Playing Dylan is my proudést moment

Even Hollywood golden boys can sometimes feel a bit starstruck just ask man of the moment Timothee Chalamet.

- MARC BAKER

The 29-year-old was so determined to do Bob Dylan justice in new biopic A Complete Unknown, that he spent five years trying to morph into the musical icon.

He says: "When I took this role I went to Bob Dylan's childhood home and saw all the original Sun Records he had.

"It took me five years to learn to play the guitar. All the downtime in-between filming I would just play.

"I also learned how to play harmonica for the role. It is the perfect thing to pull out at a party and make everyone go: 'Oh my God!"

The circus surrounding Chalamet touches down in Britain next week when his new movie premieres in London's West End, ahead of its release in cinemas across the country on Friday, January 17. And no one is more excited than the leading man.

He says: "I get to be the voice of Bob Dylan and that is the greatest honour of my life, truly. This is the movie I am the most proud of in my career. Dylan deserves to get this attention."

Joined by a cast including Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro and Boyd Holbrook, Chalamet said he enjoyed diving into the dressing up box.

Last month, he turned up at the New York premiere dressed not as the 1960s Dylan but as the star appeared at the Sundance Film Festival in 2003, in a beanie with blondtipped hair and a riverboat gambler’s moustache.