Legendary musician Bob Dylan finally spoke out about the upcoming biopic based on his life, effusively praising star Timothée Chalamet’s performance as his early self.

“There is a film about me coming soon A complete unknown (what a title!),” the singer-songwriter, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, wrote in a short review Posted on X.

Dylan wrote this track himself – it comes from the chorus of “Like a Rolling Stone”, Dylan’s 1965 single, which, to the chagrin of folk music purists, featured electric guitars and rock instruments.

“Timothee Chalamet plays the lead role. Timmy is a brilliant actor, so I’m sure he’ll be as believable as I am. Or a younger me. Or any other me.”

Dylan also praised the book the screenplay was based on: that of Elijah Wald Dylan goes electric, a 2015 book about his infamous performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. “It is a fantastic retelling of the events of the early ’60s that led to the Newport fiasco,” Dylan wrote. “After you see the movie, read the book.”

A complete unknown doesn’t hit theaters until December 25th in most theaters, but Chalamet’s performance has received rave reviews – including some from his colleagues.

Both Chalamet and A complete unknown Director James Mangold was honored with the Visionary Tribute Award at the 2024 Gotham Film Awards on Monday.

Oscar Isaac, Chalamets dune co-star, introduced the actor and director and praised the young actor’s portrayal of Dylan – which he called “the holy grail for me.”

Isaac said Chalamet discussed the upcoming film on the set of Denis Villaneueve’s 2021 sci-fi epic. “He starts telling us about the next project he’s working on. A film with the wonderful director James Mangold about the young Bob Dylan who comes to New York in 1961. And my first thought: ‘That sounds like a really bad idea,'” Isaac said.

In 2013, Isaac starred in another popular film about the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s: The Coen Brothers. In Llewyn Davis. The Coens’ film was based on the memoirs of Dave Van Ronk, a contemporary of Dylan.

But Chalamet convinced Isaac and those around him dune Co-stars Stephen Henderson and Josh Brolin after pulling out his guitar – which Isaac said he had just learned to do. Isaac said Chalamet’s performance of “Girl from the North Country” on set sounded “not like he was learning something new, but like he was remembering something he had always known – and just rediscovering it.”