At the Gotham Awards last weekend, Timothée Chalamet called the five years he’s spent prepping to play Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown “the greatest education a young artist could receive.” Chalamet’s Dune co-star Oscar Isaac put the stakes of the performance more succinctly.

“There’s a movie about me opening soon called A Complete Unknown (what a title!),” Dylan said. “Timothee Chalamet is starring in the lead role. Timmy’s a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me.”

Bob Dylan endorsed Timothée Chalamet's lead casting in the folk singer's biopic 'A Complete Unknown,' calling him a 'brilliant actor.'