Exclusive: A Complete Unknown cast interviews w/ Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Edward Norton
Hitting theaters on Christmas Day from Searchlight is A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold and starring Timothée Chalamet as a young Bob Dylan, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash, plus Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz, & Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie.
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A Complete Unknown 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan's (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
Written by written by Jay Cocks and James Mangold, the cast also includes Charlie Tahan, Michael Chernus, Joe Tippett, P.J. Byrne, Norbert Leo Butz, James Austin Johnson, Kayli Carter, David Alan Basche, Will Harrison, Eli Brown, Will Fitz, Laura Kariuki, Will Price, Eric Berryman, and Adam Thayer.
Timothée Chalamet is among the most respected and influential actors of his generation. His collaborations with esteemed filmmakers have included Luca Guadagnino, Greta Gerwig, Denis Villeneuve, Adam McKay, Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese and Christopher Nolan. Chalamet was the youngest “Best Actor” Oscar nominee since 1939 for his breakout role in Call Me by Your Name. He has starred in five “Best Picture” Oscar® nominees: Call Me by Your Name, Lady Bird, Little Women, Dune and Don’t Look Up. Chalamet starred in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two, which grossed over $700 million and became the highest-grossing film in Villeneuve's career; and in the movie musical Wonka directed Paul King, which surpassed $600 million.
Elle Fanning was most recently seen making her Broadway debut in Brandon Jacob Jenkins’ Appropriate for director Lila Negebauer and opposite Sarah Paulson. The play won “Best Revival of a Play” at this year’s Tony Awards. She has had a busy year filming the new Predator movie Badlands for director Dan Trachtenberg, Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, and Karim Anouz’s Rosebushpruning. Fanning was previously seen starring as “Catherine the Great” in Hulu’s hit television series ”The Great.”
Most recently, Edward Norton appeared in Asteroid City which marks Norton’s fifth collaboration with the visionary director Wes Anderson. He also recently captivated audiences as Miles Bron in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Many of his films such as Rounders, Fight Club, The 25th Hour and The Grand Budapest Hotel have been hailed as generational touchstones. Norton has garnered critical acclaim, earning three Academy Award® nominations for his powerful performances in Primal Fear, American History X, and Birdman.
Monica Barbaro recently completed production on the second season of Netflix hit action-comedy series “Fubar.” Previously, Barbaro received high praise for her breakthrough performance as “Phoenix” opposite Tom Cruise and Miles Teller in Joseph Kosinski record-breaking blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick, which received 6 Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture. Her other credits include At Midnight opposite Diego Boneta, Dick Wolf’s “Chicago Justice” and “Chicago Pd,” The Good Cop, the critically acclaimed television series “Unreal” and the Emmy®-nominated television movie, Hemingway and Gelhorn.
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Edward Norton on A Complete Unknown
