, who has already generated buzz for his efficiency, received Dylan’s stamp of approval in a Dec. 4 X (previously often known as Twitter) put up.

“There’s a film about me opening quickly referred to as A Complete Unknown (what a title!),” Dylan started. “Timothée Chalamet is starring within the lead position. Timmy’s an excellent actor so I’m certain he’s going to be fully plausible as me. Or a youthful me. Or another me.”

The musician continued, “The movie’s taken from Elijah Wald’s Dylan Goes Electric – a ebook that got here out in 2015. It’s a incredible retelling of occasions from the early ‘60s that led up to the fiasco at Newport. After you’ve seen the film learn the ebook.”

Chalamet later reposted Dylan’s feedback alongside the candy reply, “Floored. I’m so grateful. Thank you Bob.”

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A Complete Unknown is in theaters Dec. 25.