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01/16/2025 at 4:46 p.m.Updated on 01/16/2025 at 4:53 p.m.
At a press conference at the Bristol Hotel in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, Timothée Chalamet answered questions from journalists, including those from Paris Match. The opportunity to discuss the politicization (or not) of today’s stars.
In “A Perfect Stranger”, he plays the one and only Bob Dylan. To do this, Timothée Chalamet cut his connection with everything he has always known (social networks, the telephone, etc.) for three months. “I was proud to have completely immersed myself in the world of the 1960s,” he explains at a press conference at the Bristol Hotel in Paris on January 16.
Asked about the politicization of Bob Dylan’s art at the time, Timothée Chalamet believes that today’s stars cannot follow his example. “In the 1960s, young artists and intellectuals like Bob Dylan or James Baldwin had no precedents,” he explains. “They had the hope that things could still change, and that art could make a difference on a political or cultural level. »
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“It’s different today,” he said. “The younger generation faces obstacles perhaps more intense than those of the 1960s, whether on the environment, politics… It would be nice to have a figure who takes the plunge like Bob Dylan, but even there , I fear that there will always be a certain cynicism, an ulterior motive. Even if you make a film with a high ethical significance, there is perhaps always a very corporate. »
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“It’s not just the Bob Dylan film”
From January 29, the Franco-American will arrive in French theaters in the guise of the legendary singer. In “A Perfect Stranger”, Timothée Chalamet plays Edward Norton (playing mentor Pete Seeger) and Monica Barbaro (playing singer Joan Baez) on whom he could count on for a balanced work environment. “Everyone defended son character. In Edward’s head [Norton]it wasn’t just Bob Dylan’s film. And everyone had the same mentality. Bob Dylan is a character who deserves this respect, this attitude,” he believes. And to repeat that “A Perfect Stranger” is not “just the Bob Dylan film”.
As for his own professional development, between the “Dune” saga soon to return and Josh Safdie’s next film in which he plays Marty Supreme, Timothée Chalamet no longer wants to have any fear. “I’m almost 30, my life is too weird to jump into it with fear. What a funny idea to choose to live this life with lots of fears. »
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