Timothée Chalamet treats Minneapolis fans to early screening of Bob Dylan biopic
MINNEAPOLIS — Fans of Timothée Chalamet stood out in the cold for hours on Thursday night in Minneapolis to get a chance to see the Oscar-nominated actor discuss his new Bob Dylan biopic, "A Complete Unknown."
Chalamet said he certainly felt the love, and he gave it right back to Minnesota.
"I was about to pick up a shift at work and I was like, 'No, I have better things to do. I have to be here,'" one fan said.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so I had to come. I even skipped to work for this," said another fan.
Chalamet didn't let a poster go unsigned at The Main Theater, generously thanking fans for showing up to the advance screening.
Earlier in the day, the actor toured Dinkytown near the University of Minnesota, where Dylan spent a small portion of his life before worldwide fame.
"I never got to have the classic American college experience, so I'm trying to truncate it in these three days," said Chalament. "No, it was awesome. I mean, obviously, he came here for a little bit. He went to the school for a little bit, and Dinkytown's very informative to his, you know, folk music obsession. I loved it. Like I said, I love Minnesota and I love the people here. It's genuine."
He's grateful the role brought him to Minnesota, especially the smaller towns of Hibbing and Duluth, where he researched Dylan's upbringing before filming.
"I think he's very proud of his Minnesota heritage, and I think in some ways the way I relate to it is I think the iron ore in his songs and the iron ore in his voice," said Chalament. "As a New Yorker, a 28-year-old New Yorker, I don't think my path really would've brought me out here, ever. So the first time I got here I thought, 'Wow, what a gift, Bob Dylan, being this guy's worldview.'"
"A Complete Unknown" opens to the public on Christmas Day.
