Bob Dylan endorsed Timothée Chalamet's lead casting in the folk singer's biopic 'A Complete Unknown,' calling him a 'brilliant actor.'

Bob Dylan called Timothée Chalamet a 'brilliant actor,' throwing his full support behind Chalamet as he plays Dylan in 'A Complete Unknown,' out Dec. 25

“There’s a movie about me opening soon called A Complete Unknown (what a title!),” Dylan said. “Timothee Chalamet is starring in the lead role. Timmy’s a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me.”

"There's a movie about me opening soon called ‘A Complete Unknown' (what a title!)," Dylan wrote. "Timothee Chalamet is starring in the lead role. Timmy's a brilliant actor so I

At the Gotham Awards last weekend, Timothée Chalamet called the five years he’s spent prepping to play Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown “the greatest education a young artist could receive.” Chalamet’s Dune co-star Oscar Isaac put the stakes of the performance more succinctly.

Legendary musician Bob Dylan is an enigmatic figure, so what would he make of a biopic about his life and career? Well, a recent tweet from the singer-songwriter reveals that while he hasn’t seen “A Complete Unknown,

Elle Fanning recalled 'tearing up' hearing friend Timothée Chalamet sing as Bob Dylan for the first time while they were making 'A Complete Unknown'

The typically private musician is confident that the “brilliant” Chalamet is “going to be completely believable as me” in the biopic, which documents Dylan’s rise to fame.

James Mangold-directed Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown starring Timothée Chalamet will sneak screen in Imax at 30-plus theaters on Dec. 18.

Timothée Chalamet's Bob Dylan Biopic 'A Complete Unknown' will screen one week early in 30 select IMAX theaters.