Timothée Chalamet Is Training With Austin Butler's 'Elvis' Team to Play Bob Dylan
Timothée Chalamet was inspired by Austin Butler’s performance in ‘ELVIS’ for his upcoming performance as Bob Dylan.
“I’ve basically been working with his entire Elvis team for my Dylan prep. I just saw the way he committed to it all, and realised I needed to step it up.”… pic.twitter.com/ABPF2fes0m
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In a recent interview with GQ, Timmy T revealed that Austin Butler inspired him to enhance his level of preparation for his role, specifically his upcoming Bob Dylan role in the biopic film A Complete Unknown.
“You asked me what I’ve been doing in LA this year?” Chalamet said. “I’ve basically been working with [Butler's] entire Elvis team for my Dylan prep. There’s a wonderful dialect coach named Tim Monich. Vocal coach named Eric Vetro. Movement coach named Polly Bennett. I just saw the way [Butler] committed to it all-and realized I needed to step it up.”
The actor said he has yet to meet the 82-year-old Dylan, but is open to the opportunity. “I didn’t want to three years ago, because I just didn’t want to for superstitious reasons,” Chalamet said. “Now I would love to.”
“He does everything with such a playful air, but there's always that core of real seriousness where he is gonna nail it,” vocal coach Eric Vetro said, adding that Chalamet's renditions of Dylan's songs will sound both familiar and fresh to audiences. “It's taking on all the characteristics of Dylan's voice and his mannerisms and his speech patterns, and bringing that into the music - so that when you hear Timothée do the music, what you're really getting is the essence of Bob Dylan. You're not getting an impersonation of him. It's breathing new life into that voice that we know so well.”
You can read his full interview with GQ here.
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