Yes, Timothée Chalamet's Shockingly Long Fingernails inA Complete UnknownAre Really His Own

Mar. 15, 2025

Timothée Chalamet shares details on growing his nails to play Bob Dylan in ‘A Complete Unknown’.Photo:Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images(2)

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Timothée Chalametnailed his impersonation ofBob Dylanright down to his grooming.

In aFandango interview clipshared to TikTok, the actor, 28, talked about growing out his fingernails to become the American singer-songwriter in the biopicA Complete Unknown(out Dec. 25).

His co-starElle Fanning, who plays Sylvie Russo, a character roughly based on Dylan’s girlfriend in the early 1960s, Suze Rotolo, confirmed that Chalamet did “grow them out” as they filmed.

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Timothée Chalamet filming “A Complete Unknown” in Hoboken, New Jersey on May 28. 2024.Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

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Behind the scenes, Chalamet did a lot more than focus on nail grooming.

In wardrobe, he made more than 60 costume changes and opted to wear a subtle nose prosthetic and various sideburn lengths to demonstrate the passage of time.

Chalamet even continued to aesthetically pay homage to Dylan during the film’s press tour, attending the Dec. 13 N.Y.C premieredressed as Dylanwhen he appeared at the Sundance Film Festival premiere ofMasked and Anonymousin 2003.

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Timothée Chalamet dresses up as Bob Dylan circa 2003 for the New York City premiere of “A Complete Unknown”.WireImage

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Plus, during the five years of production delays due to COVID-19 and industry strikes, he mastered the guitar and harmonica and shaped up his singing skills to portray the 10-time Grammy winner.

“The whole thing was really just a sort of magical experience,” he told PEOPLE. “I don’t want to ruin it with words because, really, it’s deeply personal to me. I can say just being in that time period was awesome, and living that.”

source: people.com