Tom Dunne: How will Timothée Chalamet shape up as Bob Dylan?

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Timothée Chalamet plays Bob Dylan (left) in A Complete Unknown.

A Complete Unknown, the new James Mangold-directed Bob Dylan biopic, opens on Christmas Day in the States. You’d wonder if this timing is deliberate. Is Bob equating its release with a previous Christmas Day arrival of some note?

I suspect the answer is yes. In the movie when he is challenged, derisively, about being God he is unequivocal. Played by Timothée Chalamet, Dylan eyes his accuser and answers: “How many more times? Yes!” Yes, indeed.